“Tasty as free range” eggs
I bought some eggs at the grocery store the other day. I’m sure I must have bought these particular ones because I saw the words “Free Range” on the box. A few days later went to scramble some eggs and I noticed what the box actually said… While taste is one of the reasons that [...]
Screwy bread
Today I bought a “fruit cake” from a bakery down the road. It’s more like a loaf of bread than a cake, but anyways… I found a screw inside! It’s kinda like finding a toy inside a cereal box… but also not.
Kentucky Fried Chicken comes to Kenya
For all the niceties we have in Kenya (especially in Nairobi), we lack the presence of large Western chain stores and restaurant franchises. Honestly I couldn’t care less, but I remember it being a surprise when I first came to Kenya in 2007. In the United States at least, we’re used to being constantly bombarded [...]
American food
Kenyans always want to know what the staple food is in America. Maybe I’m not a typical American, but I always say that we don’t have one. A typical Kenyan meal revolves around ugali (a thick maize porridge), usually accompanied by some sort of greens like spinach or kale, and roasted, boiled, or fried meat. [...]
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