{"id":25368,"date":"2022-09-27T17:00:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T21:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=25368"},"modified":"2023-01-14T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T16:39:14","slug":"till-time-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/?p=25368","title":{"rendered":"Till Time To Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25402\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2-1024x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2-1024x469.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2-300x137.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2-1536x704.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6618-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>Linda Lou Burton posting from Zanzibar Serena Hotel, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania <\/em>\u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6697-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-25373 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6697-3-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6697-3-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6697-3-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6697-3-768x438.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6697-3.jpg 1051w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/><\/a>They left a bowl of fruit and flowers in our room when they cleaned every day. I&#8217;m sitting on our porch now, eating a banana, thinking about, well, food. People were curious about what we\u2019d eat in Africa. I had studied in advance \u2013 what grows there, how it\u2019s prepared, absolute favorites. I vowed to try \u201cat least a bite\u201d of as many different things as I could, although our brains and stomachs tend to crave the familiar. Beans, corn, greens, tomatoes \u2013 familiars to me that I knew I\u2019d find in Africa. I knew there would be more dishes featuring bananas and coconut than I have in my routine; I was looking forward to that. So how did it turn out? Here are 10 Things \u00a0I read about ahead of time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ugali \u2013 maize is a major crop in Kenya and Tanzania. Ugali is standard fare; everybody eats it! Take cornmeal, boil it into a paste; roll it into a ball; eat it with your soups or stews or anything. Like the cornbread I grew up on, only boiled not baked. Did I eat ugali? I honestly don\u2019t know! I tried lots of breads but don\u2019t remember seeing \u201cballed paste\u201d on the Serena buffets. I think I\u2019ll try making it at home, just to be sure.<\/li>\n<li>Githeri \u2013 a favorite in the Kikuyu community; corn and beans, first boiled, then fried. Avocado is often added; all served on rice. Sounds a bit like Mexican food I\u2019ve eaten, agree?<\/li>\n<li>Ingoho \u2013 like the Thanksgiving turkey, Ingoho \u2013 chicken \u2013 is prepared in Kenya as a special meal; roast the chicken until it is brown; then braise it with onions, tomatoes and spices.<\/li>\n<li>Kachumbari \u2013 claims to be Kenya\u2019s \u201cmost delicious salad.\u201d Thin slices of fresh ripe tomatoes, onions, green\/red peppers, lemon juice, coriander. I don\u2019t remember seeing the name tag on our buffet\u2019s selections, but every meal had interesting (and beautiful) salads. All delicious.<\/li>\n<li>Mandazi \u2013 oh yes! A very popular sweet! The dough is made with sugar, flour, water, yeast, coconut milk (ground peanuts or almonds can be added). Fry in hot oil, dust with powdered sugar or cinnamon, eat for breakfast or anytime! I remember this one.<\/li>\n<li>Mchemsho \u2013 this means \u201csomething boiled\u201d and could be any number of vegetables such as potatoes, green beans, carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, eggplant. Definitely ate this!<\/li>\n<li>Mukimo \u2013I\u2019ll be making this at home. Mash some potatoes, then add spinach, corn, peas, whatever, for added flavor. I\u2019ve made colcannon (around St Paddy\u2019s day); love it!<\/li>\n<li>Ndizi na nyama \u2013 a favorite in Tanzania this is bananas (ndizi) and meat (nyama) made into a stew with curry powder, cayenne pepper, oil, onions, tomatoes, and coconut milk. Simmer then serve with rice, or ugali! I don\u2019t remember seeing this but I think I\u2019ll try it at home.<\/li>\n<li>Nyama Choma \u2013 Swahili for \u201cgrilled meat;\u201d both countries are fond of goat, beef, chicken or fish grilled over charcoal. Our bush meals usually had a grill going for an outdoor feast.<\/li>\n<li>Rice \u2013 rice was everywhere, cooked every which way. In Tanzania, Wali wa nazi is rice cooked in coconut milk and water, seasoned only with salt. In Kenya Pilau is a special rice cooked with spices and chicken or beef.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pilau-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25404\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pilau-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pilau-2.jpg 384w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Pilau-2-300x144.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a>Why am I thinking about FOOD as I sit on our porch in Zanzibar, till time to get on a plane headed far, far north? A change awaits us in Iceland, for sure! I\u2019m ticking off their favorites in my head: skyr (kind of like yogurt); ice cream and cheese (yes, they are mad about ice cream!); rye bread and butter (I can dig that); lamb (lamb stew, lamb roasted, lamb sirloin?) and, of course, FISH. Icelanders eat fish every single day. Pretty popular in Zanzibar too, I\u2019m thinking, as another fishing boat goes by. Ali is picking us up at 7, better zip up the old fancy-schmancy suitcase, one more time. Look at these flowers we&#8217;ve been enjoying here by the Indian Ocean, while I go back inside a minute. We won&#8217;t see them in Iceland!<a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25371\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2-1024x403.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2-1024x403.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2-300x118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2-768x302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2-1536x605.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6436-2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6579-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25380\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6579-2-1024x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6579-2-1024x435.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6579-2-300x128.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6579-2-768x327.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSCN6579-2.jpg 1519w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25384\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2-1024x422.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2-1024x422.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2-300x124.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2-768x317.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2-1536x633.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-burgundy-2.jpg 1914w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Z.flower-pink-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25386\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Z.flower-pink-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"714\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Z.flower-pink-2.jpg 714w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Z.flower-pink-2-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-pink-glow-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25390\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-pink-glow-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1006\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-pink-glow-2.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-pink-glow-2-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-pink-glow-2-768x329.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1006px) 100vw, 1006px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-white-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25392\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-white-2-1024x434.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-white-2-1024x434.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-white-2-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-white-2-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-white-2.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25394\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"808\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-2.jpg 808w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-2-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-2-768x393.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-25396\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2-1024x354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2-1024x354.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2-300x104.jpg 300w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2-768x266.jpg 768w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2-1536x531.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower-yellow-cluster-2.jpg 1541w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower.white-u-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-25400\" src=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower.white-u-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower.white-u-2.jpg 650w, https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/z.flower.white-u-2-300x139.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credit Rick with the flower closeups.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zanzibar Serena Hotel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.serenahotels.com\/zanzibar\">https:\/\/www.serenahotels.com\/zanzibar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fisherman\u2019s Tours <a href=\"https:\/\/fishermantours.com\/\">https:\/\/fishermantours.com\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Post: Hot Water<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Lou Burton posting from Zanzibar Serena Hotel, Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania \u2013 They left a bowl of fruit and flowers in our room when they cleaned every day. I&#8217;m sitting on our porch now, eating a banana, thinking about, well, food. People were curious about what we\u2019d eat in Africa. I had studied in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4318,4319],"tags":[4338,4344,4557,4358,4541],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25368"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25412,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25368\/revisions\/25412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalcitiesusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}