Half the time you don't really know what you are eating, but it is simply mixed beans / vegetables etc. Lots of cabbage produces a high level of gaseous excretions from within the digestive system as our team discovered.
A bowl of cow intestines were quite tasty as we stopped at Kisumu on the bus trip, mashed squash leaves were also delicious in a Kenyan hut. Pineapples and mangoes are great, as are other fresh fruits when they are locally available. On the Project trip, local food was it except for our final dinner, which was at an Italian restaurant in Nairobi. They usually go to one called the Carnivore instead which used to serve Zebra and Giraffe etc. but doesn't anymore. Anyway the Italian was about 1/3 of the price it would be in Australia and was excellent food. I also had bamboo shoots and jew's ear Pork at a chinese place, for about $4-5. It's good to be able to eat cheap when on the road. I pretty much go what the locals like or whatever sounds most interesting when I have a choice. Haven't been sick much at all yet, although the excessive cabbage for several lunches in a row did give me a bit of stomach ache. That said, some food you eat does appear to be digestively processed rather efficiently.
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