One of my favourite things to cook are solar cooker casseroles, where I just put in all sorts of stuff and let it cook together.
Today I had mixed carrots, tomatoes, cabbage (a favourite of mine in the solar oven), edible leaves (also known as famine food), spices and some meat (which is the luxury ingredient here).
Once it had cooked through and I brought it inside, I added some solar-cooked sorghum, fresh spring onions and yogurt, mixed it all together and had a very nice meal!
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Såg en kort snutt av Kalla fakta ikväll. Det handlar om Niger skrek jag och tittade koncentrerat på resten av programmet. Hann tyvärr inte se så mycket, men jag snappade upp ditt namn. Och googlade.
Så roligt att läsa om din vardag och ditt liv i Niger.
Niger är landet jag alltid kommer hysa en hatkärlek till. Vissa dagar är det mer kärlek, idag är en sådan. Jag spenderade ca 7 veckor i landet hösten 2006, en kort tid, men ändå lång. Tiden där blev inte som planerad och jag mådde inte bra. Ändå längtar jag ändå tillbaka. Speciellt när jag hör någon prata den fantastiska franskan. Eller när jag ser bilder av det (faktiskt) vackra landskapet.
Jätteroligt var det att se att en ung tjej lever och trivs i Niger. Har du träffat Miriam och Nils-Börje Börjesson? Jag har ofta funderat på hur ett liv i Niger skulle te sig, inte bara en kort period. Jag blir glad av att läsa om att landet ligger dig varmt om hjärtat.
De hjärtligaste hälsningar från Anna Esbjörner
Wow thank you for sharing your meal with us
It s not a Nigerien dish is it
It looks healthy
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@Anna: I know what you mean with the love-hate relationship; I was talking about it with a Peace Corps volunteer last night. It’s frustrating for many Westerners to come to Niger, because it’s such a far cry from the world we were born into, and there are so many things in our lives that we cannot take for granted when we come to Niger. That causes inevitable frustration, which you then have to mold into something either construction or negative - it’s our choice. Being a Westerner myself, there are inevitable things in Niger that will frustrate me, but that is okay because it inspires me to do something about it, with Eden as the outlet.
Where in Niger were you stationed?
@Niger1: the dish above is my personal translation of the ingredients available in Niger. You couldn’t call it a traditional Nigerien dish, but I have to meet a fellow Zinderien who didn’t like it!
looks very very yummy!
can you teach the local population how to use this solar oven.
@O: thanks!
@Adjini: I’ll teach anyone who asks me for help, but I know from experience that it’ll take Niger a long time before they believe that a solar oven is going to be able to cook their type of food. And since a solar oven is an adjustment to anyone is used to any kind of “regular cooking”, you cannot integrate a solar cooker into your life without some element of change. And that motivation has to come from the user itself. In the meant time, I am satisfied going about with my business as usual and relying on passive transfer, which I know from the Eden experience is the best way to inspire on a longterm basis!
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