Making our first meal in Uganda

Katie and I had to make dinner for ten people using about $7.50 (US). We spent three hours weaving up and down the three aisles thinking of different things we could make and then realizing that it would never work because it would be too expensive or impossible with the food options.

Some of our genius ideas included:
-Garlic bread & fruit salad (fruit is too expensive and very bruised)
-Peanut butter and banana sandwiches (not really dinner)
-Oatmeal (they don’t own bowls)
-Hot dogs (too expensive- no buns)
-Risotto (doesn’t exist)
-Pancakes (no syrup)
-Bruschetta (too expensive)

We ended up making Egg McMuffins- everything that could have gone wrong, did.

1. The electricity was out.
2. Somehow we spent 2500 shillings instead of 1500.
3. The cheese didn’t melt and it tasted like dirt.
4. The eggs tasted like dirt.
5. The ‘rolls’ crumbled all over the bottom of the pan.
6. By the time dinner was made two hours later, half of the people had left to eat somewhere else.
7. The “country potatoes” were burnt black – luckily no one could see what they were eating.


PS Our second meal actually turned out to be great! We made tacos with chapattis as tortillas.