Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Abventure 8: Nyama Choma

Tizona was absent for the past two weeks because she went on vacation in Kenya and Tanzania. Yes, even superheroes go on vacation.

Although she was on vacation, she thought for sure she'd end up wrestling a few untamed lions but was pleasantly surprised to find them all getting it on *cough, cough* getting along quite well.
Instead, Tizona was needed unexpectedly one evening when the kitchen at a very happening local dive ran out of charcoal. There were so many hungry people requesting nyama choma (roasted goat meat), that she couldn't help offering her grill. The photo shows a mguu (leg) roasting on her grill. (photo by ALM)

Did I mention that Tizona was in a predominately Muslim part of Tanzania when she offered her grill's service?? And despite her friend's strongly urged advice, she took no heed to keep her pack concealed and, to her safari guide's (Juma or Tony depending on his mood and which ID card he whips out) boisterous rooting, went ahead with the grilling...

And that she may have had a run in with drunken government officials and the police and been compared to some crazy trouble-making, international-scandal-causing, Germans from years past... and gotten Juma (a real dunce who kinda deserved what he had coming) dragged down to the police station...? ah, well - all in the name of feeding the hungry.

Lastly, please abstain from making any inappropriate comments, like "he used my grill to get to my rack". Tizona and her deeds are not a joking matter, and she would not take lightly to that sort of slander.

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