Fish Feast

A few days ago I was in Masaka, a city 2 1/2 hours to the southeast of Kampala. HOPE ALIVE! has a site there, and my colleagues and I were putting on a 2 day mentor training. We had a great time together, getting to know one another better and learning about communicating with children, what mentorship is all about, how God views children, etc.

On our way back to Kampala, my roommates and I decided to engage in an adventure.
Along the road between Kampala and Masaka are shacks that sell fish. The people that sell the fish stand there waving fish out onto the road, trying to attract customers. It is not unusual to see a cars with fish tied to the front, pass you by.
So, Megan, Holly, and I stopped at one of these stands and bargained for some fish. We bought two talapia for 22,000/= (about $15 or so). The men then tied them to the front of the hood.



The fish produced a powerful odor, so we were careful to keep the air circulation coming only from within the car :)
The drive home was mostly uneventful. One funny thing that happened, however, was that when we got into Kampala, we were pulled over by a policeman. As we were stopping, we noticed that the guy was laughing. He told us that he pulled us over because our front license plate was hidden by the fish, but we think that he just wanted a chance to talk to some mzungus (white people) and that he thought it was pretty funny that we had fish attached to the front.

Well, none of us really knew what to do with the fish, so when we got home, we asked our gate keeper, Biaggo, to help us. He scaled it for us and cut it up into big chunks. It was a nasty job because every fly in the city was attracted to us. Swarms of flies surrounded us and made piles on every piece of the fish entrails that it could.














Our neighbor, Brad, has a grill, so we "invited" him to dinner (and asked if he would grill the fish!). This turned out to be more work that we anticipated, as the fish kept falling apart on the grill.




Brad and his brother Grant grilling the fish.





In the end, we were had a wonderful fish feast, and we enjoyed our adventure!



Holly, Brad, Megan, and Grant enjoying the meal