Cultural Experiences

Given our love for food and people (in no particular order), we thought it would be fun to have  groups of the boys over to our home in the coming weeks for a break from the usual rice and dahl.

Although ingredients are somewhat limited, we decided to try Thai Chicken Wraps, a recipe Danny learned from missionary friends, Phil and Emily Greene (who we’ll be staying with in Africa)!

So, we headed to the nearby town in this sweet ride (turns out Danny is a bit taller than the average Indian)...

...and stumbled upon a promising chicken shop. Surely they'd have the boneless, pre-packaged chicken breasts we were looking for.

So while Amanda was off getting her eyebrows threaded, Danny, in very broken Hindi, asked the guy for 1 kilo of chicken. He promptly went to a cage and brought out this little guy.

No, no, Danny said… we wanted the chicken meat, not a live chicken. Nodding, the man grabbed its neck and did a twisting motion, indicating he fully intended to give us the meat, not the chicken. Oh.

Ten minutes and one chopped up chicken later, we left with a plastic bag full of what would be dinner.

Yum! If the licked plates were any indication, we think the Thai wraps went over pretty well… (if they didn't like it, it was a good "cultural experience!")

...leaving just enough room for banana spice cake. Happy Birthday, Frankey!

We also introduced them to the game "Fishbowl." We laughed 'til our sides ached, and it brought us great joy to see the boys having such a good time. We're looking forward to many more fun dinner parties to come!