Comments on: Nearing the end http://blogs.haverford.edu/rwanda/2008/07/17/nearing-the-end/ Just another News.haverford.edu weblog Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:27:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Mom http://blogs.haverford.edu/rwanda/2008/07/17/nearing-the-end/#comment-86 Mom Fri, 18 Jul 2008 16:13:56 +0000 http://blogs.haverford.edu/rwanda/?p=21#comment-86 Dear Emily,

Your “American” dinner will be so much fun for everyone! What a nice treat for Francine after all the kindnesses she has shown you. I’d love to know how you’re going to make mashed potatoes over an open fire, but I’ll wait for the next blog posting to find out.

For this to be “American,” you need a dessert. S’mores would be a quintessential American treat, but I can’t magine you can get marshmallows or graham crackers. There may be some former Boy or Girl Scouts out there in Blog-Land who can give you much better ideas, but here are a few easy options I found on the web. Can you get apples? Can you find aluminum foil? Can you get chocolate? If so, you could try one of these:

Campfire Baked Cinnamon Apples

1 medium Apple
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. sugar
Heavy duty aluminum foil

Cut the apple from top to bottom at three different positions making sure not to cut all the way through the bottom. Place apple on a piece of heavy duty aluminum foil to wrap the apple in. Open the apple similar to a flower. Add the cinnamon and sugar to the center of the apple. Wrap the apple in foil, making sure it is securely closed. Place in campfire coals for approximately 20-30 minutes. Can substitute brown sugar instead of the cinnamon and sugar

Banana S’mores

Take a banana and peel off one strip of peel (where the banana curves)
Where you took off the peel, slice out a piece of banana almost all the way down and set it aside
Fill opening with peanut butter
Place 2 or 3 pieces of chocolate on top of peanut butter
Cover the peanut butter and chocolate with the banana piece you cut out, cover that with the piece of peel, wrap very tightly in tin foil, and cook on a rack over your campfire 10 minutes (or you could put the foil packets directly on the coals). Eat with a spoon

Please take lots of pictures, and let us know how the “American” food is received. Love you!

]]> By: Bethany Mahler http://blogs.haverford.edu/rwanda/2008/07/17/nearing-the-end/#comment-84 Bethany Mahler Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:24:24 +0000 http://blogs.haverford.edu/rwanda/?p=21#comment-84 Muraho Emily,

I just randomly came across your blog and wanted to get in touch with you. I worked at FPH from August 2006 – October 2007 and would love to hear about your experience there and find out how Theo, Solange, Jeannette, and Sizeli are doing. Email me at bethmahl@yahoo.com when you get a chance.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Bethany

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