Jollof

November 29th is a national holiday in Liberia due to the late President Tubman's birthday. For most people around Monrovia that's an excuse for heavy eating and some even more heavy drinking. Anyway we coal potted some Jollof rice at my place and drank a ton of water.....and here's some photos.

Two chickens and a whole 500ml of oil later (oil is sold in old mineral water bottles which is why i can be so precise).........mmmmmmmmmm arteries. Incidentally i had to intervene on the oil to get it down to that much. Every soup (rice topping) in Liberia seems to require at least this much oil in it....even if it was just for 4 people.

Out goes chicken, and in goes 5 onions, a pumpkin and some garlic and tomato paste.

And then 6 tin cans of rice and some insanely cheap (by Liberian standards - i'm glad the package is in portugese) brazilian made chicken frankfurters.

How not to focus a camera if you're photographing food.

Morris telling a story that had something to do with reporting on the radio that there was a white guy taking photos while they were eating.