This past weekend I had the pleasure of having Thom and Ellen in my home. I first met Thom and Ellen about nine years ago when they came to our church and told how they were going to Cameroon to work at a hospital site. Thom, a contractor, would be overseeing construction at the hospital, and Ellen would be hosting the guest house there. Having raised a family, they were at a time of needing some direction in their lives, and someone who came to their church said, "I think you should go to Cameroon."
After speaking in churches and raising their funds to go, they packed up their house and set off. When I met them, I asked Ellen to look through my Pampered Chef catalog and choose some items that she would like to have in her kitchen in Cameroon. Some time after they had arrived, I received these photos in a letter.
Gladys is holding the Pampered Chef batter bowl, filled with grasshoppers. Thom told us that the grasshoppers, when fried nice and crispy, taste much like fried chicken. Ellen said that she put one in her mouth, but that she wouldn't do it again. A visitor who came to be with them needed a little encouraging to try one, but after he tried the first one, he was reaching for another before he had finished the first one.
Can you imagine cooking these for a snack?
Thom loves the grasshoppers, but he said he draws the line at termites. 
After speaking in churches and raising their funds to go, they packed up their house and set off. When I met them, I asked Ellen to look through my Pampered Chef catalog and choose some items that she would like to have in her kitchen in Cameroon. Some time after they had arrived, I received these photos in a letter.
8 comments:
First, let me say that the new header photo of Ella is just priceless!!
I had to eat a grasshopper when I was in college (being inducted into a sorority) and it wasn't too bad, except I got a leg stuck in my teeth and that sort of skeeved me out!!
I have never tried a grasshopper... don't think I ever will. Although... I do love squid (calamari) and I thought I never would.
I heard they taste a bit like bacon bits at least the bugs we (they) ate in Ghana. Adorable photo up top!
Fried chicken must be a universal favorite because anytime someone wants you to try something weird they say it tastes like fried chicken. Possibly I could try the grasshoppers if they had a nice coating on them.
Such yummy photos!
Your header photos is PRICELESS!
NO i will NOT eat bugs of any kind. I knew someone who used to offer me gourmet chocolate covered ants, I always said NO
Adorable photo up top!
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One's culture definitely influences one's appetite. They do sound tasty... but I don't think I could bring myself to eat one. :-)
And your header picture... oh my.. is soooo adorable!!!!
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