How can you make a
cake in rural Ethiopia without an oven?
The answer is a makeshift “Dutch Oven.” This involves a large pot, with
three rocks in the bottom and a smaller pot placed on those rocks, inside the
bigger bot. Then a large lid is placed on the large pot, and voila, you have an
oven!
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| A makeshift Dutch Oven! |
My sitemate Alex and I
decided to have a celebration for our birthdays (both in May) and for the end
of the school year with our English Club.
We used a funfetti cake mix and chocolate frosting to make this
delicious double layer concoction:
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| Layer number one! |
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| The final product! |
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| The group before we ate the cake; notice Dougm (the boy in the front), eyeing the cake! |
The students had never
tasted this type of cake before, or anything this sweet for that matter! As
they tried the cake and ate it, they were smiling, with their eyes wide and
seeming to say, “WOW THIS IS AWESOME!” When I asked them in English, “How is
it?” They all responded in English in unison, “Delicious!!”
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Sosina and Misrek were all smiles while enjoying the cake!
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We had such a
wonderful afternoon together, sharing this part of American culture and
enjoying with my Ethiopian friends and family, and the six students who I have
been teaching English for over a year.
During the
celebration, one of the student’s fathers said, “Hannah, you won’t be here next
year for your birthday.” As he said that
and I looked around the room at all these people who have come to mean so much
to me, and a wave of emotion came over me.
I want to spend every last minute and day that I have here enjoying with
the Mezezo community; Eating funfetti cake, singing English songs, teaching
about helath, playing Frisbee, and sipping coffee by candlelight in the
evenings.
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| A group of my Mezezo family and friends who I love dearly! |
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