Here he is with Nana in the middle (the queen mother of this side of Abomosu and very close family friend) and his wife, Margaret, on the far right
A complete feast was prepared in his honor, including fried rice, fried noodles, fried chicken, watermelon (thank heavens that wasn’t fried also), boiled eggs, the sugar cane we got from the farm earlier that morning, and the snickerdoodles that Emily and I made as our little treat to him. (Those have been his favorite treat so far that we’ve made)
Many people came over to celebrate!
Including Elder and Sister Terry, who had quite a busy schedule, but still made time to come by for dinner. What a great couple!
Quick lesson on the consuming of sugar cane as a treat.
This little guy here is a piece of sugar cane.
Sugar cane is quite the interesting treat. I never would have imagined that people would just chew on it raw – I thought for sure it was something like cocoa beans and basically worthless until the sugar (or cocoa for the cocoa beans) was extracted. It has the consistency of a really soft wood, but tastes very sweet! When you bite into it you get a complete mouthful of sugary goodness… but beware, ONLY SWALLOW THE JUICE! You will get all sorts of splinters down your throat if you swallow the rest of it – not fun! You just chew on it until all the juice is out and then you spit. I find it all so fascinating! Good times!
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