Ethnic Food Day 1—Egyptian

This week we’re doing something pretty fun. Each night for dinner we’re eating foods from other cultures and there are a few rules:

1. You must put some of everything on your plate (No “no thank you helpings” are allowed)
2. You must eat everything that’s on your plate

So far, so good. One of our Trek interns went to Egypt last year so for tonight she made us a dish that had rice, lentils, and pasta in it. The we added garbanzo beans, sweet onions, and then a tomato sauce. Everything is mixed together ad we dug in. We also had tomoatos and cucumbers, SonJa said those were served with every meal.

Over dinner SonJa gave us a lecture on how important food is in other cultures. She kept telling us stories about how people would just continually feed them even if they were stuffed. Luke, the Trek director, was telling us about how when he was in India when they would refuse second helpings people would ask if they didn’t like India. It’s crazy to see what a role food plays in different cultures.