In July, 2008, I, Princess Rachella, Intrepid African American Girl International Journalism Consultant, pulled up stakes once again and headed to Nairobi, Kenya. Through my various adventures, I've concluded that if I get any MORE explosively fabulous in these prequel years to "THE BIG 5-0," I will have to register myself with the Pentagon as a thermonuclear incendiary device.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

One Thing to Do When the Grief is Enuf

Yesterday after work, I was suddenly obsessed with making a batch of sukuma wiki.

This time, I was gonna be creative and add some smoked neckbones, and some leeks. I'm sure I'd be chased out of the country if a Kenyan got a whiff of my impromptu experiment, but I wanted to add an African American spin to it.

All the washing and chopping and dicing and simmering took about 3 hours last night. I was almost too exhausted to eat it. The first bite didn't knock me off my feet, so I think the next time I'll stick to the authentic recipe. I've made it before, and it's turned out really well. This time, I just needed to focus on doing something other than marinating in grief.

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