INGREDIENTS:
• 1 cabbage, finely shredded or a 16-ounce package of shredded coleslaw mix
• 1 medium red onion, quartered and thinly sliced
• Dressing:
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 cup vinegar
• 2/3 cup vegetable oil
PREPARATION:
Combine shredded cabbage with sliced onion. Combine dressing ingredients and bring to boil. Pour over cabbage and toss. Cool, then refrigerate. A wonderful topping for sandwiches.
More Cole Slaw Recipes
http://southernfood.about.com/od/coleslawcabbagesalads/r/bl10512c.htm
This is a salad that I made in Africa, several people have ask for the recipe.
Monday, October 10, 2005
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Notes for Tchad #5 – Sabbath
Our work is done here in Béré. It is Friday night. We have just finished supper of noodles and Fri-chik with cherry/blackberry cobbler. We have eaten well. No one has gotten sick, so maybe I have done my assignment. Two of the student missionaries here are sick. One has malaria; the other is just not feeling well. We finished to building we were working on. The inside ceiling was patched or replaced. The holes were patches in the walls and then painted. It’s a two tone paint job, white on the top and a blue on the bottom. They are calling it scrub blue. It looks really nice. The doors that Graham made look really nice. We also made 3 new pews for the church to replace 3 that were stolen from the grounds. We have been using them for VBS. Ed worked with the accountant here at the hospital and has written up a report for James. We are still not sure about our trip to Cameron. Guess we will find of on Sunday. The people here are all very friendly and helpful. Every one of us will have a different story to tell you about all the things we have seen and done. We will all be changed forever because of the things we have seen and experienced. But we are all eager to see each and every one of you on our return. Yet, it's hard to believe our time here is almost over in this laid-back lifestyle, no timetables to run after, none of the pressures of our life and work as we know them at home. It's Sabbath here and all is quiet except for the hum of the generator, a nice sound to hear.
Bye for now and Happy Sabbath.
DJ and the Béré Bunch
Interesting facts about Tchad:
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 47.94 yearsmale: 46.84 yearsfemale: 49.09 years (2005 est.) Median age:total: 16.02 yearsmale: 15.32 yearsfemale: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Population:9,826,419 (July 2005 est)
Population density:8 people per square kilometerTime zone GMT -1
Web site of interest about Tchad:
Weather:http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:CDXX0003
Bye for now and Happy Sabbath.
DJ and the Béré Bunch
Interesting facts about Tchad:
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 47.94 yearsmale: 46.84 yearsfemale: 49.09 years (2005 est.) Median age:total: 16.02 yearsmale: 15.32 yearsfemale: 16.71 years (2005 est.)
Population:9,826,419 (July 2005 est)
Population density:8 people per square kilometerTime zone GMT -1
Web site of interest about Tchad:
Weather:http://weather.msn.com/local.aspx?wealocations=wc:CDXX0003
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Notes from Chad #4 - Washing and Other Things
Mary-Ann is in charge of our washing. Every morning there is a big pile of clothes in the corner. At the beginning of the week she collected 500f ($1.00) from each of us. This is the going rate for one day of washing. The lady that is doing our laundry complained that this was not enough. Sara simply explained that she could wash our cloth for 500f and be through by noon or she could go and work all day in the rice fields for 300f. We have not had a problem since. Although, Mary-Ann tells me they have a system worked out. The lady washes and rings then hangs the clothes on the fence. Then Mary-Ann comes along and rings more of the water out.
We had chili and fried apple pies last night. The pies are an ode to Rhonda’s Kentucky heritage. There are no apples here in Tchad. I explained to Solomon, through Sara, that they could be made with any fruit. I will leave the left over apples that we had dried and brought with us here so they can have them later. Solomon is making lunch today with the donated squash that we had left over, potatoes, rice and eggplant. I'll need to go check on him soon to make sure there is enough food for our group. He says that he has never cooked for so many. This morning I fixed biscuits, oatmeal, and scrambled eggs. There is a possibility that we may go to Cameroon on Monday. Job, the conference guy in NDJ, is working on it now. We gave him our passports on Sunday. He took then back to NDJ. He says he has a friend in the Cameroon embassy that might be able to work it out for us. Solomon just came over to James and Sara's where I am to ask how to fix the eggplant. I have no idea what he said, but I think we agreed to fix 5 of them however he usually does it. I am sure that he has cooked a lot more eggplant than I ever have.
I went with the groups doing rounds (Ken, Cindi, Micky, and Sara). There are about 15 patients in the maternity ward. Between each patient Ken washes his hands in a little basin while someone else pours water over his hands. The boy that had a section of his small intestines removed sat up for the first time today. Micky helped him up and he walked to the yard to lie on a grass mat. After the surgery they did not give him any pain medication. This little guy had a 9 inch incision down his belly with no pain medicine, not even Tylenol. Micky gave him a back massage while he was sitting up on his mat. Sara called me over while she changed the dressing on an 8 year old boy that had an operation a month ago. It was something about a bone infection. He comes every day to have it changed. When she was through she drew a horse head on both of his hands. He was happy for this.
Last night we sang happy birthday to Rhonda, my wife. She’s back in Florida. The sun is shining brightly and it is warn. A chicken is squawking loudly outside. I believe it is his last moments of life.
Bye for now.
DJ and the Béré bunch
We had chili and fried apple pies last night. The pies are an ode to Rhonda’s Kentucky heritage. There are no apples here in Tchad. I explained to Solomon, through Sara, that they could be made with any fruit. I will leave the left over apples that we had dried and brought with us here so they can have them later. Solomon is making lunch today with the donated squash that we had left over, potatoes, rice and eggplant. I'll need to go check on him soon to make sure there is enough food for our group. He says that he has never cooked for so many. This morning I fixed biscuits, oatmeal, and scrambled eggs. There is a possibility that we may go to Cameroon on Monday. Job, the conference guy in NDJ, is working on it now. We gave him our passports on Sunday. He took then back to NDJ. He says he has a friend in the Cameroon embassy that might be able to work it out for us. Solomon just came over to James and Sara's where I am to ask how to fix the eggplant. I have no idea what he said, but I think we agreed to fix 5 of them however he usually does it. I am sure that he has cooked a lot more eggplant than I ever have.
I went with the groups doing rounds (Ken, Cindi, Micky, and Sara). There are about 15 patients in the maternity ward. Between each patient Ken washes his hands in a little basin while someone else pours water over his hands. The boy that had a section of his small intestines removed sat up for the first time today. Micky helped him up and he walked to the yard to lie on a grass mat. After the surgery they did not give him any pain medication. This little guy had a 9 inch incision down his belly with no pain medicine, not even Tylenol. Micky gave him a back massage while he was sitting up on his mat. Sara called me over while she changed the dressing on an 8 year old boy that had an operation a month ago. It was something about a bone infection. He comes every day to have it changed. When she was through she drew a horse head on both of his hands. He was happy for this.
Last night we sang happy birthday to Rhonda, my wife. She’s back in Florida. The sun is shining brightly and it is warn. A chicken is squawking loudly outside. I believe it is his last moments of life.
Bye for now.
DJ and the Béré bunch
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Notes from Tchad #3
October 5
A few of us go in to the market in Béré in the morning to buy produce, the few things they have onions, tomatoes, okra, and eggplant. We buy cloth, some to take back and some to be made into local garments. The cloth is made in Nigeria. Since the revolution in Tchad it must be imported. Only about 20% of the stalls in the market are occupied. The big market days are Friday and Saturday. Five meters of cloth is 5000f (about ten dollars). The tailor charges us 3000f (six dollars) to sew it up. The measurements are just shoulder to ground, waist to ground, and arm length. A good time was had. There was laughter all around. They were happy to have us visit their shop.
For lunch we had spaghetti. Supper was rice and an "African stew" cooked up with red lentils, potatoes, and okra. We also had a side of squash that one of the locals gave us. On the first day of VBS there were 72 children, the next 115. There will probably be more today. They are mostly well behaved and seem to be having a good time. The second day they were there waiting for it to begin. The craft the first day was to take photos with a Polaroid camera of each kid and put it on a card with their thumb print. Each one is different was the message.
After supper, (which was James and Sara’s lunch, finally getting to eat), James walked over to the hospital to check on a security issue, but ended up with 2 new cases. One was a 1 month old baby with a bronchial infection. They put her on oxygen and some medicine. The little baby was just holding on with the oxygen, but it was time to turn the generator off. As luck would have it, at least for the baby, the other patient had a bowl obstruction that required surgery. There was no other way to find out what the problem was. The boy was about 12 or 13 years old. His stomach looked like that of a 5 month pregnant woman. The OR had no oxygen, no monitor, no booties - only bare feet, no electric cautery, no staples. The patient woke up in the middle of surgery. The anesthetic was ketamine. The surgery lasted around 2 1/2 hours. They removed a 4 foot section of the small intestine. After the surgery James, the surgeon, cleaned up as he was the only one with gloves on. The family had to cleanup all of the washable items and take the trash out. The cost of the surgery and hospital stay $2.00, but even this was too great a price. They had to pay with a bicycle. During the surgery there were crickets on the floor of the OR. The prep work for surgery was done on the porch outside the OR. After surgery we went back to the baby. Cindi and Laura told us how a bat had come into the room and had flown around and into the ceiling fan. The dead bat had plopped down on the baby’s head. The baby was doing better. The extra 2 1/2 hours of oxygen had helped. Now that the surgery was over the generator was turned off. The baby was admitted to the hospital. She was given to the mother to walk to the bed. We did not know if it would be alive in the morning, all for the price of running the generator through the night. In the morning both were alive.
I discovered the charger for my video camera had blown, probably when the generator came on. Luckily, Steve's charger is the same as mine. Let’s make sure his is unplugged when the generator is off. Lunch on Tuesday was bean burritos with tomatoes, onions, some local peppers and cabbage. It went over well with the group. (Not bad, if the cook is allowed an opinion.) Supper was Italian meatball (veggie) subs with fried eggplant and a tomato sauce. After supper some of us watched Geronimo on a projector video that James had here. This was possible because another surgery was going on.
The building work project is going well. One room is finished, except for the lower half of the room still needs painting. They are having trouble getting the paint. Graham continues to do wonders with a skill saw set up as a table saw, and a planer. He has made the panels for the ceiling and about 10 doors. They have made another trip to Kilo about 20 kilos away, 2 hours. This is the same road we arrived on. They are trying to get the paint needed today ASAP. Everyone tells of the great thunderstorm that passed close by last night. The temperature dropped from 90 to the mid-seventies. I slept soundly through the storm.
Bye for now,
DJ and the Béré Bunch
A few of us go in to the market in Béré in the morning to buy produce, the few things they have onions, tomatoes, okra, and eggplant. We buy cloth, some to take back and some to be made into local garments. The cloth is made in Nigeria. Since the revolution in Tchad it must be imported. Only about 20% of the stalls in the market are occupied. The big market days are Friday and Saturday. Five meters of cloth is 5000f (about ten dollars). The tailor charges us 3000f (six dollars) to sew it up. The measurements are just shoulder to ground, waist to ground, and arm length. A good time was had. There was laughter all around. They were happy to have us visit their shop.
For lunch we had spaghetti. Supper was rice and an "African stew" cooked up with red lentils, potatoes, and okra. We also had a side of squash that one of the locals gave us. On the first day of VBS there were 72 children, the next 115. There will probably be more today. They are mostly well behaved and seem to be having a good time. The second day they were there waiting for it to begin. The craft the first day was to take photos with a Polaroid camera of each kid and put it on a card with their thumb print. Each one is different was the message.
After supper, (which was James and Sara’s lunch, finally getting to eat), James walked over to the hospital to check on a security issue, but ended up with 2 new cases. One was a 1 month old baby with a bronchial infection. They put her on oxygen and some medicine. The little baby was just holding on with the oxygen, but it was time to turn the generator off. As luck would have it, at least for the baby, the other patient had a bowl obstruction that required surgery. There was no other way to find out what the problem was. The boy was about 12 or 13 years old. His stomach looked like that of a 5 month pregnant woman. The OR had no oxygen, no monitor, no booties - only bare feet, no electric cautery, no staples. The patient woke up in the middle of surgery. The anesthetic was ketamine. The surgery lasted around 2 1/2 hours. They removed a 4 foot section of the small intestine. After the surgery James, the surgeon, cleaned up as he was the only one with gloves on. The family had to cleanup all of the washable items and take the trash out. The cost of the surgery and hospital stay $2.00, but even this was too great a price. They had to pay with a bicycle. During the surgery there were crickets on the floor of the OR. The prep work for surgery was done on the porch outside the OR. After surgery we went back to the baby. Cindi and Laura told us how a bat had come into the room and had flown around and into the ceiling fan. The dead bat had plopped down on the baby’s head. The baby was doing better. The extra 2 1/2 hours of oxygen had helped. Now that the surgery was over the generator was turned off. The baby was admitted to the hospital. She was given to the mother to walk to the bed. We did not know if it would be alive in the morning, all for the price of running the generator through the night. In the morning both were alive.
I discovered the charger for my video camera had blown, probably when the generator came on. Luckily, Steve's charger is the same as mine. Let’s make sure his is unplugged when the generator is off. Lunch on Tuesday was bean burritos with tomatoes, onions, some local peppers and cabbage. It went over well with the group. (Not bad, if the cook is allowed an opinion.) Supper was Italian meatball (veggie) subs with fried eggplant and a tomato sauce. After supper some of us watched Geronimo on a projector video that James had here. This was possible because another surgery was going on.
The building work project is going well. One room is finished, except for the lower half of the room still needs painting. They are having trouble getting the paint. Graham continues to do wonders with a skill saw set up as a table saw, and a planer. He has made the panels for the ceiling and about 10 doors. They have made another trip to Kilo about 20 kilos away, 2 hours. This is the same road we arrived on. They are trying to get the paint needed today ASAP. Everyone tells of the great thunderstorm that passed close by last night. The temperature dropped from 90 to the mid-seventies. I slept soundly through the storm.
Bye for now,
DJ and the Béré Bunch
Monday, October 03, 2005
Notes from Tchad #2 - Native Drums Under a Starry Sky
October 3, 2005
Going to sleep under the stars with the sounds of African drums at night; can it be more surreal than this? Yes, this is Africa, at its best. Micky says the drums and singing went on until 4 am. I would not know this, as I had gone right to sleep. Micky’s tiny mosquito net pup-tent is on the same porch as mine. He says the bats like to dive into the tents.
The repair work on the hospital has begun, the scraping, pressure washing and cleaning. Graham has done wonders with a skill saw. He created a table saw and a template to make the pieces for the ceiling. Painting begins tomorrow.
Solomon, James and Sara’s cook, makes the best whole wheat bread. I have documented it in hope that we can reproduce it at home. Although, I don't think it could ever be quite the same.Church was interesting. Jim Appel preached in English. James translated to French. The local pastor translated to the local language. After church everybody filed out and shook the pastor’s hand, then joined in at the end of the line so everyone shook everyone else's hand then formed a circle and sang a song.
On Saturday night a young man came to the hospital with a big gash/stab wound on his leg. The doctors (James and Ken) and student missionary went over to have a look. The patient was sitting on one of the porches. They had the family go over to the water spigot and get water in a bucket to wash the wound. They were going to stitch it up right there but decided to move the patient to a bed that was on the porch. Under flash light and lantern light they sewed him up. Afterwards, the family was responsible for cleaning up.Stephanie’s VBS is about to start, so I'll close for now.
DJ and the Béré Bunch
Going to sleep under the stars with the sounds of African drums at night; can it be more surreal than this? Yes, this is Africa, at its best. Micky says the drums and singing went on until 4 am. I would not know this, as I had gone right to sleep. Micky’s tiny mosquito net pup-tent is on the same porch as mine. He says the bats like to dive into the tents.
The repair work on the hospital has begun, the scraping, pressure washing and cleaning. Graham has done wonders with a skill saw. He created a table saw and a template to make the pieces for the ceiling. Painting begins tomorrow.
Solomon, James and Sara’s cook, makes the best whole wheat bread. I have documented it in hope that we can reproduce it at home. Although, I don't think it could ever be quite the same.Church was interesting. Jim Appel preached in English. James translated to French. The local pastor translated to the local language. After church everybody filed out and shook the pastor’s hand, then joined in at the end of the line so everyone shook everyone else's hand then formed a circle and sang a song.
On Saturday night a young man came to the hospital with a big gash/stab wound on his leg. The doctors (James and Ken) and student missionary went over to have a look. The patient was sitting on one of the porches. They had the family go over to the water spigot and get water in a bucket to wash the wound. They were going to stitch it up right there but decided to move the patient to a bed that was on the porch. Under flash light and lantern light they sewed him up. Afterwards, the family was responsible for cleaning up.Stephanie’s VBS is about to start, so I'll close for now.
DJ and the Béré Bunch
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