Camping all the time!

At different times of our journey here in Mundri, we've had shortages of water, power, transportation, and food. Now there are fuel shortages: petrol, diesel and propane.

For cooking/baking we had tried the solar oven: too cold; the charcoal oven: too hot. Now we have a small stove/oven that runs on propane: just right! (Thanks Word & Deed!) Unfortunately, we can't use that stove much now because there is no propane in Mundri or the capital, Juba. We are now back to looking for alternate ways of cooking.

Most people here either have 3 large rocks and firewood for cooking, or a small charcoal burner. We just bought two strong charcoal burners made from old fuel drums. The charcoal is made of wood that has been burned.

We have been taking turns cooking dinners over these stoves. We each tried and tried to get them to light and usually needed to go ask our friend, Cecilia for help. It is best if you have a ball of paper in the middle and drizzle a little kerosene on top.We now have the light-time down under 15 min and then the coals need another half hour before we can cook. Blowing is also important.

So far we've cooked greens/peanut paste, rice, crepes, naan, chicken masala, g-nut (peanut) sauce, roasted g-nuts, pasta, meatball soup, beans, yogurt, and tea over these stoves. Acacia and Liana did a great job of rolling out the naan (flatbread) and cooking it over the coals all by themselves.