Avocados and Mangoes…..

Avocados and Mangoes….. Fried flat bread (chapatti) and deep fried dough balls (mandahzi)… Rice. Potatoes. Potato fries. Cassava root. Cassava fries. Carbs. There are tons of fruits and veggies (pineapple, aforementioned mangoes and avos, cabbage, “greens” (can be bitter or sweet), papaya, passion fruits, bananas, tomatoes, onions….) but the locals LOVE the friggin’ carbs! Chapatti, rice, milled corn…. and especially matoke (mashed, flavor-deficient plantains)… those are the staples and you’ll find that four courses at a nine-course meal will be carbs. They’re good. They’re tasty. They fill my belly and I smile. Then I get tired. Then I crave something sweet. I’m just sayin’ it’s a lot of carbs! I’m not on the Atkins and never have been, but damn! I’ve literally been served FIVE carbs in ONE meal… (or “starches” as Mom used to say – and she always had ONE starch at each meal)....