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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Mangoes

We did a mango drying workshop with the ladies of our tree planting group.















Here we are laying out pieces of mango for drying.














The drying stand.















The drying stand with screen to keep away flies.















Amayi (madam or Mrs) Saka holds some of the mango pieces she has dried. She is the sister of my landlord and I live next door.




















Mango Jam


We did a couple of jam making workshops to show how it's done. Here the mangoes have been boiled and are now being peeled and having the juice and pulp scraped out.















Next equal amounts of sugar and juice are boiled for about an hour until it jells then the jam is put in plastic jars. Mason jars are not available in the villages. Notice the 3 stone fire. All cooking is done with firewood.

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