For all the foodies out there...

Pepes

These are ripe plantain which is a staple here in Ghana.  The people here make foufu, bonku and plaintain chips from these.  If they're making foufu, they will mix in casava with the plantain or sometimes yam with casava insteaad of plantain.  Plantain has a rather bland taste.  The yam is not like the yams in the US, they're more like a potatoe.  They like to deep fry the yams in chunks and dip them in pepe' which is made from hot peppers with a mortar and pestal.

Veronica, the mission cook is shown here making bonku for all the missionaries headed home the next day.

These are tilapia.  Veronica cooked them over a grill after she had marinated them with onion, garlic and ginger.

These giant snails were being sold in the market place.  This is a normal size bucket.  These were as big as my fist if not bigger.  I guess some people here do eat these.  And no, I did not buy them.    

KFC?  hmmm...

Macdonads too...

I,ve not tried Holy Mary's yet but is sure to be Ghanain food which is fish or chicken, rice and plantain.

Burger Queen anyone?  Yes, they do burgers here.

I cannot say enough about the fresh produce that is available here in Ghana.  The apples come from South Africa but I believe a lot of the other fruits and veggies in this picture are grown in Ghana.  The second largest export food in Ghana is cacao beans.  They make a drink here called milo that is from the cacao.  Its a staple in their diet.  

The giant Macaroons here are to die for!

These are called ball floats because they're shape is round and they deep fry them in oil.  YUM!

A Ghanain apple.  Or as Harry Potter claimed, dragon ears...

A Ghanaian meal consisting of chicken stew, coleslaw and jolof rice. (spicy rice)  The little little container above is a VERY hot sauce that they love to eat with their meals.  I like it if its not with a fish base.

Oops,  how'd that photo get in here?  Ok, ok, so were typical Americans.... nobody is perfect.  :-)