It's as fresh as it gets..

The guests at ISAR, which serves as the guest housing and conference center for NEGST, eat at the NEGST cafeteria that is managed by NEGST staff. On most days, Mary Sue and I will have our three meals there. Generally the Kenyan culinary selection is rather simple. As with many cultures, meals served midday and later can often center around beans and rice, along with chicken. One of our morning meals consisted of "pancakes" and bacon (of a back bacon sort, similar to bacon in England--American bacon is England is called "streaky bacon"). We also had fresh pineapple, which is always good.
A good deal of the produce for the meals comes from a large garden that the staff of ISAR manage. In this photo is "Mama Bear." Mama is the generic name for Kenyan women (and papa is the male name--I will often be called "papa"). The remainder of her name comes from her eldest son, whom she calls Bear, as in teddy bear. Under this scheme, my wife, if she were Kenyan, would be called Mama Katie. Mama Bear helps manage the huts at ISAR. She also helped me get a room that had a wifi connection. Yea Mama Bear. Just right......