Day | Meal | Preparer/Location | Cost | Description |
1 | Breakfast | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Tasteless gruel, white bread and coffee |
1 | Lunch | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Cassava leaf (green sludge) with fish/chicken/beef? |
1 | Dinner | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Chicken, veggies and french fries |
2 | Breakfast | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Fried banana bread and eggs |
2 | Lunch | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Kren-kren (another green sludge) with mystery meats |
2 | Dinner | Stadium Guesthouse | --- | Barracuda and every single other dish they eat in Salone |
3 | Breakfast | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Plantains and eggs |
3 | Lunch | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Groundnut Stew |
3 | Dinner | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Chicken, salad, 'rice and peas' |
4 | Breakfast | St. Edwards Guesthouse, Freetown | --- | Greasy puff pancakes |
4 | Lunch | Pineapple Town, PST complex | --- | Box lunch (hard-boiled eggs, peanuts, lemon cookies), kren-kren with host family |
4 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Sweet potato fries and cucumbers |
5 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Omelet and sweet potato fries |
5 | Lunch | PST complex | --- | Rice with cassava leaf |
5 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Curried cous-cous with chicken, sweet potatoes, pineapple, Asian snack crackers, popcorn |
6 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Omelet and bread |
6 | Lunch | PST complex | --- | Rice with cassava leaf |
6 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Fried noodles, fried chicken, cucumbers, tomatoes, bananas |
7 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Omelet and bread |
7 | Lunch | PST complex | --- | Coco yams, yams, sweet potatoes and cassava covered in fish soup (with bones) |
7 | Dinner | Homestay (with brother Colin) | --- | Fried noodles, fried chicken, cucumbers, sweet plantains, french fries, rice, kren-kren |
8 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Porridge and hard-boiled eggs |
8 | Lunch | PST complex | --- | Cassava, spicy brown powder (apparently similar to peanuts), extremely dry fish |
8 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | French fries, chicken, cucumber, sweet plantains |
9 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Porridge and pineapple |
9 | Lunch | Village School | --- | Extremely chewy fish and cassava lif |
9 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Best fish ever, cucumber, sweet plantains |
10 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Root veggie, banana, and peanut curry porridge (awesome) |
10 | Lunch | Homestay | --- | Groundnut Soup (Fish, peanuts, spicy sauce) |
10 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Jolof Rice (Jasmine Rice, spices, veggies, chicken) |
11 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Root veggie, banana, and peanut curry porridge (with tomato sauce instead of palm oil this time) |
11 | Lunch | Baby naming party | --- | Airplane meal of rice, sauce and fishy-tasting chicken leg |
11 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Chicken, sweet potato fries, cassava leaf |
12 | Breakfast | Homestay | --- | Hardboiled egg, bananas, peanut butter and oatmeal (last two self-supplied) |
12 | Lunch | PST complex | --- | Rice and green stuff (I still can't tell the difference and I've tired of asking) |
12 | Dinner | Homestay | --- | Chicken, sweet potato fries, spicy fried noodles |
17 | Lunch | PST Complex | --- | 4th of July Feast: Bean burgers, hot dogs, baked beans, ketchup, mustard, fruit salad, no-bake cookies, ginger beer and sweet tea |
18 | Brunch | 'Good Restaurant' at Bo truck stop | 3000 | Black-eyed peas, egg, onions, noodles, ketchup and mayo |
18 | Lunch | Homestay | --- | Sweet potatoes with palm oil paste and fish |
18 | Mid-day meal | Fairview Lodge | --- | Rice and green stuff with trainers |
18 | Early dinner | Homestay | --- | Jolof Rice with Chicken |
18 | Supper | Homestay | --- | Spaghetti with sauce and meat |
Kren-kren, cassava lif, rice, bif, etc. for every meal, forever onward... |