I was gone for 2 1/2 weeks in Omaha, NE at Offutt Air Force Base doing some of my reserve duty as a chaplain. I missed my wife terribly, my dog second most terribly and cooking third....or tertiary terribly. And for the past week I was in Seattle with the family....more to come on that later.
It is pretty lame not being able to cook for that long even though Omaha does have some really cool restaurants. I went to an Ethiopian restaurant attached to an African market, where not only was I the only white person there, I was the only male. When I walked in I was almost ran into 2 Sudanese women with their children and the Ethiopian shopkeeper/host. Needless to say I blended right in!
While waiting for my doro wat (a traditional, read spicy, Ethiopian dish) I got to watch some Ethiopian TV, which would have been fine if I spoke the language.
By the end of the meal I used about 30 napkins blowing my nose on account of spice. For those of you who have never tried Ethiopian food, I highly recommend it. The flavors are vastly different than most of the food you are used to eating. The food is served on what is called injeera. To visualize injeera, imagine a thin, sourdough pancake. Now put your food on it and you use it not only as a plate but also as your main utensil in eating. Tear, scoop and eat.
Anyway, it would take too long to regale you all with the magical mystery restaurant tour that I took in Omaha. So in closing, stay tuned, eat Ethiopian food and be thankful for being home.
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