art work at the train station

Mondioca leaves crushed.

 

I have wondered what this wooden piece of furniture is.  Now we were able to visit a minute with this little girl making ground Mandioca leaves in it.  This contraption is used to grind and mash food.  I would like to eat the Mandioca leaves all ground up. I don't know how they do that.  Hopefully I will get a chance to do that.  I have had Mandioca root.  Our lady that cleans our house most Tuesdays made some Mandioca for lunch one day.  It was good.  Very much like a potato.  She stewed it in a tomato and garlic soup.  Yummy.  She left me some Mandioca in the fridge.  Stan said he had fried Mandioca in Brazill so we cut it into strips and fried it crisp.  UMMMM!  THat was better than McDonald fries.  It didn't even need catsup.

What is this

 This was hanging on a tree in this park, Jardin de Municipal Nangadi.  It was the only one on this tree.  Following down a ways, we found more of them.  They are huge.  It is some kind of fruit.  We found one tree with 3 of them on the same tree.

What is it?

These were found together with another just lower on the trunk.  I have got to find out what these are.  Stan says he thinks they are called Jacara. This is what the google search says about it.   Americans call it the Jack fruit tree.  It is a tropical fruit.  Musky smell and juicy fruit gum flavor.  Can reach 100 pounds.  Very nutritious.  Cousin is breadfruit.  Could feed the world.  It is a perenial.  Picked in summer and fall.  Belongs to the mulberry family. India is the place of origin. Can be dried,roasted, added to chips, ground into flour.  $2 a pound in New York.  Can be bottled, canned and other wise sugared.  Some say it smells like smelly feet, stinky cheese, but tastes better than it smells.  Like mango, chunky banana,  Sweet in a good tropical kind of way. 

We have been without internet for two days. It is now on.   I am so grateful for internet.  I am so grateful for water.  I am so grateful for electricity.  I will never take for granted these things again.

[Stan] Along with being without power and water at times we had our mission computer crash.  We have been working on getting it back.  We are so dependent on our personal computers and having internet access; and not just access, but high speed!  We are very close to getting our second project in for approval.  Hopefully, by the end of the year we will have a third submitted. 
Teril was assigned by Pres. Koch (mission president) to put together and direct a Christmas program for the missionaries.  We will have it on Christmas Day here in Maputo area.  The Beira and Swaziland areas will have their programs on different days.  We will not be attending there, but Teril is still working with them to help with the practices of the Cantata she put together.  They practice each Tuesday morning for 2 hours until Christmas.  We are learning many things about ourselves, about the wonderful people here, about welfare principles that I thought I knew.  This is such a great opportunity to be on the front lines of implementing welfare services and seeing it in action. 
Teril mentioned she is grateful for electricity, water, internet, etc.  I am, too, and want to add a 4x4 truck to drive!!  Can't imagine going the places we do without it!