Food!

I once heard a missionary who had lived in East Africa for years say, "When you get to the point where over 80% of your conversations are about food, it is time for a trip to your home country."  Well, Andrew and I are nearing the point of going back for a few months (we'll be in the States from July 2012 to January 2013), and I think we're also very close to that 80% mark!  Because we're starting to find it difficult to think about much else, this blog post is dedicated to the foods we miss the most and just cannot wait to eat when we get back to North America!

Pad Thai

 We both LOVE Thai food.  Want me to say that again?  We LOVE LOVE LOVE Thai food!

Steak

 Andrew in particular is really craving some good steak.  We both miss quality meats, but Misha might be more inclined to miss things like plump boneless skinless chicken breasts.  We can get beef here, but it's not exactly the quality of the cut in the picture above!

Salmon

Good seafood comes next on the list. Salmon, halibut, and all sorts of great fish that aren't available here are another thing we miss and can't wait to get our teeth into.  We can get great tilapia here, but we're lacking in the ocean-going sorts of fish and seafood.

Spinach salad

 Fresh vegetables of a greater variety are high on our list, too.  Baby spinach in a salad... yummy!  It's not like we don't have vegetables here, but the variety is minimal and most of them do better cooked than raw.

Strawberries!

And last but very, very far from least, BERRIES!  Blackberries, marionberries (especially in cobbler...), strawberries, raspberries, blueberries...  We love other kinds of fruits we can't get here, too, like peaches and big Washington apples.

I think I need to stop now before I start thinking about yogurt, cereal, ice cream...  It's too late!  I don't think I can stop!