HALIM, ONE OF MY GOOD MUSLIM BENGALI FRIENDS. He was dressed for the prayers on Korbani Eid day. He is one of the 10-20 guys, I play football (soccer) with 5 days a week.
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HALIM’s niece resting in the chair.
WE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING MEAL YESTERDAY, prepared by the men.
We had goose, chicken, mashed potatoes, bread, french onion soup, pumpkin pie, apple pie, orange/coffee custard, potato stuffing, chicken gravy, momos, veggies, and okra. Sorry guys, if I missed an item.
Here is a photo of the potato momos I made. I took momo cooking lessons at a cafe in Darjeeling with Austin. Here is a link that a lady put online, who had also taken the lessons there: http://www.ordinaryvegetarian.com/2010/05/tibetan-momos-in-darjeeling.html
HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY to all my American friends. I know my Canadian friends have long ago digested their Thanksgiving meals! I know these aren’t turkeys, but turkeys are expensive in Bangladesh. I think they might cost $70! I haven’t checked lately, and my memory isn’t what it used to be. Hopefully I’m not exaggerating! These are some ducks at Halim’s place. Today us fellows on the team are cooking the meal for the ladies. The menu is a secret, so I won’t disclose it until later! Have a great day!
WELL IT’S FOR SURE! ALICE AND I are spending Christmas in Bali.
HERE IS ALICE having a nice curried beef, rice, spicy potato, dal, and rice meal at Halim’s place. Halim’s mother is on the right. Her curries are some of the best we have tasted in Bangladesh.
HALIMER CHOTO BEI SNAN KORCHE! Ok, I’ll translate. Halim’s younger brother taking a shower.
HERE I AM ON MOHAMMADIA HOUSING’S MAIN ROAD adjusting my lungi before I started helping to skin this cow. I didn’t want the lungi to fall off!
TODAY IN BANGLADESH IT WAS EID-ul-Ajha, which is the Eid in which they sacrifice an animal to in recognition of when Abraham took his son to Mt. Moriah to be sacrificed. Each family decides whether to sacrifice a camel (rarely in Bangladesh), a cow, or a goat. We had 13 cows and 9 goats in our parking garage this morning in prep for this event. We live in an apartment with 32 apartments. Here in a nearby field there are many Bengalis participating in the special prayers before the sacrifices happen.
RUBEL, ONE OF MY GOOD FRIENDS, whom I play football with five days per week.
BENGALI ON RICKSHAW being friendly with the photographer he spied along the street! 🙂
BENGALI GENTLEMAN ON A Rickshaw, leaving Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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