I like Coca-Cola but not Kola
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. It seems that the past week and a half I’ve been either getting ready to leave to go out on a road trip or just returning from one. Nothing makes one appreciate a nice, semi-warm shower like spending a few days in the hot and dusty Bush.
Interesting new foods tried update: I learned on my trip to Garoua/Ngoundere that I am not a fan of kola nuts. A man handed one to me at the Grand Marche in Ngoundere and I went back to hotel and tried it (I tried to try it right then and there but my Cameroonian friends were looking out and said “Non, non! You have to wash it first!”). The taste was def not what I thought it would be. I thought it would taste like coca cola haha (which, after doing some wikipedia-ing, I discovered wasn’t too far off. They used to use kola nuts and coca in the original recipe of Coca-Cola). But, it was super bitter instead and not really nutty at all. Bummer.
I’ll have to try them a few more times just to be sure I didn’t get a bad one but I have a feeling this is going to be one Africa food that I won’t look for upon my return to the States.
