Goomba38 wrote:
> Vilco wrote:
>
>> Very afro: many african dishes are made to be consumed that way,
>> everybody eating from the same "big dish", be it the table or a bowl.
>
> In July, some of us from here on RFC met up in D.C. for an Ethiopian
> dinner and this is how we ate. The various dishes are all placed on
> the spongy Ethiopian bread on the platter. Each diner also had a
> serving of the bread to use to grab/pick up the food with off the
> communal plate.

The bread is called Injera. They sell that at the little store down the
street from me! Yes, it's used as a "utensil" and you use it to eat the
various dishes available from communal pots. It's very tasty, especially
with a spicy lamb stew. That reminds me, I need to pick some up (as well as
some lamb) and make some stew!

Jill