{"id":1351,"date":"2004-04-27T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-04-27T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2004\/04\/27\/cooking-for-the-prime-minister-of-tanzania-by-jean-milnes\/"},"modified":"2016-10-15T20:49:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T20:49:44","slug":"cooking-for-the-prime-minister-of-tanzania-by-jean-milnes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/cooking-for-the-prime-minister-of-tanzania-by-jean-milnes.html","title":{"rendered":"Cooking for the Prime Minister of Tanzania\n by Jean Milnes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n Although, now perhaps &#8216;old news&#8217; to those of us living and working<br \/>\n in Mikindani we couldn&#8217;t let this event pass unreported. Last<br \/>\n November The Old Boma&#8217;s reputation had had yet another shot in the<br \/>\n arm! The District Commissioner invited us to prepare lunch for the<br \/>\n Tanzanian Prime Minister and 30 of his party; approaching election<br \/>\n time he was going to be making an official visit to Mtwara Region<br \/>\n for 2 days. However it was not to be held at the Boma but at a<br \/>\n Primary School in the remote village of Hinju some 50 km inland<br \/>\n from here. The village is so remote that there are no facilities at<br \/>\n all &#8211; no power, limited water and we would have to take absolutely<br \/>\n everything with us. Initially they thought we would donate the<br \/>\n entire cost! However, when I explained that we are a charity they<br \/>\n agreed to give us a &#8216;donation&#8217; to the cause which did just about<br \/>\n cover the cost of the food.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews_042004_image002.jpg\" alt=\"Old Boma Outdoor\" width=\"239\" height=\"211\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/>Friday &#8211; the shopping trip<br \/>\n to Mtwara took 5 hours whilst Esther searched all over town for<br \/>\n enough chickens to feed this crowd whilst the goat in question was<br \/>\n tethered outside the Boma bleating for a few hours. Saturday &#8211;<br \/>\n kitchen a hive of activity chopping, cutting, marinating and<br \/>\n counting bottles of water, soft drinks, plates, glasses, knives,<br \/>\n forks etc. Last minute panic appeared non-existent &#8211; my own<br \/>\n memories of the night before a major event of this importance were<br \/>\n very different!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n It was a very early start on the Sunday morning &#8211; but the<br \/>\n excitement was tangible! On the unmade country roads there was no<br \/>\n sign of a police or security presence -the only suggestion that the<br \/>\n PM might be in danger was the Prime Minister&#8217;s Waiter hovering<br \/>\n around &#8216;tasting&#8217; the food whilst we were preparing it &#8211; he must<br \/>\n have approved because he kept coming back for more!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n We had originally been told that lunch would be at 2.00pm &#8211; then<br \/>\n they changed that to 12.30 &#8211; as it happened the official party<br \/>\n turned up at 2.15! But there was a lot of &#8216;on site&#8217; preparation so<br \/>\n several hours were required. We were given the headmaster&#8217;s office<br \/>\n for preparation (including the barbecue &#8211; his office will never<br \/>\n smell quite the same!) and the classroom next door was turned into<br \/>\n a dinning room. The rest of the food preparation and the cooking<br \/>\n was done in the open air on the other side of the school!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n In the &#8216;dining room&#8217; tables were arranged around the edge of the<br \/>\n room in a &#8216;U&#8217; formation and white sheets were used as table<br \/>\n clothes. With the new Boma china, some hastily created green &amp;<br \/>\n black batik it all looked very elegant or at least as elegant as it<br \/>\n could be in a classroom with concrete walls, a corrugated iron roof<br \/>\n and a huge old blackboard on the wall!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews_042004_image003.jpg\" alt=\"Attempts at transformation! (The red bits are roses made from tomato skins)\" width=\"244\" height=\"183\" hspace=\"12\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n The official party arrived in a flurry of dust as about 40 cars<br \/>\n swept into the school ground. In the background was the celebratory<br \/>\n sound of drums and chanting, and there were dancers that we could<br \/>\n hear but not see from our corner of the school ground. Because they<br \/>\n were so late we abandoned all attempts at &#8216;silver service&#8217; and put<br \/>\n a couple of desks in the centre of the room as a buffet and allowed<br \/>\n them to help themselves. We were advised to do this so that we<br \/>\n could not be held responsible for delaying them and influencing how<br \/>\n long they took to eat!\n <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"c3\">\n The menu<br \/>\n <\/h4>\n<p class=\"c4\">\n Roast Goat (marinated with ginger and then cooked on the BBQ)<br \/>\n Marinated Chicken (with garlic and lemon, also cooked on the<br \/>\n BBQ)<br \/>\n Beef Curry<br \/>\n Vegetable Curry<br \/>\n Pilau rice \/ Plain rice \/ Ugali \/ Salad<br \/>\n Fresh fruit &#8211; (as the PM does not eat any fruit that is already cut<br \/>\n &#8211; it was just bananas!)\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews_042004_image004.jpg\" alt=\"The Boma Staff Team\" width=\"311\" height=\"233\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/>After they had eaten the<br \/>\n District Commissioner invited the whole Boma team into the room,<br \/>\n introduced us and gave a short speech of thanks for providing such<br \/>\n a wonderful lunch. He acknowledged that the Boma is run by Trade<br \/>\n Aid and proceeded to thank Trade Aid for providing this opportunity<br \/>\n for employment and the development of tourism in the Mtwara Region.<br \/>\n The Prime Minister&#039;s photographer recorded the event and held a<br \/>\n photo shoot taking a number of pictures on the Trade Aid digital<br \/>\n camera.\n <\/p>\n<p class=\"c4\">\n Once all the clearing up and packing up was complete we set off<br \/>\n back to Mikindani. &#8216;Tired but happy&#8217; is a phrase that comes to<br \/>\n mind! PS -&#160; all the Boma China that went to Hinju came back<br \/>\n intact! Well done! to the team once again.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n The summer is soon here and that reminds us of our romantic<br \/>\n honeymoon we had last summer. We want to share our memories with<br \/>\n you.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n We got married last summer outside Brighton, UK, after 10 years<br \/>\n together and we had a fantastic wedding with all our friends, 110<br \/>\n persons. On our honeymoon we wanted to start with relaxing on the<br \/>\n countryside and then some city life. We choose Sweden and<br \/>\n Stockholm,&#160; not far from London, and with fast direct access.<br \/>\n And we found a tour operator, Peace and Quiet Travel,&#160;<br \/>\n offering what we were looking for.&#160; Three nights in the<br \/>\n beautiful M&auml;lar Valley and two nights in Stockholm! The week after<br \/>\n our wedding we were on our way.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews_042004_image005.jpg\" alt=\"Surahammar Manor\" width=\"211\" height=\"154\" hspace=\"12\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/>After picking up<br \/>\n our rental car at the airport and after some looking on the map we<br \/>\n found Surahammar Manor. A fantastic place in the M&auml;lar Valley with<br \/>\n romantic surroundings! And such a family atmosphere! The owners<br \/>\n themselves welcomed us and we got a high standard room facing the<br \/>\n parkland. All rooms are&#160; individually decorated with elegant<br \/>\n antique furniture. And we really enjoyed the welcome dinner with<br \/>\n Swedish schnapps. In the evening we went early to bed, talked about<br \/>\n our wedding and revelled in that pleasant tired feeling in your<br \/>\n body and serenity in your heart that only a great day can&#160;<br \/>\n bring!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n And what did we do in the M&auml;lar Valley?&#160; After breakfast we<br \/>\n went canoeing and brought our own picnic lunch with us. Total<br \/>\n relaxation and what a scenery, unspoilt and beautiful!&#160; In the<br \/>\n afternoon we decided to go fishing, a new experience for both of<br \/>\n us. We hired the equipment and thought&#160; that we had to go far<br \/>\n away,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/enews_042004_image006.jpg\" alt=\"We were fishing from the Manor&#039;s park! \" width=\"223\" height=\"104\" hspace=\"12\" vspace=\"5\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>but not. We<br \/>\n were fishing from the Manor&#8217;s park! After some hours we had got<br \/>\n four salmon trout and thought it was enough. In the evening we<br \/>\n prepared&#160; them together with the cook. Never has a dinner<br \/>\n tasted so good!\n <\/p>\n<p>\n Next day we decided to be a little cultural so we went to Tid&ouml;<br \/>\n Castle, a well-known M&auml;lar castle. Tid&ouml; is from the 1600s and<br \/>\n famous in part for its 43 magnificent carved doors with wood inlay<br \/>\n and also for a comprehensive toy museum. We enjoyed a romantic<br \/>\n walk, before dinner, in the Manor&#8217;s flower-filled parkland, along<br \/>\n small paths, over&#160; small white bridges, and watched carp&#160;<br \/>\n swimming in the pond. Our last day we tried horse riding, new for<br \/>\n me but not for Mary. The stables were just five minutes away and an<br \/>\n instructor took care of us&#160; and gave us a riding lesson and<br \/>\n then we went out in the&#160; countryside in a slow pace. Both<br \/>\n relaxing and exiting! The service at Surahammar was very high, they<br \/>\n suggested excursions and helped us in every possible way.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n Stockholm city life: We checked in to our double room at hotel<br \/>\n Terminus, located in the very centre of Stockholm. The hotel&#160;<br \/>\n opened in 1909 and is well-known&#160; for its traditional<br \/>\n atmosphere and personal service.&#160; Near to all that Stockholm<br \/>\n offers of restaurants, theatres, shopping, historic buildings and<br \/>\n other attractions. In the afternoon we enjoyed a walking tour in<br \/>\n the Old Town and visited the Royal Castle. In the night we went to<br \/>\n Spy Bar and mingled with Stockholm&#8217;s glitterati!&#160; The day<br \/>\n after we took a guided boat tour under the bridges of<br \/>\n Stockholm.&#160; And visited the Vasa Museum, a 17th century pride<br \/>\n of the Swedish fleet, resurrected 333 years after sinking and the<br \/>\n nearby Skansen, a zoo and the world&#8217;s first open-air museum. In the<br \/>\n evening we just relaxed&#160; in one of Stockholm&#8217;s open-air caf&eacute;s<br \/>\n and enjoyed the city nightlife.&#160; Before leaving to the airport<br \/>\n we just had a morning of leisure.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n If you are interested in spending some time in the M&auml;lar Valley,<br \/>\n contact Eva at Peace and Quiet Travel, a Swedish tour operator,<br \/>\n offering all sorts of packages to the M&auml;lar Valley and combination<br \/>\n Stockholm city and countryside. &#160;Eva can be contacted by<br \/>\n e-mail on: <a href=\"mailto:&#105;&#110;&#102;&#111;&#064;&#112;&#101;&#097;&#099;&#101;&#097;&#110;&#100;&#113;&#117;&#105;&#101;&#116;&#046;&#099;&#111;&#046;&#117;&#107;&#038;&#113;&#117;&#111;&#116;&#059;&#032;&#116;&#097;&#114;&#103;&#101;&#116;&#061;&#038;&#113;&#117;&#111;&#116;&#059;&#095;&#098;&#108;&#097;&#110;&#107;\">&#x69;&#x6e;&#x66;&#x6f;&#x40;&#112;&#101;&#97;&#99;ean&#x64;&#x71;&#x75;&#x69;&#x65;&#x74;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#46;uk<\/a><br \/>\n or take a look at their website:\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although, now perhaps &#8216;old news&#8217; to those of us living and working in Mikindani we couldn&#8217;t let this event pass unreported. 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