Le Repas Créole

Here are two pictures of a delicious créole meal. You eat on a banana leaf, pile on rice, lentils, and whatever chicken, fish, or vegetable dish has been prepared, then the fun begins. Eating with your hands should be reinstituted in Western society. The process is simple: ball up the food with your fingers and then push it into your mouth with your thumb. This is funny in French because you "pousse avec le pouce." This is done with solid food quite easily and becomes quite a challenge with food items such as tapioca pudding and soup.