My Lunch & the Table on which I ate it

This is a typical lunch, prepared here at the Villa by our Afghan chef. I'm the only Westerner that eats with them, though the office leader eats their food up in his office. Seen is a bowl of broth with a chunk of (probably) beef in the middle. I have added a few bits of bread that I tore off the pita beside the bowl. I love Afghan bread. Pita isn't the right word for it. It is like Indian Nan, or like a big pancake, but it has been baked rather than cooked on a skillet. Some of their bread is hung from hooks as it cools and the result is a long oval shape. Also in the soup are freshly chopped onions, tomatoes and cilantro. Yum! The Afghans tear up their bread and fill the soup bowl with it, then eat the sopping bread pieces with their spoon. Okay, some use their hands, but not me! Just beyond my soup bowl is a dish containing 3 portions of Pomegranite. The Afghans eat the kernels of the fruit, as we might, but they chew up and swallow the seeds as well. I have been learning to do this, against my preferences, in hopes of some healthful benefit. We have soup like this about 3 days a week. Other days we have dishes made mostly from either green beans or cauliflower. Desert is often plain yoghurt, which has a smokey flavor, or an apple or a banana.

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We have several tables here that are made in Paksitan and are heavily decorated with hand-carving and inlaid brass. See the details in the photos. I've been told I could get a set of 6 chairs and an oval table for about $500. I have no idea what it would cost to ship home though.