Goat Kabobs

When I first got here I was surprised at how many goats there were. I guess it's just not the first animal you think about being in Africa, but they are everywhere in Nalerigu. The guys got this idea that we should have goat for James' going away party. Well, our cook went to market and bought one – alive – and the goat was tied up at the schoolhouse for 2 days. The problem was that the goat was really cute and there was a debate at dinner one night as to whether we should really eat him instead of just keeping him as a pet. We all took pictures of him and everything. In the end, though, we were forced to go ahead with the original plan and on Tuesday night we had goat kabobs. The meat was interesting, a little tough and a weird after-taste... apparently if you don't take the goat by surprise it makes the meat really tough. Poor little goat...