"Simple stories"-Phat or Fat?

I was married 15 months ago and was at least 10 pounds lighter then. I continued to lose weight for the next six months. HCH Nannies approached my husband in concern, "your wife is losing weight, what is wrong?" (what?#!?)

Last Sunday, I was walking home from church. We have a very large deaf community that goes to our church. Nixon walked behind me along with some of our boys. I passed one house where a young man sat outside. As I was passing, he sang, "I wanna know what love is.." LOL!! Later my husband told me he wanted to sing out, "why don't you ask your mom to s.h..o..w you". LOL!!

As i was nearing our building, I felt someone coming up on my left hand side. It was one of our "deaf" boys from church. He obviously did not say anything but had an "ear to ear" smile. I said hi and then he proceeded to motion, grinning the whole time. He pointed to me, then held out his arms around his belly and puffed out his cheeks. My interpretation, "ou pi gwo". Translation, "you are fatter,.....thumbs up". I politely accepted the compliment(?!) and kept on laughing as he continued to walk ahead. What a different world I live in. I would have been either crushed or would have socked that person if I was back in the States. Here, not quite the same. As I reflect on my struggle to lose weight in a carb enamored country, I can't help but giggle. And yes, I would still love to lose 30 pounds, no matter the compliments I might lose as a result.

Recipe for Haitian Spagetti

Here is the recipe for spagetti, haitian spagetti. Boil 1 pound of spagetti noodles. Be sure to add salt to your water. As they are boiling, mash up 2 or 3 long green onions, with one chicken bouillon cube, as well as 3 garlic cloves. cut up some white onions and set apart. When your spagetti noodles are almost ready, drain it until there is only a little water left and set aside in another bowl. Set the pot on the stove again and add about 4 tablespoons of oil. When the oil is hot, Fry up your sliced hot dogs or any meat of your choice. Then add your spice mixture and simmer on a real low flame. Dont let it burn. Let it float in the oil and simmer without browning. Add about 3 tbsp tomato paste, and let it simmer as you drain your noodles completely into another bowl. Use the noodle water to add to the tomato paste. The tomato paste will turn thick as you continue to stir. Let it simmer and fry up real nice as you move it around. Add your noodles as you continue turning the noodles to get the sauce mixture to evenly coat the noodles. Then let it fry on the bottom to make it crispy, dont turn any more, just let it toast. Let it toast for about 7 minutes on a low flame. Dont cover. Then turn it off. Let it sit for about 10 minutes. Top off with some raw slices of onion. Try with a dollup of ketchup(haitian ketchup is better) and a half dollup of mayo, and dont forget the Louisiana hot sauce (hotter here in Haiti). Voila, Haitian spagetti. Enjoy! Modify ingredients to your liking the next time around. Add more chicken bouillon for saltier spagetti or less for less salty, more tomato paste for a deeper red spagetti, add less oil for health consciousness, that kind of thing. :)