Above are photos of a 'food bowl'. I have mentioned food bowl in a previous entry. Everyone in The Gambia eats from a shared food bowl at lunch and tea time, if they can afford 2 meals a day. School children eat lunch from a huge shared food bowl. The rice and oil for school children is supplied from the World Bank, called Food For Schools program. Kitchen ladies at each school prepare the food for the children each day. The Gambians use their hands for eating and share the limited meat and vegetables equally. I usually eat food bowl with a spoon when I am at schools but have recently begun to use my hand if no spoon is available. The rice and oil mixed together makes it all pretty messy. Someone in the group usually breaks off bit of meat or vegetables and places it in your side of the bowl.
