Bizarre Foods!

Ok so the foods I've had this past week are not really bizarre but they are definitely not what I would consider my "normal" or "everyday" types of food.  So I don't think I have told you much about my host mom but she has a side business as a caterer.  Needless to say, I have yet to have a bad meal.  She has been trying to cook things that she thinks are American or something I will recognize but last week I told her that I would love to try some traditional Xhosa dishes.  Man, I definitely got what I asked for!  So far this week dinner has included cow liver, sheep tripe, tongue, and chicken livers.  Like I said before, my host mom is an amazing cook but man, I don't think I am meant to eat liver, from any animal or in any form. The tripe and the tongue, on the other hand, were pretty good!  In addition to new and interesting meats we also had samp (kind of like corn meal) and peas, Umbhako (steam bread), and dumpling bread.  There are talks of a pickled fish dish for next week, I'll keep you posted...