When I stopped in Kuwait on my way to Afghanistan, I was happy to find a dessert smorgasbord in the cafeteria on base. It was like walking into a bakery back home.
Then I arrived in Herat where the Spaniards run the kitchen, serving up paella and pork. (My girls could go on a treasure hunt and find about 7 sea creatures hidden therein.)
Ah, now this is pig's leg, smoked and cured for a couple of months. When its ready to serve, they slice the meat off with the knife you see and then cover it up with tin foil until you want another slice in a few days or whatever.
I tried it and it was like eating undercooked bacon.
Not too tasty.
This is pig's face. Don't believe me? See pic below it, which is the flip side of this mass on my plate.
Now, it's not ALL pigs n pork in the kitchen here at Camp Arena. We also get potatoes and squid.
Now this cuisine is unique just for us as we are on the Spanish side of the NATO base. I have heard that the Italian cafeteria is a little bit better but we are not allowed to go to it.
On the positive side, the lack of good food here has really helped me lose some excess pounds that I didn´t need. The smell of the food, when you first walk into the cafeteria, is a natural appetite suppressant as it often smells pretty bad...
Thank you to everyone who has sent me packages of food and supplies so I am not forced to eat on bad food days which seem to be all too frequent here.