tacos

It all started a few months ago on the playground.  One of my students asked me what I eat in America.  Here, they have a rotating menu, but mostly eat the same foods each week.  I started naming off a variety of foods including chicken, spaghetti, etc. 

Then I said....  tacos

All the children around me burst into laughter.  "You eat tacos?"  

                                                                                "Yes"

The children proceeded to tell me that in Swahili "mataco" means buttocks.  The way they told me was by saying, "taco is this"  while hitting their rears.  

Ever since then taco has become a favorite topic in my class.  I showed them pictures of tacos on my computer, but they are still fascinated with the concept.  A few weeks ago one of their books was about growing tomatoes.  At the end it had several things you could make with tomatoes.  Beatrice had to show me the taco everyday.

Due to this, I decided to invite my class over to my house for a taco tasting as an end of the term celebration.  They were African tacos made on chapatis instead of tortillas. (A chapati is similar, but a little thicker.)

Melissa and Ben helped prepare this.

The children weren't sure about it when I let them smell the seasoning packet, but in the end it was a success.  They were thrilled.  Yesterday they said, "I want to do tacos again today."