Bon went to town to get charcoal. The problem was that we didn't have a BBQ grill. But the Vietnamese mind never fails. Fr. Suit, ever the clever Jesuit, decided to use one of the empty bonsai pots and the students crafted a grill top.
Lighting the charcoal took a bit of ingenuity. At first we had only paper and wine (the alcohol helped). That didn't work well, so they got bamboo and that did the trick.
With the afternoon game going on, the fire almost got hit a few times. You can see that the clouds were gathering and we we afraid of a rain out.
Then out came the food cart. The seminarians and sisters worked hard to get everything fresh to the grill.
The shishkebobs looked incredible, and you can see the Vietnamese touch. Yes, there were going to be barbecued fish and chicken feet. It's July Fourth with an accent.
Hot dogs and chicken feet. Time to get it all on the fire.
In the summers I spend time with my good friends in Phat Diem, Vietnam, a small country village with a world famous cathedral. Here are some of my musings. If you would like to correspond, please email me: garymeegan@gmail.com.
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Each year after graduation, the students eishing to enter university must take entrance examinations. They have been studying the past few w...
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I was blessed to have a visit from my good friends from Hanoi. This is their family around the table: Nam Vu is 6, Nam is 16, then their dri...
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There is not much for school children to do during the summer, so the diocese took the opportunity to establish a Youth Eucharistic group....