One month of fast...
My neighbor's family is very islamic. All family except young children does ramadan.
Mom and daughters woke up 4:45 to start preparing food before sunrise.
Pray at 5.
Eat....
Then work without eating and even drinking any water until sunset...
Weekend, when I pass at their house, they ask me to taste the sauce for dinner and tell if there is enough salt or else because they can't even taste it...
The special work during the ramadan month for this family is to sell "galette" (small pancakes) on the street.
Islamic people "break" the ramadan of the day with this pancakes.
This sweet is usually made of millet flour, water and sugar.
But this family's galette is special.
It is my favorite in the whole city !
Because they put some banana in it.
It is sweet but not too much, just ! and so soft :)
There are several regular customers like me.
This is a special galette maker.
She is the oldest daughter in this family.
10 francs cfa (2 yen, 0.01 euro, 2.5 cents) for one.
People buy usually for 50 to 200 francs.
She gives me usually more than the price :D
I have to be careful because they put lots of sugar and so so so much of oil while cooking...
But I can't stop eating them ! Around 5, 6pm, just my stomach starts making noise...
You see so many women cooking and selling on streets like every 10m.
I wait until I arrive in front of my house to buy my neighbor's ones !
The family asks me when I will fast with them...
I say "ah... maybe next weekend..."
But to be honest, I probably can never do it because I am too "gourmand" !!!
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