Kumu

Please don’t read this if you have a weak stomach. But I have to tell this story.
So here in PNG we a staple food is called Kumu (Koo Moo). Its basically a green leafy vegetable that is sort of like spinach but 10times better tasting. Its so good!!
In Madang I could buy it for cheap at market, but here in Moresby (a big city) its very expensive and it never looks good.
So yesterday I went to THE supermarket, its the best one in Moresby. And they had this amazing Kumu for sale, very cheap. I got super excited and bought a bunch of it. It looked beautiful and my mouth was watering the whole way home just waiting to eat the kumu.
When I walked in the door I shouted, “Paul I got kumu.” He got so excited and rushed into the kitchen and we immediately began cutting off the stems licking our lips like little children in a candy store. Seriously, you have to try this stuff.
We cut off the stems we noticed a little cockroach, crawling out of the leafy greens. I screamed (like I always do when I see them) and Paul killed it. No big deal.
As I started washing the greens 3 more cockroaches crawled out (3/4 of an inch) not big in PNG standards, but still big enough to make me cringe.  When I began to boil the kumo 3 more large cockroaches floated to the top, along with several other strange bugs. It was like they were having a convention.
I continued to boil the kumo but my stomach turned every time I stirred the pot. All I could do was picture the many carcasses of those disgusting insects. In total we killed 8, all varying in size.
Paul and I both agreed that we couldn’t eat the kumo. There are many things we have to overcome on the mission field. Many times we eat things with a big gulp. But I just can’t eat a cockroach, in my own kitchen.