Il6 DAHLAK 



culinary triumphs 'a la zighini', a well-known Eritrean meat 

 dish. It was excellent, exquisite, extraordinary, but we felt 

 we were dying from thistling by hundreds of devils let loose 

 in our guts. The three black boys assured us that they had 

 given us a completely ^insipid' portion and proved it by 

 putting generous helpings of that infernal scarlet powder 

 directly into their mouths. 



