You didn't know how to make eggs before your mission trip?? Bruh.
That African dish sounds good though.
I mentioned a few times I was like Fluttershy with my shyness online when I first joined sneezefurs and DA...and honestly, in real life a few years before I came online I was just as shy in reality too, not just online XDD I had a really stupid fear of using the oven or stove or any kind of pot, frying pan, or anything really ^^;. I burned food when I first tried cooking and with eggs I was afraid I would leave them cooking for too long or would not cook them long enough and make my family members sick.
Even though I was a teenager back then, I was a real fool now that I think about it ^^; I'm glad I got out of my shell and overcame my silly fear of cooking.
It didn't help I was SUPER lazy back in my teenage years too and since I had my mom who cooked a lot, I never really felt the need or wanted to cook. MAN I WAS WRONG!!! XDD
I started to cook about a year before my 2 year church mission, so...early 2011 was when I overcame my fear of cooking.
Even today I only cook minimal things. I'm a poor college student. Ramen, eggs, the cheap Walmart bread for toast, some peanut butter, and ham. Lots of sliced ham for sandwiches, omelets, quesadillas...oh yeah...flour tortillas too I use for cooking too specifically for quesadillas.