If you are a regular reader you know that I head to Zambia in two weeks. One of the pastors I am going with noted the wikipedia entry has some good information about Zambia.
An excerpt:
“There are a lot of Zambian foods which are peculiar to Zambia such as inswa (flying ants), fyunkubala (caterpillars), Hopani (monitor lizards), Mbeba (mice), magande (giant toads) and Kolwe (monkey meat).”
Wow. That sounds awesome! I can’t wait to try some giant toads mixed with some moniter lizards and then wash that down with some monkey meat…
Mike K said...
1after a while Mickey D’s will sound awfully tempting
06/3/08 2:34 PM | Comment Link
Len said...
2Diana has told me about some of the stuff she ate in Zambia. The two that stand out are the fyunkubala (“they expand in your mouth!”) and the capinta (which is like a salty minnow stirfry or something like that).
I’m looking forward to seeing what your experiences with the cuisine are like when you return!
06/3/08 5:30 PM | Comment Link
Scott A. said...
3When I was in Zambia the food was most stewed veggies and something called nshima, which is a very thick porridge that you use as filler like rice, or for scooping up food (as you would with bread). You’ll probably be eating tons of nshima.
I did see tons of those little dried fishes for sale everywhere (that Len mentioned).
What really stood out to me were the bananas (so intense!) and the avocados (so huge!).
Otherwise, simple food with nothing particularly fancy. High cuisine was very buttery and British.
Sure would’ve liked to have tried a caterpillar, though…
06/9/08 2:15 AM | Comment Link