Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Uh, what is that on my plate?

Hi guys! Now, if you look at the subject, it almost explains it all.
Here in Zambia, the staple food in Nshima(it is YUMMY!). It is a filling,
easy to make and cheap food. Now, in America, our staple food is
hamburgers, hotdogs, and pizza. Now Nshima (the N is silent, so it is
pronounced shima) is quite different. It is made of the same thing grits
are made of, except it isn't so runny(and it usually isn't eaten for
breakfast). Now, Nshima is not eaten plain. You eat it with relish, which
can be almost anything. Fried caterpillars, (I have tried them and they
taste like French fries! Except the ones that aren't cooked very well. They
are still gooey on the insides! Chicken feet(which are eaten with the bones
and toenails!!! And, they aren't very yummy!) Cow intestines(they look like
honey comb and they and they are VERY chewy.) And, I was even brave enough
to try Field Rat!!!(it tasted like steak!!) Oh, and one more. Kapenta,
which are little tiny fish that are eaten with the eye balls and guts and
bones!! (these ones taste like soggy French fries!) Now, all of these I
have eaten, and I say these things by personal experience. Now there is
lots more. Beans, cabbage, meatballs, scrambled eggs, soya,(That is the
stuff that is on the plate in the picture, it looks like little pieces of
meat. It tastes like chicken. We have it a lot. The other thing on the
plate is the Nshima.) You name it!!
Well, I hope I didn't gross you out!
Ta-ta!
Kamryn

6 comments:

Herding Grasshoppers said...

Kamryn,

You are really brave and adventurous!

Wyatt says he'd like to try some of that field rat, if it tastes like steak :0)

We tried to make nshima a while ago, but we don't have the same kind of cornmeal, so it didn't look the same. Tasted good, though.

I think I'd like it with lots of different things, but I'd have a hard time with the caterpillars and the kapenta.

Keep up the great writing!

the Garretts

Deanna said...

Wow! I'm impressed that you are so adventurous in trying all those foods. I don't think I would be that brave!

Heidi said...

Yum! I like nshima, too! I was brave enough to try chicken foot once (bleh), but for some reason I never brought myself to try kapenta. The thought just makes me shiver...

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Megan said...

Hi Kamryn,
That's pretty brave. Maybe someday soon I will try that.
From Sarah Williamson

Hi Kamryn,
I would like to try different things but I am not sure about the little fish. See you soon :)

From Emma Williamson

PS Us girls tried nshima this week, it was pretty good (Sarah) and really good (Emma) :)

Erica said...

Hi Kamryn!
Well, you are very brave, I can say that I didn't try ANY of those relishes while we were there...way to go!
Love Erica (Moses' mom)