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
