Traditional African Cuisine: Mopane Worms

"Uyai muedze, inonaka sezvinonzi biltong" akadaro mucherecheri wekudyara paIndaneti yeBoma muVictoria Falls , Zimbabwe. Icho chakanga chakanyengerwa zvakanaka: Ini zvinoitika kuda biltong . Asi kutsva pa grub? Sezvo pfuma yaizova nayo, ndaive ndichida kurora muprog worm kwenguva yakati, uye yakaita sekuti nguva yasvika. Pasinei nezita ravo, mopane zvipembenene hazvisi honye zvachose, asi mhondi yemarudzi eumperor moth inozivikanwa seGonimbrasia belina .

Iyo inofadza mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzekumaodzanyemba kweAfrica uye inofunga nezvekudya kwegwenzi mune vamwe. Asi munhu wose anobvuma kuti honye dzinopa utano hwakanaka, uye vamwe vanozvitarisira sezvakanaka chaizvo.

The Boma Restaurant

Boma ndiyo nzvimbo yekare yevashanyi yakaiswa munzvimbo dzakanaka dzeVictoria Falls Safari Lodge. Kudya panguva iyi yekudyira yeZimbabwe inodada ndeye nyaya inoshamisa, ine ndiro dzakawanda dzomunharaunda dzakashanda mu buffet style. Izvi zvinosanganisira zvinonaka zvakadai semimpala terrine uye warthog fillet. Muroyi anowanikwa kutaurira fuma yako nekukandira mapfupa ake; vatambi vanonakidza nechetsika dzeShona uye Ndebele routines; uye zvino ... pane mhepo yeupane honye.

Chii Chinonzi Worm Worms Inorasika?

Ihonye kuThe Boma yakabikwa nemamatekisi, anyanisi uye garlic, hapana imwe iyo inonyanya kuvhara tarisiro yekuisa-iyo inopisa mutsvuku uye gurubby, muviri wakachena. Ndiine muchengeti achitarisa achinyaradza, ndakaisa imwe mumuromo mangu ndokutanga kutsvaga.

Kutanga kwekutanga kwepopane wormoni yakanga isiri yakaipa, yakavanzwa negoriki uye anyanisi.

Asi sezvo ndakaramba ndichicheka, ruzha rwechokwadi rwakasununguka uye ndakaona mutsara wepasi, munyu uye yakaoma. Yakanga isiri yakanaka chaizvo. Ndakakwanisa kuidzikisa pakupedzisira uye nekuti ichi chaiva chinhu chekushanyirana, ini ndakatowana chiziviso chokuzviratidza.

Ndinokoshesa chiiti ichi pamusoro peye chandakawana bungee kuchikwira kubva kuVictoria Falls bhiriji.

Mopane Worms muAfrica Culture

Vanhu vazhinji vanofarira mafane honye zviri pachena havakwanisi kuwana zvivako zvekudya gruv oga. Kazhinji, uchaona mashura makuru emakwenzi akaomeswa uye / kana kusvuta mupane mumisika yemunyika yose kumaruwa Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa uye Namibia. Izvo zvinotarisa zvisiki kana zvakaomeswa (mushure mokunge maruva avo akaoma akaiswa kunze) uye paunotanga kuona iwe unofunga kuti uri kutarisa imwe rudzi rwehwuji.

Mhonye yeMopane inowana zita ravo rechiChirungu kubva pane zvavanoda kune miti yemupane, mhando dzakawanda dzinowanikwa munzvimbo dziri kuchamhembe kweEngland yeAfrica. Nguva yakanakisisa yekukohwa iyo inonoka muchitsiko chechikafu, apo iyo yakazara uye yakasviba uye haisati yakabhurwa pasi pevhu kuti ipinde muchikamu chavo chichi. Minyei yeMopane inodyisawo mango miti nemimwe miti. Zvitsva zvipembenene zvinokonzera nguva, asi dzimwe zvipfeko zvekugara zvinotengesa zvipembenene zvakanyanyisa mumakani.

Mopane Worms seMabhizimisi Emabhizimisi

Mhonye yeMopane inonzi phane muBotswana, mashonja muZimbabwe uye zvikamu zveSouth Africa, uye omangungu muNamibia. Pasinei nokunaka kwavo kunoshamisa, vanotakura chironga chakakomba chinokonzera utano, chinosanganisira 60% mapuroteni uye mazinga akawanda esimbi uye calcium.

Sezvo mupane kukohwa gorosi kunoda zvishoma zvishoma munzira yezvigadzirwa, mhuka dzakasvibiswa dzichiva mari inobatsira yekuwana mari. MuAfrica yeAfrica, mopane zvipembenene iyi mamiriyoni emamiriyoni eRand industry.

Kusimudzira kwemabhizimisi emaprogane kazhinji kunokanganisa nekupedza kukohwa. Zvimwe zvinotyisa kumabhizimisi zvinosanganisira kushandiswa kwemishonga inouraya kupedza mhondi kubva mukukwikwidzana nemombe dzinodya pamiti imwechete; uye kudyara miti. Mamwe mabhizimusi emakungu anononoka kubata mhonye kuitira kuti mhizha idzi dzive dzakavimbika.

How To Cook Mopane Worms

Nzira imwe chete yekudya mhombwe yemupane yakafanana nenzira yandakaita - yakabikwa pamwe nekusanganiswa kwetamate, garlic, karumusi, chillies neanisi. Vaya vane ruzivo rwemakungu vanogona kuwana mapeji ekubika kwavari paIndaneti.

Mhonye yeMopane inogonawo kuwedzerwa pane gorova, kubikwa kuti itadze, kana kuti inongodya mbishi uye yakachena kubva pamuti. Apo ivo vatsva, ivo vashoma chewy uye ruzha rwavo haruna kuenzaniswa nezvimwe zvinoshandiswa. Zvichida icho chinhu chakanaka kana chakaipa chiri kwauri!

Nyaya iyi yakarongedzwa naJessica Macdonald musi waMarch 29, 2017.