Congo
*Because people don’t have a lot of money, they grow their own crops. they feed their family and sell some.
*Certain indigenous groups still hunt wild animals, fish, and gather plants to eat.
*Cassava and rice are the basic food crops.
*Fermented sap from palm trees are used to make palm wine.
*Oranges, bananas and tomatoes are most commonly available.
*Peanuts are used in many dishes
Ethiopia
*Often very spicy
*Ethiopians eat with their right hands, almost never use forks and knives, instead eaten on on a type of bread called injera
*Wat is vegetables or fried meat
*No meat is eaten on Wednesday or friday
*Tej is a honey wine that is sweet and very alcoholic
*Coffee is almost sacred, the roasting and grinding of beans is a ceremony
Kenya
*Ugi is a thin porridge
*Chai is tea with spice, originally from India
*Ugali is the staple food, it’s a thick porridge eaten with vegetables and meat
*Sukumu Wiki is a common stew made of greens and tomato
*Nyama Choma is a fire roasted meat. Fish is most common near the lakes
Malawi
*Tea is the second biggest export from Malawi for it’s high quality and low price
*Usipa and Utaka are sardine like fish from the lake
*Nsima is a staple food made from ground corn
Mozambique
*Early Mozambique people were nomads and ate fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds
*The portuguese colonized them and introduced cassava, cashews, flour, rice and potato
*Pãozinho is a common bread from portugal
*Corn porridge is a staple food as well as fish from the great lakes
*Batata fritas are fries
*Matata is a popular kind of peanut and seafood stew
Rwanda
*The staple foods are starchy crops like potato, corn and cassava
*The main meat is goat
*Tilapia is a common fish
*Urwangwa is a banana wine
*Mutzig is a common beer
Uganda
*Posho is a staple food similar to polenta made from corn that is served with stew
*Chapati is convenient food made from flower
*White rice is fried and boiled with meat
*Matooke(a kind of banana), cassava and corn are common
*Tilapia and Nile Perch are most common in the lake
Zambia
*Nshima is the staple food, a porridge made from ground corn, eaten thin for breakfast and thick for lunch and dinner
*Clear beer is served cool and drinking more commonly by locals, while the less expensive opaque beer is sometimes bought in buckets and passed around.
Burundi
*Red kidney beans are a staple food
*In modern times, rice has become very popular
*Livestock are a symbol of wealth, so they are not often eaten
*Desert is not traditional
*Urwagwa is banana wine made by Burundians at home
*Because people don’t have a lot of money, they grow their own crops. they feed their family and sell some.
*Certain indigenous groups still hunt wild animals, fish, and gather plants to eat.
*Cassava and rice are the basic food crops.
*Fermented sap from palm trees are used to make palm wine.
*Oranges, bananas and tomatoes are most commonly available.
*Peanuts are used in many dishes
Ethiopia
*Often very spicy
*Ethiopians eat with their right hands, almost never use forks and knives, instead eaten on on a type of bread called injera
*Wat is vegetables or fried meat
*No meat is eaten on Wednesday or friday
*Tej is a honey wine that is sweet and very alcoholic
*Coffee is almost sacred, the roasting and grinding of beans is a ceremony
Kenya
*Ugi is a thin porridge
*Chai is tea with spice, originally from India
*Ugali is the staple food, it’s a thick porridge eaten with vegetables and meat
*Sukumu Wiki is a common stew made of greens and tomato
*Nyama Choma is a fire roasted meat. Fish is most common near the lakes
Malawi
*Tea is the second biggest export from Malawi for it’s high quality and low price
*Usipa and Utaka are sardine like fish from the lake
*Nsima is a staple food made from ground corn
Mozambique
*Early Mozambique people were nomads and ate fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds
*The portuguese colonized them and introduced cassava, cashews, flour, rice and potato
*Pãozinho is a common bread from portugal
*Corn porridge is a staple food as well as fish from the great lakes
*Batata fritas are fries
*Matata is a popular kind of peanut and seafood stew
Rwanda
*The staple foods are starchy crops like potato, corn and cassava
*The main meat is goat
*Tilapia is a common fish
*Urwangwa is a banana wine
*Mutzig is a common beer
Uganda
*Posho is a staple food similar to polenta made from corn that is served with stew
*Chapati is convenient food made from flower
*White rice is fried and boiled with meat
*Matooke(a kind of banana), cassava and corn are common
*Tilapia and Nile Perch are most common in the lake
Zambia
*Nshima is the staple food, a porridge made from ground corn, eaten thin for breakfast and thick for lunch and dinner
*Clear beer is served cool and drinking more commonly by locals, while the less expensive opaque beer is sometimes bought in buckets and passed around.
Burundi
*Red kidney beans are a staple food
*In modern times, rice has become very popular
*Livestock are a symbol of wealth, so they are not often eaten
*Desert is not traditional
*Urwagwa is banana wine made by Burundians at home
Sources-
http://www.malawiembassy.org/en/visit/food.html
http://www.foodbycountry.com/Kazakhstan-to-South-Africa/Mozambique.htm
http://www.foodbycountry.com/Kazakhstan-to-South-Africa/Mozambique.htm
http://www.worldtravelguide.net/rwanda/food-and-drink
http://www.shemandcatherine.com/faq/foods-of-uganda.html
http://www.shemandcatherine.com/faq/foods-of-uganda.html