Eating MUD PIES with the Luguru Tribe in Tanzania

which at first glance you never know what it was, but it is one of the strangest foods I have come across in my travels. Normally I would take a bite right here, but we have a plan for tomorrow morning to go to the source in the mountains above Morogoro where it is made and try it there with the local

tribe

, come on, these are the U

luguru

mountains that loom over the Morogoro city in central Tanzania, not many tourists come here, but damn, they are beautiful, I'm here. with gumbo from experiential travel africa to find something very special, but warn me a little in advance about odongo, it is not normal for men to eat it, yes, it is not just for pregnant women, okay, but you are also saying that it is strange let men do it. eat ice cream here, I know men don't prefer to eat at it because it seems like a yes, one thing, one thing, we have started our trek to meet the lugulu

tribe

in the u

luguru

mountains and in our adventure group. today we have gumbo and we have ramadan, who was our local guide yes, we are very happy to see you brother, it seems that school is over, this is what they taste like, they are like a typical um, is it a melon or something like that, what?

You're fooling me? Is it poison? No, I haven't tried it. Oh yeah, it's like a mango, a little more sour, like a mix of mango and orange. We have achieved it. I'm having a hard time looking great when I'm so hot and sweaty it was about a 20 minute walk up the mountain. There is a beautiful view of Morigoro behind us and we reach the town. Everything is made of clay, which is quite appropriate given the reason we are here. Let's meet. they know some of the women who live here salome salima and amina seem very excited to see me i found out they haven't had visitors in a long time when was the last time they had foreign visitors maybe 10 2015 or 20 something 2015.

Yes , have not visited a foreign business since 2015. Yes, they simply do it because their own family business does not receive many visitors. Ramadan explains a little more about why exactly they eat it. It contains a mineral or a vitamin or something that they say are vitamins, especially because pregnant women eat a lot. I imagine maybe something like iron, like iron, is something that's a little hard to come by. Sometimes you tried it before, yes, very very good, even my wife. When I was pregnant we used to share some pieces, okay, people are very afraid of dirt and germs and stuff, and for me it's like I don't think dirt is ever going to hurt.

Look at me, I'm covered in dirt, the women explain. that there is a well nearby where they are going to harvest it, so let's go, it is slippery, yes, be careful where you step and here it is, after a quick two minute walk, we reach the place, this is where you find the mud and the hillside from the mountain and it's bright brick red, let's jump in and check, that's how they actually test, they know exactly if it's something that can be, I mean, that can be used, it's a little, I mean, tough, yeah, and it is found.

Throughout the mountains or just in a particular area, we could find this particular thing. I've spent most of my life rolling around in the dirt exploring, so I'll see if I can try to find the good stuff myself, that's the good stuff. things, oh, that's guys, I don't know why I didn't process this before, this is clay, this is clay, of course, it's clay, that makes a lot of sense, yeah, this is, oh my god, I guess my brain was thinking which was something more complicated. but of course it's clay. Look, you can make all kinds of things with clay pots and vitamin supplements too.

I guess it smells good. Can I try it right here? Yes, more strength. Come on, this is the good thing, but not too difficult because if we go, we go and then we live underneath and then we turn into clay, okay, it passes quality control, that means it's the good thing, let's grab a bag and go back to town . Salomé returns to town carrying a bag of clay on her head for us to use. eat, I decide to help out and wear some in my shoes too if you guys only knew how much time it takes me to find some of these amazing things and then once I find them I don't know if they're real.

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It's free, it's once a week, and I guarantee you'll love it. When they return to their house they will start showing me how they process the clay and sing, yes yes they sing at the same time, yes actually that is how they entertain themselves sometimes so it is not something difficult so they are also enjoying As you can see now, they are chanting the language of the guru, which is also making it easy. so they finish first compared to one person's work, the first step is the clay is dried in the sun, we skipped that part because ours was still wet, so we used a bag from yesterday and then it broke, which Next is to filter the small stones with the new powder and filtered clay water is reintroduced and then we do a little crafting.

Look at this, it's like, it reminds me of my days at play school. It feels like, uh, modeling game, you make something like a dinosaur or something, look, then there are three. different, three different sizes, as you can see, here's a small, a medium and a large like that. I'm getting them all dirty now, so to make them it seems like uh saloma, can you come show me here and like that, yeah, roll, roll, no? It's a little shaky faster oh there we go and then we go maybe not maybe let's not try this do it about which one is mine which one is hers can you tell? yeah, you can probably tell a little confession to make that we're going to have to skip One step that I can't show you is the two days drying in the sun.

It's the rainy season here in Tanzania, so it's sunny, then it's cloudy and it rains for two three days, so it's a little difficult to film it. part and despite being covered in clay, I haven't actually tried it yet, so let's jump right into the good part and try the clay for the first time together with the tribe. I haven't tried it yet, is it okay? Okay, a hard bar of Clay that has been dried in the sun for two days and I believe it is seasoned with lemon. Let's try. Normally only pregnant women eat this, so I think it's a little strange that I'm enjoying it, but hey, when I'm in Rome, I need to make it. get in touch with my feminine side of the road, well I'm looking at you, I was just informed that I took the wrong one.

I'm supposed to take one of the dry ones so again it's okay a little less chewy than before so it just tastes exactly how you'd expect it tastes quite crunchy and when the clay gets wet again it sticks to your teeth when you know when sand gets in your mouth and you can feel it grinding, yes, it's a little bit. so, honestly, it's good, yeah, I think it's good, yeah, yeah, I don't know what that means, I mean, it doesn't taste like lemon, it doesn't really taste like much, but it doesn't have much flavor at all.

It's a little crunchy, you can probably hear it crunching, but overall it's like it's actually quite a bit. I mean, I wouldn't make it a big plate, but as a dietary supplement like vitamin C and what it's used for it definitely had the worst. things in my life it's not that bad at all

eating

clay in the highlands over morogoro

tanzania

and it's really not that bad at all oh it tasted good in fact i'm sitting down with amina to talk a bit more about it that's why you are

eating

and that's why most pregnant women don't prefer to eat that one so anyone can eat it even me but I don't eat it but you didn't but you didn't play even during pregnancy sometimes they They prefer to eat more of these soils compared to the food they will crave land, land, yes, if you like this video, be sure to check out my other travel videos, like hunting dangerously in Africa or the scariest breakfast in Africa, spend hanging out with the Masai.

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