UnKNOWN African Food in Zimbabwe!! From Strange to Street Food!! (Full Documentary)

legs too right yes it's good to see that none of this animal has gone to waste including the cow legs which are chopped and boiled for hours add oil to a pot and add the legs and it looks like there are also some ankles in there add some chopped onions , tomatoes and some foot broth, let me have a piece right now, oh yes, this is like a pimple, but it has become very gelatinous, okay, let's try it, okay, it's like a tendon. It's so rich and fatty and heavy, I like it, I like the inside here, I mean I don't even know what those parts are, it's really gelatinous, it reminds me of tendon and it might actually be tender because in Vietnam beef noodles It has a tendon. there like that and it's my favorite part, which is great.

I think people here would love it because I think that's the part that they also love now, because of the staple

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that you will find in almost every meal in Zimbabwe, this sad song with the saadza we can use it to soak up the soup, yeah , definitely show me the way so people like to mold it into a little bowl and then make a little dent in oh, like a divot, so you can pick it up. some things and then don't stain your dress, okay, here we go, oh, it's a very tasty tomato, not too salty or anything, but the essence of the cow is very powerful, I like it, our final bite is something special and not for weak heart tripe or cow stomach and intestines take a large pot and add oil then add the organs and pray that whoever cleaned them is paying attention to the details while the meat cooks and softens add some chopped onions and a generous pinch of salt let's finish with the tribe take a piece that is good that piece looks like a rug this looks like a honeycomb in my culture we actually differentiate these two we call them bibles like the real bible of Jesus Christ yes, I know that one and these are normal tribes, so some people may not even eat these and like these because they are softer, yeah well now I feel like I should eat them.

The way you make it is the same every time I eat them, it's like life, I must say it's pretty good. The texture in the mouth is interesting because it is a little carpety, it smells like game, but then the flavor is just rich and fatty, you taste the tomatoes and onions in the broth. I like it, it was delicious, super unique and an amazing experience to be a part of. I'm so grateful that you invited us here today because normally we fake these things and pretend there's an event, but there isn't, but this really is an event.

Today went as you expected. It has been a great experience and I also like having you here. It's amazing, I really love how you have integrated into our culture and you appreciate every step and want to learn like this. It's been amazing for me too, same for me, it's not hard to fit in, I love drinking too, so these are my people, wait. It sounds bad? Today I am on a mission to immerse myself in local flavors and a unique way of life that you won't experience anywhere else. This place is crazy. I told you it would be amazing, with

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dishes and proteins. combinations you've never seen before what's wrong making a meat lover's dream come true drive-in barbecue on an absolutely massive scale how to get out of here without getting into a car accident you have to try today's

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fun well that's it the shopping center starts here its founding dates back to 1977 with francis zindoga with his butcher shop and bottle storm now it seems this is one of the main food centers in the capital with tons to choose from come drink, eat, drink more and, with good luck, take a taxi home yesterday local ferrari Grassy introduced me to his family out of town and right now he's introducing me to Cheapo.

My name is Sunny and she is Grace Cheapo is the manager of Big Man. Bry, a meaty

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stall influenced by South African barbecue. Right now you are preparing a dish. This is called gongo and is a favorite in Zimbabwe, but it is not a plate of food for one person that we usually keep on a tray and everyone eats from the same plate, it is a protein plate meant to be shared with friends or family . Something that brings us closer to communal food reminds me a little of Korean barbecue. The base of the recipe is an incomprehensible mixture of meat, ox kidney and beef.

They are added to a wok with water and salt. On the side, chicken gizzards that are They clean chopped and added, will this be a stool or what will it be? Basically, we don't want it to be chewy. The main reason behind this is that we can fry all of this and then add our vegetables and then our chillies and then the chicken neck. feet and thighs add more water and let it cook a little, it seems like a lot of street food here is meat, yes mainly meat because this area specializes in gochugauchi or bry which is basically barbecue and meat, our protein parade continues heart pork belly spicy pork sausage then some cooking oil and diced onions and tomatoes finally the cheap green well can tell you what it's called we call them rape are you saying the word rape how do you say it?

It's a rape town, that's what Call it rape, yeah, there's no way around it, spice it up a little and eat with six of your closest friends. Okay, we have our food here, this looks even better than I thought. Oh, we're eating with our hands. It is not like this? Definitely no one brought forks. There are forks here. These are the forks. I think we should start with pork belly topped with rapeseed. Okay, let's try it. The r word is definitely like spinach or something where there is still. some texture as you eat it, not only does it dissolve, I see there are hearts, it tastes really good, almost tastes buttery, salty and then a little bit of nice spice coming from the chilies, I think this is the ox kidney here, this tastes like liver, they both have that right minerality because it leaches out, uh, you know all your stuff and turns it into peeps, why do you say pee when I eat it?

City, oh, um, not well seasoned sausage, it has a spicy kick too. I think I have a geezer here, oh super chewy and delicious, I love that it's such a random hodgepodge of different ingredients but when you cook it all together it works perfectly, okay done, this just doesn't have much flavor so you got than to add flavor by putting the meat and vegetables so you can make that little spoon again long before you, oh, I see you're learning to sing, what is it? mashed potato base that has no salt or butter inside now chicken feet, everyone in the world has a different way of eating them let me see your way, it's okay, you try to take them off, but sometimes your toes come off, it's Well, no, they didn't.

Oh, you know, what's so twisted about this? This is the first time I've eaten chicken feet with the toenails still there. Let me try it. It hasn't been cooked for that long, so the meat is still a little tough, so you have to work really hard to get it off, but once you do it's nice and chewy like some kind of sunny side up squid. I wanted to ask you more about Harare. Did you grow up here? Yes, I was born and raised in Harare. Why do you think Zimbabwe is not better known globally? We have many beautiful places in Zibabras, apart from Victoria Falls which everyone knows, we have the Inyanga Montpoulosi hills where you really get panoramic views which are very beautiful, but I feel there hasn't been enough coverage on what our country has to offer.

Another problem we might have is that people of our generation don't talk much positively about our country, if we learn to embrace our culture more definitely, people will end up getting to know Zimbabwe and falling in love with it, and people wanting to come and see what that Zimbabwe has to offer, I have to say I've only been here for a day and a half but I'm loving it so far, great, that being said this is a great start, we have a lot more street food. Let's eat well, Ashley, how are you? this is your place yes it's fantastic just 30 steps hidden inside a small alley miss ashley is preparing another Zimbabwean staple that i have never seen before here in the first pot this is rice but it's not just any kind of rice it's brown rice and it turned brown because it was mixed with peanut butter, something I've never tried before, but I love peanut butter next to beef bones, so these are big, thick pieces of cow femur, the bones They are boiled. in a large pot for at least two hours or until people start asking for that, add a little salt and tomatoes and boil them a little more.

Is this rape? Yes, it's peanut butter too. Yes. Oh, that's great. Ashley. Yes, thank you very much. I'm dying to try this, I love peanut butter, I like it, it doesn't have a super strong peanut flavor, it lacks the sweetness that our peanut butter has because in America we like to put sugar in peanut butter , not all, it is interesting because the rice has been cooked. so much so that it has become sort of a puree with just a hint of peanut flavor on top of that and it seems like it would go well with these two.

I really like that vegetable, so it's hot, steamy and juicy and then I would say between cabbage and spinach, but now with a hint of peanut flavor it's also something local to this country, they are one of the dishes that you get at traditional functions Like traditional weddings, even if grandma comes from town, you'll probably get some peanuts. butter, vegetables, this is cowboy, everything is like this meat that you're supposed to gnaw on um wow, yeah, this takes a little bit of effort, okay, so here's a nice chunk of protein, you've got some in there too, yeah, Let's go for it, it's a bit. chewy but still juicy and tastes like roast beef or just stewed beef but that's in the middle of cooking it's just a pure chunk of fat it's a little rich but it's actually very tasty Ashley, you're mashing it up, are you? how is it done? you say delicious in the local languages ​​the way you say it is I have a good taste I have a delicious taste this is also pretty good every time lunch time comes this place becomes a hive of activity vendors preparing for the rush noon with piles of roasted and fried chicken ready to ship at a moment's notice as people gather in crowds, a couple of entertainers come to take advantage of the moment when the crowd's welcoming response is a sign that they've seen this kind of show before and are hoping to see more right behind me.

Is Zimbabwean entertainment the best you're going to get? They come here, they have a whole list of tricks and things they do and they work for tokens. If New York has street musicians singing for cash, then Harare has these guys doing antics and some impressive ones at that. but kinda disgusting

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human tricks oh my god that's a condom oh if that didn't make you lose your appetite well let me tell you about our next meal man how you doing? I'm fine, how are we? the pit master is handling this meat right here this whole place is famous for its chicken we have boiled chicken we have chicken in small pieces this chicken stall pre-marinates its meat with madras curry powder and a chicken spice mix oh it's very difficult.

How do you do it? You're not crying or anything. I've been crying all day, but for personal reasons unrelated to the smoke, lightly roast it, cut it into smaller pieces, and toss it in hot oil to make it like a shallow fryer. not even much oil, the only problem now is that he has to stop the fire, he is going to light this fire, the rest of the chicken will go into the oil and soon we will have some fried chicken. I can't wait, can you? wait, she said yes, she said yes, this place is wild, yes it is, so what is this place called?

This is another area from the place we just came from and they do more larger scale BBQ here so you have more options to choose from and it's definitely mostly chicken here fried chicken it's not usually grilled and then fried but here it is yeah , this is what we call fried chicken here in Sabah, should we try it? Yes, I have skin here, that's good. oily skin there's some good thigh here, it's super heavy, I like it, although it's simple, it's straight forward, it's really just salt, but it's interesting to see a little different style and as always served with sadzak.

Do people feel like a meal is incomplete without it? satsang I certainly think so, when they charge you for this food they usually don't charge for the satay, what they charge you is for the meats and the salt is something of an add-on, so if you said no If you want the sauce, you'll still paying the same amount so you'd rather meet half the sakura anyway we have one more location we'll go somewhere that even blows this place out of the water yeah what's it called? One of the most talked about places in Zimbabwe and I am very excited to take you there.

This place is crazy. I told you it was going to be amazing. Miraki is by far one of the Harares and the most popular outdoor place in this country. entertainment venues yes I had yama choma when I was in Kenya but I have never seen anything like this, the crowds, the cars, it's like a tailgate party that never goes to the game, a rock concert where the main star is the meat that isdeliver to your Because in total, 300 people work to turn this operation from butchers to racers to pit masters, they even have an ice cream man, oh, it's turning around, no, no, I mean, oh, damn, I have testicles in my hands, what do you have my man? just one, how much is a dollar?

Wait this one, now we have two cones, yeah, more on that in a second, I see people running around with meat taking orders, they're like waiters, yeah, every person who owns a stole essentially has someone running around to deliver the food so you can just order, but your food will arrive to your car. This is Zimbabwe's version of a drive-in where the hood of your car becomes your dining table, heck you could never leave your front seat if you didn't want to, when a runner takes your order they will head to the butcher and then to the master of pits they work for, once the meat is ready, it's yours. that with a case of beers and try not to crash too many cars on the way out if you're not ready to eat big you can always start with a snack these testicles yeah or as they call them here gearboxes a gearbox yeah what does that mean ?

I mean, I don't know testicles or as Gracia likes to call them gearboxes, they are cut into smaller pieces, seasoned with salt and spices and then placed on a gas price stand until cooked completely. It has a texture almost like a chicken heart. It is dense but soft and the seasoning in it is delicious, it is salt, but there is also something else, usually men eat them, yes, there is something circulating out there: if you are a woman and you eat them, you might eat them. I don't conceive, but I don't believe it, you may not conceive.

Am I supposed to love things that won't give me as many children? Because I do it and then you just chase it with some ice cream. I'm in heaven. Incredible, good start. I'm going to head to the meat section. There is a long hallway filled with nothing but grills with smoke coming out of them. I want to see how they are grilling all this food. I really want to show you the scale of this place because it's wild. There are hundreds of people here, hundreds of cars and around here dozens of people cooking meat. The scale is ridiculous and so is the amount of meat that comes through here, so when people order, they can order from here if they want, but most people order from their car. because they can stay in their car and they can drink in their car because that's what they want to do here, they have a lot of things to do here, huge feeders with firewood, grapes on top and then tons of different types of meat on our menu today.

Zimbabwean local and beef steak and a meat mix sausage is that steak, yeah, and then what is this beef sausage? Oh, after asking a runner, our meat is grilled with a touch of salt and delivered to someone's back door, where they said we could film if we brought the car owner, some drink, hello, first step, wash your hands because we are eating with our hands, okay, I like that everything comes to you here, we have our food here, I think we should have steak first, so here they provided us. with a knife, oh my goodness, fresh off the grill, we are here, the weather is beautiful, there is music, there is smoke, everyone is having a great time, let's try the best we have tried today, absolutely very good, juicy, salty , quite cute, oh, and you know what?

The best part is that you can really taste the charcoal, it's so smoky and delicious. So how do you have this yam, you grab a piece of meat, you get a tomato, cucumber and a little piece of onion. I'm sure I will, but I'm not going to do it. making cucumber is fresh it has some acid I just need to wash it with this how do we do it? um I'm going to show you a trick don't be surprised sunny oh ready oh that's pretty harmless how many teeth do you have open? Cheers, yes, that's a good one, Zambezi, Zimbabwe's own beer, and I love that no matter where you go in the world, you can find some kind of beer that basically tastes like Bud Light.

Now I want to ask you this: they just cooked our meat well, by default. It is well done, well done for everyone and I have noticed it all over Africa, why is it like this? I think people have gotten used to eating well-cooked meat just to be safe, because I know even the sushi here is that, even one thing is you. I have a couple of places that offer it but there are so many people that like oh I'm not going to eat it, it's raw fish, that's disgusting, I'll die, that's a mentality that's like in Zimbabwe here too.

The sausage, let me cut it up a little bit more, into small bite-sized pieces, it's super juicy, very fatty, very salty, but it also has some nice seasonings and it's very meaty, so that's great. I can see why people love this. It looks like the best place for the party. You walk in, you hang out by your car because people will hand you the beers, you get meat, you just hang out, I can't think of anywhere else. I'd rather be right now. Greetings. Our epic food tour of southern Africa continues in the country of Zimbabwe. Today I am back in the capital city of Harare and heading to the busiest market in Africa.

There's so much animation, there's so much action. I love it. I'm on a mission to explore the most unique flavors and recipes this place has to offer. Trust me when I say there are many quality creatures that I have never seen anywhere else in the world, I have heard of them, I have never seen them and here they are, millions of them in my hands, even parts of cows that I didn't know that people could eat. you will eat all this it all starts here aretha good morning how are you today? Meet Aretha after recently losing her job, she went out of her way to create her own restaurant, a restaurant I will see later today, this is where she gathers the ingredients.

The place is wild, it's

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of energy, tons of people and it's just sprawling, it goes on forever, people sell everything you can imagine, food, other things, I'm mainly focused on food, muddy music, the market is a place where people should buy food and take it but wherever you find large groups gathering you will find food including this illegal street food kitchen it's not supposed to be here no it's not for health risks you have to get a license for hygiene, without a permit and there is no clear way to get one, the owner here risks everything in an attempt to feed the local workers and make a humble living on today's menu, grilled chicken and zaza, one of favorites, but if you ask nicely, they might show you this cow lung and esophagus.

I didn't know you could eat that here, we love it, it's good for the vitamins and all the parts of the cow have been boiled with tomatoes, onions and a little salt. I learned that this is the classic trifecta used to cook almost anything. protein in

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combines with rice and pumpkin leaves which are deceptively delicious show me how to eat it right, a little bit of rice and then you dig in well that's ridiculous it's super delicious almost sweet and buttery it's hard to compare it to another plant right? cook that with butter they only use water wow wow that is stupidly good no one is going to believe me but it almost has a sweetness like crab legs that is exceptional I am delaying the inevitable we have to try these lungs and a big piece of that, come on, cheer up, oh yes, very tasty, super tasty and smooth, the flavors are not that strong, it tastes like salty tomato, onion, everything here we cook with natural ingredients, we don't use spices, okay, that was good, no, actually, it was great , but now this is something. that's driving me crazy my esophagus you'll eat all of this yes I can taste the chocolate oh like the ring yes the top ring well I'm not sure if I would say if it's tender the same delicious flavors what would you compare it to If you're eating chicken wings and you get that very bristly tendon part that's connected to the bone, but it's made of that, I think it was very nice, you need some powerful teeth to get through that mbari music that's in the middle of Harare.

The city, a fading glow of vendors and residential buildings at the edges of the market makes it impossible to measure if you walk from one side to the other, how long does that take? One hour in one hour. This is real. It's bigger than a squad. A Walmart. They told me somewhere. here they have insects, yes, here they have some insects that I have never heard of, I have never even seen them before. I didn't know people collected them or ate them so I hope to track them down and if I find something could you cook it yes I will try to cook it you will try it that's all I ask it is the busiest market in Zimbabwe and very possibly from all of Africa.

As you walk through the market, I mean, there is no way to show this place. individual still shots you have to feel it in 3D everywhere you look there's a different food someone is carrying something on their head pulling a cart it's so lively there's so much action I love cute mangoes over 17,000 people come here to do business every day boom here is where it all starts, everything that comes here comes in big trucks or people from the local villages bring it too, so there are people of all levels and of all scales just swinging around, throwing their fruit and doing their best to sell it before they arrive.

Head home, it is a distribution center for fresh fruits and vegetables that will reach the rest of the city and its surroundings. Behind me there is literally a mountain of corn and there are also 10 people looking at me wondering what the hell I'm saying. Everyone here speaks English by the way, they're like corn, what's the problem? someone left all this, they are reviewing it and the people who want to buy the currency, they review it, they inspect it, they review it, they buy it. They take it home or to their restaurant. As you see? The people are super friendly.

In reality, they're just not that guy. It's just a five minute walk from where I had breakfast. Another corrupt food stall here. They serve different pieces of chicken, including salted one. -fried intestines an excellent snack or food to drink the super crunchy salty rompo is almost like a chicken jerky not bad a little appetizer a little hors d'oeuvres if you want it is interesting, I think because of the hygiene, I think because of the Lack of infrastructure, it's not really supposed to be a food place, but it's inevitable that wherever people gather there will be food here, they are serving crispy intestines before leaving the market.

I must see your selection of insects. Yes, they have mopane worms. But I tried them before in Namibia. How does it taste? It tastes like gluten-free food. I'm looking for something I can only find here. We are very much in the market right now. I have come to your post. This is your area. Yeah, where it starts and where it ends is from here to here uh-oh so I'm on someone else's property right now hello, I'm my teacher oh, this is your tube yeah, caroline stahl specializes in just about anything that's interested in selling today. includes big-headed ants.

I have had many ants before. I have never seen ants like this. A variation of the fire ant and an invasive species. They have an average-sized body and a huge head. They are masters of the soil. and you can find it during the dry season, there are two types here, these are termites, yes, they are wild termites that belong to the cockroach family, they also come from the ground whenever you see these giant wet brown mounds like this well, which It's a termite mansion. I've heard of them, I've never seen them this good because I live in northern Minnesota, we have winter so we don't really have termites and here are millions of them on my hands, I prepared them incorrectly.

Termites can be poisonous. It's something I wish I had known before I put them in my mouth. It's pretty good, it's unlike any other bug I've ever had, it has a very distinctive flavor, I'm glad I tried it, it's nutty, it even has a musky flavor. a bit like caroline with wood flavor I would love to buy some of these ants I'm going to take them to a restaurant I'm going to see if you can cook them now with ants in hand I'm heading to Aretha's restaurant to see what she can do with this unique ingredient.

This is fantastic. I am very happy to be here. Thank you. How long have you been doing this? I've been doing this for the last two years when he's not cooking at his home restaurant. catering events or parties today we have invited the whole neighborhood for whatever comes next, but first the ants prepare them in two different ways, the sandwich version fried in hot oil with a pinch of salt and the food version where the ants They are boiled and then combined with peanut butter and cooked into a sticky paste what's your specialty my specialty is oxtail really that's what we have here this tail has been stewing for three hours with you guessed it tomato onion and a little salt like most foods in Zimbabwe this goes good with saadza a mixture of corn flour and water before we start I need to ask what the heck is this it's our African cucumber my least favorite food is a cucumber and this looks like the pomegranate version of a cucumber looks very aggressive hostile angry at its parents people here call it it's like a flock disease oh well when you open it it looks like a normal cucumber yeah itmakes good I'll have to open it later mainly to kill it because I don't I don't like cucumbers I'm going to try plain ants here mix it with sauce oh can you hear the crunch it's super crunchy this is a big head it has Tasting quite different from any other ant I've had, it's hard to identify.

I'm trying to figure out if I like it or not, super crunchy, salty and then it has its own twist, here it's been mixed with peanut butter, oh it's a big bite, come on yeah, clever, the peanut butter it takes . the ant edge makes it a little softer, something like peanut butter is amazing. You could mix lupus with peanut butter and it would taste good. This is your specialty. The optional oxtail is one of my favorite things I can't. get anywhere many countries don't have it it's also a food that requires a lot of love and time these beautiful cross sections of the tail the bones in the middle of course all the meat protein tissue fat is around I like it like this oh you just tear it off with a bite of the bone, yes I am getting my hands dirty for no reason, oh that's undeniable, as you go up and down the tail, you have different amounts of fat and protein, so each bite is a little different and They are boiling like the fat has really been reduced, I just take the protein away. the bone that you can see is like a continuation of the vertebrae that go down to the tail and that muscle becomes so tender and delicious that you stole my heart, thank you today I am making mazzondo mazzure is the rug, then we have the cow's head, like this What do you do with the cattle?

We cut it and then boil it. We use an egg to cut it. An axe. Egg. I have to see that a great feast is coming. We have some ingredients from the market and then. some surprise ingredients that I have no idea about I have any idea about I saw a little today we are cooking this whole cow head I have no idea how it will be made oh my god I don't even know if we can shows that on youtube it's a boy or a Girl, it's a boy, how do you know? Do you have a name tag?

Oh, because of the horns, beef is common and loved in Zimbabwe and here they use every part from head to tail to break. The first step is to remove the tongue that is hanging out, so let's save it for later, the tongue comes off, so the goal here is to burn the skin. This is a very delicate process, you don't want to burn the skin. skin or exaggerate the skin or even tear it off you want to heat it enough so that all the hair comes off the skin is still intact so it can still be eaten later gentlemen good luck I can barely see good luck this is the deal this head about to be cut into small pieces so we can put it in a pot and boil for a long time.

Do we have a chef's knife? No, we have an axe. Wait, hey, wait, why are you backing away? You don't think I'm in control. from an ax eh today's special cuts include the entire head the tongue and legs of the cow now with the head cut into several unspecified pieces it's time to cook boil in water with a pinch of salt for four hours until the fat is rendered shred and turn The tongue is then charred to remove the outer skin, then filled and spread to give it more surface area to absorb more salt and cook faster on the grill until it is cooked all the way through the meat. the head and tongue are golden. sauce made from sorghum this is our last meal of the day everything that has accumulated today up to this moment we start in the busiest market in Africa where many of the products of this restaurant come from and we also have a cow's head, I'm not sure where is the cow head from and I didn't want to ask and I felt that when I saw the head it was too late to ask the cow at this time people have served some food that everyone is eating this is a familiar sight in this place . like a home restaurant so there's a lot to try let's get into it oh this is a tongue here the tongue is tough because the tongue can be very tough if you don't prepare it properly so it took me about 20 minutes to grill everything that. all the way to success oh it's delicious, super clean, really dense flavor, I mean the meat of the tongue is very underrated.

I would say the meat of the tongue has a density like the meat of the heart, that's good, my goodness, you see they cut it and marked it, they could cook it all. the faster here, this is a brown saza, it looks like chocolate malt flour, does it taste like this? No, it has almost no flavor. A little different texture than the normal salsa I made with corn, but of course it has to be combined with the other. elements on the plate because all this meat is very heavy for most people, but not for me, here the head, this looks fantastic, in fact, this reminds me right now of the tail, we already have all the beautiful fats and tissues that have melted, they are just sticky and fall apart slowly it's okay, there are pros and cons one delicious the fat just melts in your mouth the meat separates it's super tender it's made with time and love and a little hostility the cons there are little bits of bone in there you have to chew care

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y because you might get a bit of a bone sliver delicious this is really extraordinary i can't believe it one of the most satisfying things i have eaten in a long time oh look at this what is this ?

It's pineapple and cucumber They brought me a salad to accompany all these heavy meals, but here they have a type of cucumber that I had never seen before. When you open it, it looks completely different than any cucumber I've ever seen before. I don't like. normal cucumbers but I like sea cucumbers oh super crunchy it's a little slimy it's a little like the green part of a watermelon but I guess that's what cucumber tastes like here we have our last meal first the cow legs hit the flames to burn towards down and then cut it into smaller pieces, all this will soon be soup, all you need is salt water, heat and a lot of time, so this would be above the ankle or a little above the leg, it's just pure tendon, I'm going Just take this away, look at that super delicious tendon when it's cooked this soft, it gets a little chewy but it's so good you can only have a little bit of it, okay, that's the foot here, it's half a the hoof and then the other half would be here, except they actually cut it down the center when they were preparing it and what's really

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about the hoof is that it has a polish on the outside, the polish is basically like a big nail , is made of keratin. underneath there is meat and mussel, I'm literally going to eat the bottom of a cow leg, let's try it, oh that's amazing, it's not much different from tendon, almost like crispy and crunchy when you bite into it, okay, this is a a little higher in the hull.

Wow, that's just pure skin bones and then some cartilage in the middle, that's fantastic, this is our third day in Zimbabwe. To be honest, I'm pretty impressed. We went to the market. Markets can be hectic, chaotic, sometimes aggressive because people are there. Time is money. I have work to do and they don't have time for bs but here in Harare in Zimbabwe people have been very welcoming, open and just curious about what we are doing and just want to interact and be playful so not only have I enjoyed the food . today, but being able to interact with people from this community has been an absolute pleasure.

Now we leave the capital and go into the countryside to meet this guy. This is the man who built the apocalypse of Africa. This property is yours, yes or all. yeah, hunter, yeah, yeah, it's too late for you, sorry, it's an African medicine fisherman, African medicine, oh, he's got one, if you need food, he's got you, so let's eat this, yeah, okay, Today is like a fish stick, I am on a mission to learn how a man lives so far from civilization. You get your own water. Do you have electricity here? nothing and how he eats what you have there this is my ability to measure your calories it all starts here in the house that he and his wife built together welcome to deca drum this is the least densely populated area of ​​

zimbabwe

here you have freedom of space than plants and the animals mother nature has provided and not much else it has also been vincent's home for over 30 years thanks for having me normally we go to the villages but this is just your house and your family's house yes it is here .

The house is a complex, a group of separate structures, most of which you might be used to seeing under the same roof. This entire complex was built by hand by Vincent and his wife. are these two buildings right here this is a button that is a bathroom one for cleaning one is for the bathroom yes, there is the main house where Vincent and his wife sleep each of the children has their own structure the kitchen also has its own structure so on the Next you have a kind of dish rack, your counter and then the house itself, what it's made of is just mud.

This cozy compact kitchen was built in a month and a half. The women have the task of building the wooden frame and filling it with mud, they do it with stones or bricks but these are stones while the men build the roofs these are the things for the millet then we put the glass on top and here while Vincent gives me a private tour his wife noni starts eating breakfast starting with oatmeal porridge starts with tamarind soaked in hot water to extract its flavors. The tamarind is one of the many native fruit trees here that has made its way into several local dishes and then there's this African medicine that I use to demand that they not be destroyed on that site and he is.

I have some erection medicine here, okay, oh, you have a lot of kids, can I buy you some of this later in the kitchen, where things are also getting steamy? The tamarind-infused liquid is separated from the fruit. She adds corn flour to a pot with a touch of sugar while stirring it forms a thick corn flour porridge that will turn into zaza is the main source of carbohydrates for Zimbabweans when you are miles and miles from the nearest city your stock of cornmeal is like a chest of gold that's where we keep the corn or soda millet when we cut from the farm is the idea that you don't want the animals to get to it.

Yes, the cow can come hitting and holding the elephant. This time we have elephants. Are you telling me that elephants sometimes steal your food? Yes, wow. This is a problem I have never had in my life corn flour porridge and now corn flour bread mix corn flour salt sugar and water fill the pot with that mixture and cover it with a plate, add charcoal on top to create the humanity's first convection oven in the meanwhile this is a cage for my hands you eat the eggs or try to get more chicks I eat eggs from August September October November because it's too hot so they don't make babies but this now I leave them for let them make babies in those other months when you eat the eggs there won't be babies anyway yeah well thanks for the tour, next we're going to finish breakfast and have breakfast, is this a usual breakfast for you?

Yes, my mother cooks bread and porridge, I cook fish myself. Can we try this? First, I like porridge, so I've eaten a lot of sausage so far, it's a little more starchy, you can have it like mashed potatoes, it's a little stickier, but I like it more than sansa and I know I don't. I have to compare, I know they are different things, different purposes but it has no flavor and this has flavor, it's just a little sour and a little sweet too, oh that's great, here's the bread, oh this looks really good , it's super. dense and thick bread I like it because it tastes like a kind of whole wheat bread it is dense and somewhat doughy yes I am fascinated by your lifestyle here you are here you have your privacy you have built all your own structures I mean You really are like a self-sufficient kind of person .

Do you have electricity here? Nothing, so you don't even need it. Oh wow, this little solar panel that powers Vincent's brick phone. They're the only signs of modern technology here, other than the technological meat. It is rare to find it, except fish. Fish is found in many of the meals around here, including today's breakfast tilapia fillet, rolled in flour, lightly fried, then dipped in egg and fried some more. Oh, that's really good, it's salty, crispy on the outside, flaky and light. The inside reminds me a little of walleye or some type of fresh fish we might eat in Minnesota, where I'm from.

Where do you get the oil from? You buy it at the stove, you buy it at the store. He says such a silly question even when resourceful like Vincent and his wife there are still some essentials worth the long walk to the nearest market cooking oil sugar salt and soap how do you make good money? What is work for you? fishing making eggs crafts making wooden cutlery yes o I guess carpentry with over 45 years of fishing experience and a large river nearby, fishing is the most profitable source of income for Vincent, so we get to the Deca River, he moves pretty fast and the levels are pretty high, you said these are them. good conditions for fishing yes, every day the river deca receivesvisit our country.

It is an absolute pleasure. Greetings, oh yes, today we will go tribal and go into the countryside to see a way of life that is fading. Every day that passes more and more, this is Mr. Impeses's town, he has lived here almost his entire life, so back then, did you dress like this? It wasn't even a time when locals could hunt and eat wild animals like zebras and giraffes, which other animals did. You hunted an incredible lion Today I have the mission to walk one day in the shoes of the Lord and the PC Today you are going to make a goat How often does this happen?

I want to see how he lives life is something that is good food that we have how to cook it and of course how he eats so this is a kitchen that is missing maybe like a fan they have food you may not be ready to these little things, not the testicles, that would be down there and to be honest, I might not be. Ready, oh, the bile that is Mexican, but here it goes, say hello to Mr. Impeacy, chief of this town, shake his hand here, yes, we do it like this and that's perfect and his day begins like most people's with breakfast, so have some tea.

Do you usually drink tea in the morning here? I eat this. A breakfast of tea and bread. It may sound familiar to most, but the way this bread was made is truly unique, so this is one cuisine that is lacking, perhaps like a fan. Smoke is a medicine for the eyes that is fantastic here we have the bread this is a mixture of corn flour and sorghum and water that makes a dough and instead of being something like saza that you see all the time it is much denser and They caked it on the sides of the pan and then the water at the bottom bubbles and vaporizes cooking the dough by steaming it you know what I'm getting used to the smoke I feel good my eyes feel great I'm supposed to have Tears, right, that's good, yeah.

While I run away in search of oxygen, the bread stays baking for another 30 minutes and then it is ready to serve. This looks good. How is its flavor really interesting? It tastes like whole wheat although it's not wheat at all but it has that whole grain flavor to that the crunchy part is good right some tea mr mpc was born in the midlands I was born in 1944 but for most of his life This is the place you called home how long have you been in this area since 1955? wow trying to do the math wait he was a terrible student his town is only 12 miles from the rapidly expanding city of Victoria Falls over time it has changed a lot when we arrived here in 1955 it was a bush there is only one hotel the hotel Victoria Falls There were only five white people who first lived in Victoria during that time, but now it's a city, so did you dress like that?

What were you wearing of the animals you chased and what kind of animals did you hunt? Was any animal hunted during? the giraffe yes, I just got a good testament oh, the giraffe has good meat as the world around in PC Village becomes more and more modern, traditions and customs become more difficult to maintain, it's not that external forces are putting an end to what is happening here, but rebellious youth. In any culture they tend to look for the new and different that is fashionable today you are going to make goats how often does this happen every weekend?

You should have a coat because my grandchildren are coming, they should have something to eat, so if you go through 52 goats a year, that's a lot of goats. PC's village is made up of several tribes that form a family and PC belongs to the independence tribe his wife from the Tonga tribe two of the main ethnic groups in Zimbabwe about once a week they get together to celebrate life, that means sing, dance, pray, drink, so this is like breakfast number two, but this one makes you drunk, yeah, it's good, very thick, just drink. with food yes, with a full heart and an empty stomach, it is time to slaughter a goat, drain the butcher and cook from the nose to the tail, this goat will become several dishes that will feed many first because it is easier to spoil the blood with pitted ovals. good food you have to cook it there are certain parts and so on a little bit of liver put it with blood so that we mix it and cook it together the heap is also all the bile is full of a very very bitter green liquid that green liquid the mixture is an anti-inflammatory even If you have a cow I will help you, yes wow this will be a good starter, the pot is seasoned with salt and placed on the stove as the blood rotates with the heat, it changes from scarlet to a muddy black here the blood represents be so eating blood means gaining life so blood runs out it's not blood now it's food rice food I had goat's blood with it on my first day in Zimbabwe good morning it tastes better than I thought but here we are have the bile mixed so it should be more bitter, very tasty, this is blood, good food, I love the texture, but it's very sticky, it's salty, but it's naturally salty, I don't feel any bitterness, the bile is there, oh great , oh this one. liver, why not, I don't know, I mean the classic taste of liver, much firmer, solid, that's wild, do you usually eat this first?

That's what you eat. The fat is really rubbery, like it's impossible to chew, but you just squeeze all the flavor out of it. yes, and there are delicious oils, you never get tired of this, no, no, no, no, sit down, you can't even check it, it is never pointed out. You do it, sometimes, you hide it from yourself. I'm told you also do African medicine. Yes, calls. is it

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medicine or is it called something else smith does it that makes sense that you are in africa zimbabwe has a long history of using plants for medicinal purposes a practice that most locals still opt for is the devil's law it is good even for malaria and cures heart problems can you cure a broken heart?

This rich medical knowledge is passed down from generation to generation. pc learned his trade from his grandfather. There are some people who can't even get a woman to pretend that's what you wear. How many kids do you have? Having only seven is fine, although many may dismiss traditional medicine without a second thought, it can be sobering to know that forty percent of modern medicines are derived from plants, even if you are coughing, what if you have headaches packed , you just put them in water, do you take aspirin? for example, released into the world from willow bark oh, I mean, it tastes like medicine, it's very bitter right now, the only medicinal healing I need is from food and I'm lucky, I like your style here, they're like small snacks throughout the day.

Yes this. Here is roasted goat liver using the goat skin as a cutting board, cut the liver and spread it on a mesh rack with a little fat on top. A little bit different feeling because before it was boiled in the different tests when you eat food. I should have a variety of chests, you're talking, my variety of languages ​​is the taste of life, so the other one was more full of water, very soft, this is a little chewier and harder on the outside, some smokiness, I like it, it's almost like a jerky how long can you keep this for a few days? you can put it on this for a few days in many rural areas like this hanging and smoking is the most effective way to preserve freshly cut meat hanging food here in this part of Africa scares me because I even saw baboons in the city.

Do baboons ever come here? They do it and sometime they attack your village. No, we still have this world like us humans. They have a role in our society. We do not give food to wild animals. eaten by human beings they changed their behavior but if we live in harmony we talk to them they really move away you can see lions they approach you pretend that you have a lot of energy get close to them don't be afraid they can feel that you fear inside your heart, they flee, but if you attack , they fight with you, so no animal is dangerous like humans during the life of mpc, it has undergone a transition from game meat to grass animals and even these rabbits are prized for their lean meat, but just as much for its holy cow skin.

This is a rabbit fur blanket made of 36 rabbits. I saw it when you put it on. It's very good. I like it so. Typically, rabbits are shipped carefully skinned and sized for the blanket. This is. Hey. maybe you can make a pillowcase. Yes, the rest of the carcass is roasted over charcoal with a touch of salt. She said that he had her permission to enjoy the rabbit and try it and said that the rabbit is one of the most nutritious animals they have. I said more nutritious than chicken more than beef and I think possibly even more than goat I'm going to try this part right here these little things that aren't testicles that would be down there are kidneys looks like a wood tick that sucked a dog for too long and it became big and fat, delicious, it's juicy, it almost tastes like sausage, I mean so far on this trip to Zimbabwe we have been eating a lot of beef, sheep, soon we will have goats, we will have rabbit.

We've had chicken, we've had guinea fowl, fish, you name it, people here really like and appreciate meat, and so do I, it's just that the heart could be the heart, oh no, Mr. NBC said it could fix a broken heart, is it too late? Oh, that's amazing, I'm going to break this back leg, here we go, but take a look at this super white meat, very lean and probably not going to be juicy. I guess the juiciest part was the kidney. It tastes a little firm but not bad at all This is quite delicious It's not really dry You think it would be much drier Being just a lean rabbit It's a chewy little man I'm falling in love with its smoky flavor and all my times I've come to Africa, this is it one of my most unique experiences so far.

I know we're halfway through the video. I'm giving you an update halfway through the video. It's a heartbreaking thing when you realize, see and experience how beautiful it is. The traditions are here and you know that what you see today is still a watered down version of what once was now in BC. The family is finishing the goat. The real main meal is about to start, so it is very good, like many tribes around. Africa some of the animal parts slaughtered are strictly allocated to men what we eat before that is for men and others for women depressed or short-lived concerns for women for dinner today we have sorghum zaza African cabbage and something known as zanienze more on that soon so I'll have some African cabbage oh yes it's very fresh but it's a little bigger.

Do you put bile in it? Nothing is right. Oh, so this is something I've never seen before. It's a piece of goat intestine wrapped tightly. with the intestines the ingredients are cleaned well or should I say the stomach and intestines of the goat and then they are cut to the appropriate size each piece of intestine is wrapped with the intestine forming an elongated shape similar to a sausage now these works of art are boiled with salt until reaching the desired point. level of cuteness which is great but also looks pretty gnarly, oh my god, like a perfume or a field of daisies, that's a good idea for food, it smells really good, aha, okay, the taste is better than the smell, can I say it's better than the smell?

I love the texture, it's soft, squeaky, like overcooked calamari. I have mixed the sausage with it to dilute the flavor a little. What is your favorite part? I must say that the more I bite, the more I like it, it smells. gastric acid, but when you eat it it's not really bitter, I'm just a little tasty, what do you think, big fan? I like that, as you may have noticed, men and women tend to sit and eat separately, women can talk about women. things and boys can talk about boy things, that's what PC says, so what are some of the main problems?

You know, it's hard to tell women that I've lost Lipitor. I have a loss of lipids. Oh yeah, no one wants to admit that, but us. I can discuss it if we are men together instead of discussing my own libido state. I guess it's best to move on to the next topic: goat leg roasted over the fire until cooked through and seasoned with a little salt. Oh yeah, I can't wait. to try this oh yeah, very nice, super smoky, are you using mopane wood? Yes, great flavor, it's juicy and tender inside, almost no goat taste, it's like the opposite of the intestines in the stomach, it's so different, it's so different, but now.

It's just better because they've tried it which is part of the flavor that makes sense. I like it. I want to ask all day long. I have received your perspective on what it has been like growing up in this area and seeing the world around you change a lot now you are older you have children grandchildren great-grandchildren what do you want for your great-grandchildren as they grow up the young people they like to depend on as they change their shape of thinking educate them let them participate teach everyone survival skills to survive in every moment it is difficult, we work as a team to collectively, that collectivity makes us make some of us choose ours simply to not be planned by other people, see the sunlight in Heaven, sir, it has been a pleasure, an incredible day.

Thank you all for allowing us into your community, your village, and for allowing us to learn more about the people here. I hope you enjoy it andI also love food. Ten out of ten fantastic guys, that's the end of this video. Only it's the end of our Zimbabwe series. I hope you enjoyed it. This is one of the most amazing, adventurous, fun and fascinating countries I have been to in the entire world, especially here in Africa. I had a great time. You should come. to zimbabwe very good food lots of meat very nice people what more could you ask for?

This is the closing of this series that follows. More adventures in Africa. I like to see Africa that way. That's all for this one. Thank you so much. for looking I'll see you next time peace peace peace maybe they can roast something else I saw a chicken