Information about customs in Africa

Africa is a mysterious and dreamlike place for the outside world. There are dense and lush tropical rainforests, the most vast Sahara desert in the world, simple and rough local customs and, of course, rich African cuisine.

South Africa: Delicious baked goods.

People who thrive in South Africa have formed unique dietary characteristics due to climate, culture and other factors. In Africa, there are many native spices, vegetables and fruits, and there are many varieties, so since ancient times, a variety of foods have been cooked together. Most meat products are baked and then mixed with curry, milkshake and tomato juice. Generally speaking, South Africans like to cook captured prey meat, such as elk meat, deer steak, pot roast venison, rabbit meat, steamed ostrich meat and so on. Cut mutton or pork into cubes, put apricots into the meat, then put the meat on a wooden stick and bake it slowly in the open air. After the meat is cooked, it is served with corn porridge, which has a very unique taste. Barbecue has always been a favorite of South Africans. The main material is pork and beef sausage, and various spices including cardamom, fennel, clove and garlic are added. It is slowly roasted on the barbecue rack with lamb chops and steaks, accompanied by thick corn porridge and special onion sauce, which is delicious in the world.

The diet structure of South African cuisine is relatively simple, and less attention is paid to the ingredients, so as to keep the raw materials as original as possible. Ostrich meat, ostrich eggs and wild pork are the most common game in South African cuisine. The main methods of ostrich meat are stewing, frying and frying. Fried and barbecued. The most common choice is South Africa's homemade marinated stew, which is moderately salty and sweet. Ostrich eggs are two or three times larger than human fists, and eggshells are about five millimeters thick, which is suitable for pickling. Eight kinds of ingredients such as onion, mushroom and ham are available. Guests can choose ingredients according to their personal preferences and roll them up with fried ostrich egg skins to eat. Wild boar with onions? Most of the meat is tender and smooth. In addition, crocodile meat, grilled lobster and fried shrimp are also quite distinctive.

dining etiquette

In many parts of Africa, people eat with their hands instead of knives and forks, let alone chopsticks. When eating, everyone sits around with a lunch box and a vegetable box in the middle. Everyone grabs the edge of the lunch box or vegetable box with his left hand and the rice and vegetables in front of him with his right finger. Guests should pay attention not to spill food on the ground when eating, which is a big taboo for the host.