Bizarre

At the house of Mario, a friend in Lilongwe, who shows me the latest mineral discoveries of the Mount Malosa, Zomba Plateau, I found an old issue of ‘’The Traveller”, an in-flight magazine of Air Malawi with an article which I would like to quote partly:

“Mice, mice, please boss are you interested? That is the familiar chant when you are traveling on the M1 road in the area between Balaka and Lilongwe. Village youngsters eagerly line up on the edge of the road, displaying mice sticks (two pieces of wood in which cooked mice are clamped in, like tweezers) while waiving down each and every car that cruises by, coaxing them to buy the delicious treat. Their greasy hands and clothes speak volumes of the amount of oil a cooked mouse can produce – perfect meat for those with a good appetite for fatty foods. Usually the mice vendors will ask for MK100 for a stick of ten mice, however the charges may vary depending on the quality and size of the mice or the status of the customer.

The traditional way of preparing mice for a meal is simple. All you need to do is to first cut the stomach open and remove the digestive system which can be bitter and spoil a good meal. No skinning is needed. In fact it is perhaps the only animal that is eaten together with skin and fur from head to tail!! Boil the mice, preferably in a clay pot, until they are fully cooked, adding salt and other spices as you require, - nothing else.

You slide them on a skewer, stack them one after the other and expose them to the sun to dry.”

Bon Appetite!!!!! – You need a lot of Schnapps!!!!!

Stop shivering you spoilt Wazungu!!!!