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Making a meal out of mice in Malawi
Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.
The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect.
The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat.
Mouse kebabs? The rodents are a popular delicacy in Malawi
The mice are caught after they have gorged on grain during the harvest - making them plump and tasty
Young boys have to be quick as they chase the mice through the fields and catch them. But local villagers have also come up with an innovative trap.
One method involves digging holes and putting clay pots filled with water into them.
Young boys are enlisted to catch the mice - and locals have come up with several other clever ways of laying their hands on the critters
Some friends share a meal of Kapuku mice
The mouth of the pot is smeared with fried corn husks. As some of the mice fight for the husks, they fall into the pot and drown.
Malawi, with a population of 12 million, is among the poorest countries in the world, with rampant disease and hunger, aggravated by periodic droughts and crop failure.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1205259/Making-meal-mice-Malawi.html#ixzz0OJYQItQa
Making a meal out of mice in Malawi
Cooked, salted or dried, field mice strung on sticks are sold as a popular delicacy in Malawi markets and roadside stalls.
The mice are hunted in corn fields after the harvest when they have grown plump on a diet of grains, fruits, grass and the odd insect.
The most widely eaten species is known locally as Kapuku, gray in color and with a shorter tail than the more common rat.
Young boys have to be quick as they chase the mice through the fields and catch them. But local villagers have also come up with an innovative trap.
One method involves digging holes and putting clay pots filled with water into them.
The mouth of the pot is smeared with fried corn husks. As some of the mice fight for the husks, they fall into the pot and drown.
Malawi, with a population of 12 million, is among the poorest countries in the world, with rampant disease and hunger, aggravated by periodic droughts and crop failure.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1205259/Making-meal-mice-Malawi.html#ixzz0OJYQItQa
