Afternoon Snack in Tanzania

Next time you eat a Twinkie for a snack, think of the children in Tanzania. Here’s what they eat for an afternoon snack (I won’t tell ruin the surprise and tell you what it is, but if you’re squeamish, this video isn’t for you!).

Video by David Lipps, a college student working for an NGO in Tanzania.

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July 1, 2008 at 9:23 pm by Alex
Category: Animal, Food & Drinks, Video Clips

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18 comments to "Afternoon Snack in Tanzania"

thunk
July 1st, 2008 at 10:19 pm
probably tastes like chicken
jodie
July 1st, 2008 at 10:38 pm
it’s always good to be mindful of all the excess we have here.

still,i must agree with thunk…it prolly does taste like chicken. little tiny, furry chickens.
PK
July 1st, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Man, as a lifelong city-dweller, I am ashamed for my lack of skills in making a fire in the wild, (making and) hunting with a bow, and the fearlessness to use a knife on your palm.

The only thing I have guts with is to pull all the guts of the thing out.
Christophe
July 1st, 2008 at 10:50 pm
So true PK…
Geekazoid
July 1st, 2008 at 11:21 pm
Come on, that’s not so bad, I’ve seen worse on the Travel Channel Bizarre Foods. And here I thought it was going to be some nasty two inch thick grubs, insects is one thing I cannot stomach to see people eat.
David Corona
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:03 am
Something to consider here it’s that those mice feed themselves with natural and let’s say cleaner food from the bushes, as the mice and rats from our cities eat from our toxic garbage. Anyway, my cultural manners would never let me eat a rat, or a dog; but chinese people see it as natural as it can get.

By the way, Geekazoid, those “nasty insects” are cleaner and have a lot more protein than those big macs that we use to eat. That it’s the real junk-food. And by the way, insects have a really nice taste with a little salt.
meh
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:20 am
That dosn’t look so bad. I’d do it if I were a poor starving kid. Can’t imagine there being much meat though. Wonder why they didn’t go through the organs for edible bits like the heart, liver etc. Maybe too small to be worth the time?
samantha
July 2nd, 2008 at 6:44 am
eh. twinkies are gross too.
CheeseDuck
July 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 am
Dog tastes gooood
Ed T.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:47 am
They should really use some kind of marinade or it’s just going to be really dry and unappetizing.
NeuroGirl
July 2nd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Smart kids fully cooking it. Undercooked rodent is a fantastic way to pick up parasites.
Ali S.
July 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
I think it’s ok as long as they cook it and then eat it. Besides those things are abundant everywhere! Might as well use them for some good.
Peeves
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm
That’s great they re-roasted it..more complicated than my own cooking!
kevin
July 2nd, 2008 at 4:50 pm
the smaller the more tender
real starvation is when you have to eat your belt
Fritz
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:52 pm
most likely better for you than Twinkies…I bet thats true

I am happy I eat neither but thankfully I am lucky enough to enjoy a nice red apple
EP
July 2nd, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Sneaky snack.
DOJ
July 8th, 2008 at 2:22 am
i saw a documentary where the kids sold the roasted rats to supplement their families incomes
the_prophet
August 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Cool movie.