Wild Foods Photo Gallery

Digging for Tubers Collecting Leafy Greens Children using long poles to knock figs from the tree
Collecting water lily seed 'Thou' kernels being used as a savoury food Dried fruit 'Dhiot' (Nandea Latifonda) made into cakes and sold in the market The leaves have a mucilagineous sap which gives the food a slimy texture, a recognised way of easing ingestion of accompanying foods.

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Digging for tubers - Collecting leafy greens - Children using long poles to knock figs from the tree - Collecting water lily seed - 'Thou' kernels being used as a savoury food - Dried fruit 'Dhiot' (Nandea Latifonda) made into cakes and sold in the market - Women Collecting 'dhiek dhietz' leaves (Pterocarpus Lucerus). The leaves have a mucilagineous sap which gives the food a slimy texture, a recognised way of easing ingestion of accompanying foods.


For more on wild foods see Wild Foods - Blessing or Burden?



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