Congo Cookbook

Recipes from Darkest Africa Elephant, Snake, Monkey, Insect, Rat mmm! How to cook yummy stuff from local tropical African plants, mammals, reptiles, birds and insects you never know when this stuff will come in useful Bush meat basically any wild jungle animal is now being exported to the UK and Europe. Not ecologically sound but it does suggest that people get the taste for it. Smoked snake meat: http://www.congocookbook.com/other_recipes/snake.html Cane rat: http://www.congocookbook.com/other_recipes/cane_rat.html Some of the most interesting recipes are about insects: http://www.congocookbook.com/other_recipes/insects.html Apparently, pound for pound insects contain twice as much protein as the finest red meat. Maybe in another couple of decades we'll all be munching down on termites, ants and grasshoppers. A friend of mine thinks deep fried tarantulas are tasty, but I haven't sampled one myself. I'll try most things but I think I'd prefer to give cockroaches a miss. Lots of quotes from explorers, travellers and volunteers. Interesting and it might get you to cook more adventurously! http://www.congocookbook.com