Zimuto Siding - Foods

Foods

Local diet consists of a variety of foodstuffs. Rural Zimbabwe consumes little meat. They also eat more fresh foods and fruit. The main challenge in rural Zimbabwe is food presevation. Most food is produced during one or other season and needs to be preserved so that it is available throughout the year. New and cheap methods of increasing the efficiency of preservation are always welcome to locals.

• Sadza made from maize meal, rapocco meal or sorghum meal is the staple diet
• vegetables such as can be grown in the family garden. You will notice each family grows its own and they pick only when they need for the day. They also eat vegetables such as pumpkin leaves, some wild vegetables such as munyovhi, mowa, mubvunzandadya, marenge. as well as some tree leaves such as mulberry tree.
• Meat such as chicken, beef, lamb, and game. most families keep their own chickens and domestic animals.
• Fruit: there is a wide variety of fruit such as mangoes, guavas, oranges, lemons, apples, etc., and some wild fruit which, like any other fruit are seasonal.

The increase of poverty since 1998 has restricted the diet further.