Oboko Kwe - A Wild Cucumber at Risk of Extinction

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Our Food Stories

A Kitchen in Uganda

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Our Food Stories is a show, hosted by A Kitchen in Uganda, about our food and owning and telling our stories of it. It is about how food is not only fuel for the body but a means for most to build community, culture and even identity. As a way to preserve our indigenous foodways, each episode will have a unique guest who will talk about food stories passed down to them by generations past. Connect with us on the socials using #ourfoodstoriesUg Are you a Ugandan with a food story to share? Send us a DM to @akitcheninuganda on Instagram to contribute to this podcast.

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Oboko Kwe - A Wild Cucumber at Risk of Extinction

Our Food Stories

11 minutes 19 seconds

2 years ago

Oboko Kwe - A Wild Cucumber at Risk of Extinction

Do you know of a dish/plant that is no longer eaten these days? Episode 23 takes us through the journey of Oboko Kwe: A wild cucumber that is almost non-existent. Special guest Ismail shares how this cucumber was harvested and prepared. He also shares some reasons foods like this are no longer available. You will learn something new today. If you are Ugandan and have a similar dish or story, let us know by leaving a comment on this episode wherever you are listening from.

Follow Ismail and his amazing environmental work on Twitter @lonewalker_256

Connect with us on the socials using #ourfoodstoriesUg to let us know what part of the story you enjoyed the most.

If you would like to contribute a food story or know someone interested in contributing to this podcast, Kindly email akitcheninuganda@gmail.com or send us a DM on Instagram @akitcheninuganda.

Music: Ketsa - Bless-Ups, Ketsa - Spinny-Wheel