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Tales From the Bush Larder

Season 1

2014 · 12 episodes

  1. 1. Mud Crabs

    2014-05-12

    Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.

  2. 2. African Wild Honey And Game Meat

    2014-05-19

    In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.

  3. 3. Crayfish

    2014-05-26

    Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.

  4. 4. Rice And Fowl

    2014-06-02

    Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.

  5. 5. Lake Victoria Whitebait

    2014-06-09

    Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.

  6. 6. Prawns

    2014-06-16

    Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.

  7. 7. Mt. Kenya Trout

    2014-06-23

    This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.

  8. 8. Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

    2014-06-30

    Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.

  9. 9. Tea and Molo Lamb

    2014-07-07

    Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.

  10. 10. Octopus

    2014-07-14

    A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.

  11. 11. Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

    2014-07-21

    Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.

  12. 12. Sailfish

    2014-07-28

    Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.

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