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Eastern Africa

All counted, East Africa includes nineteen countries, ranging from Eritrea and Ethiopia in the north to Zimbabwe and Mozambique in the south, and Madagascar across the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Eastern Africa is well known for the wildlife of Kenya, the enormous freshwater Lake Victoria between Uganda and Tanzania, and magestic Mount Kilimanjaro. During European colonization, the rich farmland of Kenya and Uganda were prized for coffee and tea production. The Portuguese introduced chiles, corn, tomatoes, citrus fruits, pigs, and bananas into Eastern Africa. British and Indians brought curry spices and lentils. Today, ground corn, a staple starch, makes grits-like ugali, an accompaniment to stews. In Uganda, steamed green bananas (matoke) are the starch of choice. Modern Ethiopian cuisine features minced raw beef (kitfo) and employs cheeses and a spicy clarified butter; mild or spicy stews are served with chile-based sauces and eaten with bread (injera).

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asya

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Home Town: Mombasa, Coast, Kenya

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Russian Tea Cakes I

Reviewed on Dec. 8, 2009 by Cooking Mama

A tad dry, but very good. It helps quite a bit if you soften one stick (Half cup) of butter. Softening both is too much, but one makes it moist and light. This is one of those things you either like or don't. I always called them Mexican Wedding cakes, by the way.

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Thanksgiving Leftover Casserole

Reviewed on Dec. 3, 2009 by sweetemmy

We loved this casserole. I tripled the amount of turkey, added garlic powder also, added salt & spices to taste rather than measuring, also added extra potatoes (needed it to really feed 8 hungry people), prepared a box of stove top for the stuffing, & added corn. Rated this 4* because of the portion size being off; I don't think we would have like this very much with only 1 cup of turkey and it wouldn't have fed our whole family. But with the few changes it's a great family recipe.

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Texas Chocolate Frosting

Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2009 by Cooking Mama

DELICIOUS! Great on brownies, cupcakes, or even soft cookies. I made it twice, and one time I used about one quarter tablespoon less cocoa. It made it a little less strong, better for brownies so that the amount of chocolate is not overpowering. For cookies, blondies, yellow or white cake etc.... the full 4 tablespoons is best. Enjoy!!! This recipe rocks!

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