Tales From the Bush Larder
Season 1
2014 · 12 episodes
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. 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. Crayfish
2014-05-26
Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.
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. 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. Prawns
2014-06-16
Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.
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. 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. 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. Octopus
2014-07-14
A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.
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. Sailfish
2014-07-28
Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.
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