Friday, August 21, 2015

Katballetjies

South Africa is littered with edible plants which few people know about. But the San once knew them well. These are edible katballetjies (pictured). They are fairly tasteless, a little dry -- perhaps suggestive of gooseberries. They grow like creepers on the ground. OBSERVATION: I wasn't much aware of such things until I married E., who is chiefly of Xhosa descent. Rural Xhosas have a fairly good knowledge of such things. See also Edible Succulent.

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