The vegetable variety!
I’ve done a heap of searching on the net and have not been able to find any reference to this exotic vegetable.
Within PNG culture but even more so here in the Highland’s it id given a high level of importance in social exchanges – 2nd to pigs!
It’s an unusual looking vegetable as I have mentioned in previous posts and difficult to describe – but as they say a picture equals a thousand words – so here’s what it looks like in it’s raw form…
And after it’s been cooked the local way it resembles a thick tomato-y, red, greasy sauce – the locals love it and I’m slowly acquiring (well sort of) a taste for it as well…
But…
When one applies a little creativity to PNG cuisine – like a US friend of ours did recently (Chris from Moresby), you end up with the ultimate in epicurean delight…
Behold… !!
Marata Ice Cream covered in Marata sauce…
(courtesy Chris)
And Taro in Marata sauce…
(courtesy Chris)
NB: If anyone out there knows of any or has come across any online
references to Marata – please let me know.
tingting bilong yu…
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