Mmm hmmm country cookin'

Figuring that indigenous minorities cannot live on flowers alone, I had a peek in our host's kitchen to see what the local folk really subsist on.

Nice looking kitchen right? Let's take a closer look. Kids hungry? Why not toss the dried leathery hoof of a pig on the kitchen table!

We can't forget the side dishes though. And here in Da'zai it's all about freshness. Hence the bowl of live snails on the bench and the bag of live frogs in the sink.


Now let's talk dessert. Dried rat anyone?