Ethiopians eating raw meat - VIDEO

[oba hiloowlow]

The Zack;913042 wrote:

Imam Ahmed was a Somali? This is getting better by the minute.

he was either somali or afar but his army was mostly somalis so somalis forced them to eat raw meat in a way

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

oba hiloowlow;913052 wrote:

he was either somali or afar but his army was mostly somalis so somalis forced them to eat raw meat in a way

He was definitely not Afar , A Somali or half Somali or Harari or Arab from Zeila.

[suleeymaan]

Zack, stop making fun of your fellow Ethiopians. You might never know the meat they are eating might come from your nomadic clansmen in Ethiopia.

[oba hiloowlow]

Apophis;913058 wrote:

At least they're not eating Monkey/Hyena meat unlike some friends of friends here.

kkkkkkkkkkkkkk a delicasy in Kismaayo

[oba hiloowlow]

Xaaji Xunjuf;913066 wrote:

He was definitely not Afar , A Somali or half Somali or Harari or Arab from Zeila.

Anigu i believe the Imam was Guda B

[Saalax]

Washingtoncitypaper: Why Do Ethiopians Eat So Much Raw Meat?

 

You likely know about kitfo, the finely chopped beef mixed with spiced Ethiopian butter and served with awaze or a berbere spice blend or fresh crumbled cheese. (Or perhaps all three at once.) If you're lucky — and don't look like a total Anglo wimp — the Ethiopian restaurant at which you've ordered kitfo will serve it to you raw. If you do look like a total Anglo wimp (and I'm looking at you in the mirror, my man), you will have to practically beg to have it served raw.

 

Kitfo, of course, isn't the only raw meat offered in Ethiopian cooking (or non-cooking). There's also tere saga, sometimes known as kurt, but that is much harder to find in U.S. Ethiopian restaurants. I've only seen it at Abay Market and Meaza. But back in Ethiopia, tere sega is considered a traditional ceremonial dish, often seen at weddings.

 

I mention these two dishes as prelude to a question I hadn't thought about until this week: Why do Ethiopians eat so much raw meat? The question was raised to me by Jabriel Ballentine, a native of the Virgin Islands who's doing some consulting work for Almaz on U Street. He knew the answer.

 

 

He tells me that raw meat was a war-time invention in Ethiopia — or perhaps "necessity" is a better word, given that troops that cooked their meats were sniffed out by the enemy and slaughtered in their sleep. Ballentine said the troops finally learned it was the smell of roasting meats, and the smoke from their fires, that gave them away. Raw meat, then, was an act of self-preservation.

 

Or at least it was a century or centuries ago. Ballentine couldn't remember exactly which war inspired the raw-meat cuisine.

 

But sometimes Ballentine likes to tease his Ethiopian friends. "The war is over now," he'll tell them. "We can cook the meat now."

 

Just to double-check this tale, I consulted Marcus Samuelsson's excellent cookbook, The Soul of a New Cuisine. There, on page 295, is a recipe for "steak tartare." (I guess when you're a celebrity chef with a book to sell to America, you prefer fine-dining terms over those icky foreign words.)

 

The first sentence of Samuelsson's recipe for kitfo reads: "Legend has it that kitfo — the Ethiopian Steak Tartare that inspired this recipe — came about during one of the many wars between the Christian Gurage and the Muslims, when the Gurages were hiding out in the mountains and needed to develop quick-cooking meals they could prepare without attracting attention from big, smoking fires."

 

There's either some truth here or a wonderful Ethiopian myth.

 

 

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/10/02/why-do-ethiopians-eat-so-much-raw-meat/

[Aaliyyah]

I heard that Ethiopians eat raw meat. But, I am not going to watch this video. The very thought of seeing someone eating raw meat makes me want to puke.

 

Wlc back Zack. Waa lugu waayey

[The Zack]

Thanks dear Aaliyah! U should check the video out, you wont see blood at all. It aint that bad

 

Oba/Xaaji, Imaamka's identity is well-known. I cant believe we are debating about this. Go back to the books waryadha!

 

Apophis, those who eat hyena actually do cook it. We are talking about raw meat here. Close eyes and imagine eating raw meat, that shit is nasty yo!

 

Saalax, good info!

[The Zack]

Cool bro, i knew you wouldn't take a shot at your fellow Jubbaawi.

[Haatu]

Nonsense! Galti yahow goormaad reer Waamo noqotay?

[The Zack]

Haatu, i was born and raised in Badhaadhe(of course tribally). I plan to run for an office in the new state and nobody can stop that

[Haatu]

And I was born and raised in Wardheer (of course tribally). I plan on fighting for the ONLF

[The Zack]

Sounds like a plan to me. I would exchange my ciid guduud wardheer to the fertile land of Joorre any day.

[Haatu]

War you miss the gist completely. You come from Godey and that's where you belong.

[The Zack]

I didn't. I took that route on purpose. Godey is much better than any town in the bloody Waamo.