Botswana Namibia Mission

So one of the first things that you need to know about the food that you're going to be eating in the Botswana Namibia Mission is that it is very similar to the foods that you get in the United States. That being said, there are also going to be a few things that you'll probably have never had before. One of the main staple foods down there is called pop. It's basically a ground corn maize that they make into kind of like a mashed potato-like substance that they have with almost half their meals. The other staple food is rice. You'll also get to try a few things like mopani worms, mokodu, tripe. There's just many different cultural foods down there that you'll learn to to grow and love. Another one that I really loved was called samp. It also comes from maize and you have to try it. If I could give you advice, I'd say just try all the food and if you don't like it, be respectful and just say I don't like it and then they'll understand.

Food in the Botswana Namibia mission is crazy. It's amazing, it's my favorite. I miss it but you got things ranging from super chill stuff to things you never probably thought you'd be eating before. One of my favorites was mopane worms. They're like these huge worms they grab off the mopane tree and they just dry them and they fry them up or you can eat them dry so those are pretty good. I also really liked in Namibia they have something called kapana which is incredible. I miss it every day. It's like they slice up meat and they fry it up with this amazing spice. There's also in South Africa there's something called kota which is this amazing sandwich you can get so all good stuff.