Bush Meat!

So our guard Asisu knocked on my door the other night, and asked me to quickly come outside. Wondering what it was, I rushed out with him to find that he had captured two live "bishiya" or hedgehogs! He told me that we were going to eat them, and I figured since I'd never tried hedgehog before...why not!?

Then he proceeded to show me how to make them pop out of their protective spikes, how to kill, roast, de-spike, gut, cook, and season them. Man was it cool and just so you know, hedgehog is pretty darn tasty!

Curled up and scared out of its mind!

Isn't he cute?

Good coals...

Asisu and I, mouths watering!

Skewered!

Chopped up and ready to eat (bones and all)!

Hausa word of the day:

'bishiya' - hedgehog
naman daji - "bush meat" (this refers to wild animals found out in the "bush", I don't know how else to describe "bush")