mopani

In Peru I ate guinea pig (boney and chewy) and in Africa I tried mopani worms.

02/22/2005 2005

It grew very hot, the sand rose and choked me, the mopani trees with their dull green wearied me, the ‘Kaffir queens’ and jays and rollers which flew about the path seemed to be there to mock me.

Prester John 2005

It was hard to find a suitable place to wait, but eventually Mma Makutsi concluded that if they parked just round the corner, they would be half-concealed by the small take-out stall that sold roast mealies, strips of fly-blown dried meat and, for those who wanted a real treat, delicious pokes of mopani worms.

Tears Of The Giraffe Smith, Alexander McCall, 1948- 2000

What was the point, she wondered, in his uncle beating him with a mopani stick until he cried out for mercy?

Tears Of The Giraffe Smith, Alexander McCall, 1948- 2000

The clearing was walled in with the dense mopani trees and a wounded elephant broke into the open.

When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

His horse was almost finished; he could feel its legs flopping with every stride and they were nearly at the end of the clearing racing towards the solid wall of green mopani.

When the Lion Feeds Smith, Wilbur 1964

The infantry coming in from the wings collided with them, and there was a struggle of excited beasts and men in the thickets of thorn and mopani.

Prester John John Buchan 1907

It grew very hot, the sand rose and choked me, the mopani trees with their dull green wearied me, the 'Kaffir queens' and jays and rollers which flew about the path seemed to be there to mock me.

Prester John John Buchan 1907

Indeed, a drive along this road, the gateway to South Africa, shows up a roaring trade in wooden curios, earthenware pots, and mopani worms - moth larvae considered a delicacy all over Zimbabwe.

Institute for War & Peace Reporting: 2008

a struggle of excited beasts and men in the thickets of thorn and mopani.

Prester John 2005