By Sara:
How do people in Uganda cook their food? There are different methods, depending on what resources people have. The type of fuel also determines the method of cooking.
One way is with firewood over a 3-stone fire:
Or using charcoal in a charcoal stove:
For cooking larger amounts of food, you can have a permanent clay or cement stove for either firewood or charcoal. This one is for using charcoal:
For people who are cooking their food inside their house where there isn't good ventilation, it is more likely they use a gas cooker. It could be a single or double burner, like what Anthony and I had our first year in Uganda (2009)
Or it could be a stove with an oven, like we have now:
One more fun way that people sometimes cook sweet potatoes, is in a hole in the ground using coals:
The finished product - very tasty!
Most people who use charcoal buy it, but it is made locally all over Uganda. Charcoal making is actually a huge problem, where trees in poorer parts of the country are being cut down and sold cheaply as charcoal to middle-men who sell it for a big profit in cities.
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