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Stirred with a palm leaf stem, palm grubs, or Capricorn beetle larvae, are sautéed in their own oil by Joseph Kawunde. He is a former Ssese Islander, one of few in his mainland village of Bweyogerere, Uganda who enjoys the cuisine of masinya, or palm grub as the other villagers curiously watch. He prepares the foreign dish of masinya worms with salt, curry, and yellow onions. Bweyogerere, Uganda.(MEB)

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Stirred with a palm leaf stem, palm grubs, or Capricorn beetle larvae, are sautéed in their own oil by Joseph Kawunde. He is a former Ssese Islander, one of few in his mainland village of Bweyogerere, Uganda who enjoys the cuisine of masinya, or palm grub as the other villagers curiously watch. He prepares the foreign dish of masinya worms with salt, curry, and yellow onions. Bweyogerere, Uganda.(MEB)
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