Mopane Worms

Nothing in Zimbabwe is more traditional than mopane worms, one of the country's most popular delicacies. The mopane worm is not a worm at all, but rather the larva of the emperor moth, which feeds on the leaves of the country's mopane woods. Mopane worms, which are about the thickness of a finger and grow to be the length of a hand, aren't cultivated and can be found in the wild as they feed.

They're twisted between the hands right away, ejecting the contents of the gut, and then dried or boiled to preserve them. After that, the mopane worms are usually cooked with onion, tomato, and seasonings.