Tales From the Bush Larder - Season 1

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Mud Crabs

1 - Mud Crabs

Air Date: May 12, 2014

Chef Kiran Jethwa travels to the Kenyan town of Malindi, where he collects tamarinds and catches some monstrous crabs.

African Wild Honey And Game Meat

2 - African Wild Honey And Game Meat

Air Date: May 19, 2014

In Machakos, Kiran learns how to catch guinea fowl and marinate them from inside at the same time.

Crayfish

3 - Crayfish

Air Date: May 26, 2014

Kiran heads to the lake in Naivasha, where Louisiana crawfish are a tasty presence.

Rice And Fowl

4 - Rice And Fowl

Air Date: June 2, 2014

Kiran tries surfing cows in the Embu rice paddies, and protects the crops by joining a duck hunt.

Lake Victoria Whitebait

5 - Lake Victoria Whitebait

Air Date: June 9, 2014

Heading west, Kiran visits a peanut farm and picks green bananas, before being caught by a storm while fishing.

Prawns

6 - Prawns

Air Date: June 16, 2014

Kiran checks out mnazi, the local palm wine, and has an uncomfortable time trawling for prawns.

Mt. Kenya Trout

7 - Mt. Kenya Trout

Air Date: June 23, 2014

This episode's dish requires a visit to two very different landscapes - a sweltering, crocodile-infested lake and freezing mountain slopes.

Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

8 - Coral Fish, Oysters and Clams

Air Date: June 30, 2014

Kiran meets fishermen who fashion improvised surfboards from debris and then paddle out into an estuary with a perilous tide.

Tea and Molo Lamb

9 - Tea and Molo Lamb

Air Date: July 7, 2014

Kiran visits the Kericho man-made tea fields and learns the process of tea picking; he then travels to the Molo region where he smokes a prize Molo lamb with the tea leaves.

Octopus

10 - Octopus

Air Date: July 14, 2014

A local cassava farmer supplies some seasoning before Kiran constructs his own spear gun to catch the main ingredient.

Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

11 - Ostrich Egg, Cow's Blood and Cattle Hump

Air Date: July 21, 2014

Kiran makes poisonous hunting arrows while in the Maasai Mara; he investigates the Maasai approach to cattle husbandry.

Sailfish

12 - Sailfish

Air Date: July 28, 2014

Kiran compares traditional and ultra-modern fishing techniques, before visiting smokehouses in Malindi.