Spider flower. A parsley-like vegetable native to South America but naturalized in some parts of United States where, unlike Zimbabwe where it is eaten, it is grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers.
The staple starch of Zimbabwe. A stiff porridge of mashed potato consistency prepared from meal of maize, millet, sorghum or rice. It is usually served with stew. To eat it correctly, break off a ping-pong ball size piece and mould it into a ball, make an indentation with your thumb and use it to scoop up some stew. This shape leads some people to describe it as a dumpling. The meal of maize is the staple food in Zimbabwe.
