Note: this is a draft. Please let me know if you have comments, pictures, or suggestions.
Calabash woven for milk or water. The ntutua is a mala that generally ranges from medium, around one liter, to large, two liters. It is woven from the roots of the arkek tree. Its roots look like reeds. The interior is sealed with blood. It is used for milk and water. It is like a fridge; it keeps liquids cool. It is cleaned with lorien, the normal way.
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I am an author who writes about traditional food and foodways. My book, The Magic of Fire (2002) is about hearth cooking. I have written an introductory history of bread, Bread, a global history (2011) and am currently writing a history of bread for the University of California Press. Other areas of interest include wild mushrooms, and specifically the treatment of Amanita muscaria in the historic record. I also write about Early Modern British Gardens, and for a more general audience, I write for Mother Earth News on bread, gardening, and more. I have an ongoing research project into the smoke-cured fermented milk of the Kenyan Samburu tribe. I am a co-director of the Samburu Lowlands Research Station, Lengusaka. I am the founding editor (1972) of Stone Soup, the magazine of writing and art by young people.
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