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["Steve T" <stracy@jps.net>]

Hi Sharon

I found this 
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/CMG9AEDLKC1.DTL

Excerpt:(note under Fruits, vegetables...etc "harar squash")

Chad / The Mustaphas of Dar es Salaam Village
The Mustapha family in their courtyard in Dar es Salaam, Chad, with a week's 
worth of food. Gathered around Mustapha Abdallah
Ishakh, 46 (in turban), and Khadidja Baradine, 42 (with orange scarf), are 
Abdel Kerim, 14, Amna, 12 (standing), Nafissa, 6, and
Halima, 18 months. Lying on a rug are (left to right) Fatna, 3, granddaughter 
Amna Ishakh (standing in for Abdallah, 9, who is
herding), and Rawda, 5. Cooking method: wood fire. Food preservation: natural 
drying.
One Week's Food in November
Grains & Other Starchy Foods: ** Millet,* 4 coro - a "coro" is a Chadian unit 
of volume approximately equal to 2.1 qt; millet
flour,* 3 coro; sorghum,* 3 coro.
Dairy: ** Milk,* 7 coro, from family cows.
Meat, Fish & Eggs: $2.16** Chickens,* 8.8 lb meat, after cleaning; goat meat, 
dried on the bone, 6.6 lb.
Fruits, Vegetables & Nuts: $7.19** Watermelons, 22 lb; harar (squash), 17.6 
lb; dates, 1 coro; okra,* dried, 1 coro; red onions,* 1
coro; garlic,* 0.5 coro; tomatoes,* dried and milled, 0.5 coro; red peppers,* 
dried and milled, 0.3 coro; peanuts,* 3 coro.
Condiments: $8.54 Peanut oil, 1.1 gal; sugar, 0.5 coro; salt, 0.5 coro.
Beverages: $0.44 Tea, 3.5 oz; water, hand- or animal-carried half a mile from 
the wadi, for both drinking and cooking.
* Homegrown Food Expenditure for One Week: 10,200 CFA francs (Communauté 
Financiére Africaine)/$18.33 **
** Total value of homegrown foods, if purchased locally: $32.32
* Homegrown

Picture of food consumed in a week:(I would guess the four fruits next to the 
watermelon may be the harar squashes)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/c/a/2005/09/25/CMG9AEDLKC1.DTL&o=1


Steve Tracy


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[mailto:permaculture-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Sharon
Gordon
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 8:52 AM
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Subject: [permaculture] Sources for African seeds and mystery squash


Can anyone suggest sources for African seeds (especially, vegetable, herbs, 
small fruit, grains, pulses) in the US, Canada, or
Europe?

And does anyone know where I could see a picture of a harar squash?  I have 
tried to locate pictures or seeds, but no luck so far.
Or perhaps there is a slightly different spelling???

Sharon
gordonse@one.net
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