Monday 25 February 2008

Drying chillies


Home preparation of foodstuffs for sale is common - cottage industries of food production in compounds and open patches of ground beside the house. Clay ovens for baking bread, corn cobs spread out to dry, palm nuts cracked on a stone for palm oil. As I took this photo I could smell the pungent aroma of the chillies in the hot afternoon. Food in Ghana is rarely without the piquant spice, as part of the dish and as an accompanying relish.

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