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Culture and History

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በዚህ አምድ በውጭ የሚኖሩ ልጆቻችን እና የውጭ አገር ዜጎች ስለኢትዮጵያ ባህል እና
ታሪክ ግንዛቤ እንዲኖራቸው፤ በእንግሊዘኛ የተዘጋጁ ስራዎችን በየወሩ እናቀርባለን።
ing raw meat does carry a relative
health risk. This ranges from tape-
worm to salmonella, though this au-
thor hasn't experienced any problems
post-tere siga (though if one is con-
cerned after a trip to Ethiopia, a sim-
ple tablet available from pharmacies
can be taken to neutralize any tape-
worm risk).
Tere siga being prepared at a restau-
rant.

Not for the faint-hearted, one of
Ethiopia's most popular delicacies is
cubes of raw red meat. Two people
typically order half a kilo of tere
siga to share, which is eaten with in-
jera or bread to clasp the meat you
carve off the raw slab, and dipped in
copious amounts of mitmita.

One of the stories about how Ethiopi-
ans developed a love of raw meat is
that it was developed as a military
tactic during the 16th century so
fighters could avoid detection by not
having to start fires to cook their
meat.
While most Ethiopians seem to suffer
no adverse effects from eating tere
siga -- the majority avow it makes
them feel on top of the world -- eat-

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