They are so peppery that it would be impossible for us to eat them. We have included a modified version of this most interesting dish on page 74. The other little dishes contain chopped peanuts, coconut, cucumber, bananas, etc. Fishing is a major industry in both Angola and Portuguese Guinea. Coffees from Angola, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome are among the finest grown anywhere, and tea from the Zambezia region is of outstanding quality.
Portuguese wines are an important adjunct to the menu.
How a Dinner is Served in Mozambique Mozambique was colonized by Portugal in the fifteenth century, and the Portuguese influence is still very much in evidence. The beautiful seacoast city of Lourenco Marques, the capital of Mozambique, is a miniature Lisbon with its pastel buildings, sidewalk cafes, and tile floors. If you were a house guest in Lourenco Marques, your host would probably invite you to the bullfights on the outskirts of the city-one of the few places in Africa where one can still see this spectacle. On your return, your hostess would spread her dining-room table with an exquisite lace cloth and matching napkins from Madeira or Cape Verde. There would be two wine glasses at each place and flowers in a silver bowl flanked by imposing candelabra would form the centerpiece.