There is so much seafood in Africa, why are the locals reluctant to eat it?

The questioner must have never been to Africa at all, and he just made such ridiculous remarks.

When I was in college, I was lucky enough to go to Mozambique, a coastal country in southeastern Africa. There are many local seafood markets in Maputo. Although they are relatively dilapidated and crude, they are very prosperous and there are many strange seafood at great prices. Shockingly cheap.

Many people say that seafood in Africa is sold to foreigners, but in fact, foreigners are rarely seen in local seafood markets in Africa. The vast majority of seafood buyers are also local residents. It's ridiculous that they don't eat seafood. There are places in Africa that do not eat seafood, but that does not mean that all Africans do not eat seafood

Africa covers an area of ??more than 30 million square kilometers and is the second largest continent in the world after Asia. However, Africa has a very different One is a place with a very high altitude, and the other is a very straight coastline.

Except for Antarctica, Africa’s average altitude ranks first among the inhabited continents, and it is known as the plateau continent.

As for Africa, which is so huge, the entire coastline is less than 30,000 kilometers long, which is not even as long as the coastline of Japan. The entire population of Africa exceeds 1 billion, but very few people live along the coast.

The coasts of Southwest Africa and Northeast Africa are almost deserts, and West Africa has tropical rainforests. Except for East Africa, North Africa, and the estuaries of rivers in West Africa, most coastal areas in Africa have little population.

Africa is so big, and most people live in inland areas all year round. It is very normal not to have the habit of eating seafood. Even in China, there is no habit of eating seafood in the northwest.

What's more, Africa as a whole is very backward and does not have convenient transportation and preservation conditions, so it is difficult to eat seafood in most places.

However, in places with conditions along the coast of Africa, close to the sea and eating from the sea, the local people's acceptance of seafood is still very high. However, Africans have a relatively simple way of eating seafood, either barbecue or Boiled.

To put it bluntly, in places where seafood is not produced in Africa, of course the locals do not eat seafood and cannot eat seafood. However, the habit of eating seafood is common all along the coast of Africa, and there are basically no exceptions. The main reason for the proliferation of seafood in Africa is not that no one eats it, but that there are too many to eat

In China, it is rare to hear about the proliferation of aquatic products, unless they are not delicious, in most cases, they are relatively delicious. The seafood products in China are often on the verge of extinction and must rely on artificial breeding.

However, the situation in Africa is not the same as ours. African seafood is usually "overrun".

As mentioned above, most people in Africa live inland, and relatively few live on the coast. Coupled with backward transportation conditions, the consumption capacity of seafood in Africa is extremely limited.

Africa is surrounded by oceans. Except for the lack of seafood in the Mediterranean in the north, the other three sides are rich in seafood. There is too much production and little local consumption, which naturally leads to the flooding of seafood in many parts of Africa. .

It is precisely because Africa is rich in seafood production and the price is not too high when the supply exceeds demand. Especially for those relatively wealthy foreign tourists, it is simply a bargain price.

However, seafood such as lobster and abalone are relatively luxurious for many locals with very low incomes.

The seafood that African locals usually eat is relatively cheap seafood, while high-priced seafood is mainly sold to foreigners to earn foreign exchange. This is also something that can't be helped.

Affected by factors such as ocean currents, the eastern and western coasts of Africa are world-famous fishing grounds. However, many African countries have backward fisheries and can only rent out fishing to foreign countries. This has caused a flood of seafood in Africa. I have the impression that locals don’t eat seafood. It is true that Africans do not eat some seafood

There used to be a saying that Africans do not eat seafood because they find it troublesome, so they do not eat it. In fact, this statement is still very ridiculous. In many areas of the mainland, even spiny freshwater fish are eaten. How could you think that eating seafood would be troublesome?

In fact, when Africans eat seafood, they do not eat some seafood and are always picky.

For example, most Africans do not eat shellfish, especially black ones. This is mainly due to the influence of primitive fetishistic culture, because they feel that evil spirits live in them.

Generally speaking, Africans do not eat shellfish, black seafood, and strange-shaped seafood, and seafood such as shellfish and sea urchins are most likely to be overrun, resulting in "seafood overflowing everywhere in Africa." "Feeling.

Of course, having said that, even people in coastal areas of Africa eat seafood, but their enthusiasm for seafood is far less than that of our southeastern coast. Seafood is considered a delicacy to them. Dispensable.

For us, seafood is nutritious and of high value, but for most Africans, the meaning of seafood does not lie in this.

Most African regions are economically backward, and the first criterion for people to obtain food is to eat enough. Compared with meat or even fruits, the calories and fat provided by seafood are not high, which is not suitable for Africans. Ideal food.

Not being too enthusiastic about certain types of seafood does exist in some parts of Africa due to various reasons. But to say that Africans refuse to eat seafood is completely nonsense.