Except for the bats and owls, perhaps nothing has been so reviled and misunderstood in Kenya as the snail.
It bears so much negative publicity and vicious rumour that it is culturally repugnant to see it as food.
But nutritionists from Jomo Kenyatta University Agriculture and Technology and the University of Eldoret have presented evidence snail food is highly acceptable when ground into flour and baked into buns, commonly known as Ngumu or KDF in Nairobi.
The acceptance is much higher among primary school children, compared to adults
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