Jarateng ready to set 'birds' ablaze
Friday, June 24, 2022 | 360 Views |
Chicks on Fire Pit PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Slated for June 25, Chicks on Fire will be reinventing the wheel with a few innovative twists inspired by American BBQ techniques in much the style that its predecessor event Pigs on Fire accomplished.
While the main objective of Pigs on Fire was towards changing the negative connotations often associated with pork in Botswana, Chicks on Fire aims to take an already infamous bird and demonstrate to the public that there’s more than one way to roast a chicken.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...