Kimeru uji

  I will introduce myself as Rosemary Gatwiri. I was born and raised up in a small village called  Kabeche  – Chogoria in Tharaka Nithi county. Raised up in a family of boys and the only girl in the family, life was not easy because as they say boys will always be boys and therefore they expected me to do everything they do. Besides other chores that are considered    for boys I had other duties of making sure food is ready especially over the school holidays and when mom was not around and therefore had to make sure firewood is ready. Besides cooking I also developed interest on the Meru porridge popularly called  uchuru bwa gukia in Kimeru . This porridge was made from grains like  millet, finger millet, sorghum, sweet potatoes etc. Actually during my growing up every household had the grinding stone  and a guard(Mpau). The ingredients were measured and mixed and grinding was done under extreme cleanness. The final product(porridge) was usually in two forms,  K irurwo  and  Kithabwo.