One of the specialty treats that is sold on the side of the roads are these toasty little critters.... rats on a stick.  Apparently the natives love this snack, but I could not do it.  Even the sight of the scorched rats made my tummy go upside down.  yuck.  The Malawians will light fires inthe many surrounding fields to chase the rats out of their burrows and catch them, then cook them up and sell them.  I saw them- mostly kids- doing exactly this as we drove back and forth from our MOH (Ministry of Hope) centers. The man holding this stick of rats was from a missionary family living on the ABC (African Bible College) campus, where we were staying.  He nibbled a tail.