General News of Saturday, 23 November 2024

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Meet the Ghanaian family who has run a 'domedo' business for over 100 years

Naa Afrowa's great-grandmother started the business from the royal house of Ga Mashie play videoNaa Afrowa's great-grandmother started the business from the royal house of Ga Mashie

In search of an indigenous, solely Ghanaian-owned food business, GhanaWeb chanced on the story of the family that has been preparing oven-baked 'domedo' (pork) for over 100 years.

Totally intrigued and way too curious about what makes pork that is prepared in a traditional mud oven any different or better than the ones that litter, especially, many bus stops in most places of the country, we set out with our cameras to Kotobabi, in Accra, to speak with this family.

Determined to capture the entire process of this Ghanaian delicacy, the team set off early enough before the Sun came out.

We made our first stop at the slaughterhouse at Pig Farm - the very location through which the name of this famous Accra town came about, before we found our way to the Abavana Down area around Kotobabi.

Naa Afrowa, whose great-grandmother started the business from the royal house of Ga Mashie, at Central Accra, and then passed it down, was more than welcoming as she shared all the stories about this food with the GhanaWeb People & Places team.

There is a very interesting story about how the name 'domedo' came about that she told Etsey Atisu, host of the programme, and you will want to hear.

Follow the full story below in this GhanaWeb TV video:



You'll be shocked to know how old this Ghanaian Domedo family business is | People & Places
Ever wondered why this meat is called Domedo? Well, who is better at answering this question than a woman working hard to keep a 100+ year-old family business alive? On this episode of People & Places, Etsey Atisu spends time with Naa Afrowa, whose family has been baking pork in a clay oven for over a century. She shares why their process is the best, and at the end of this video, you'll definitely want a taste of the meat.
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