Can Sudan’s Dried Meat Delicacy Escape the Suitcase and Conquer New Markets?

 Sharmout, a traditional Sudanese dried meat, is already popular among Sudanese communities abroad where it is transported and sold through the ‘suitcase trade.’ The challenge now is turning an informal trade into a formal industry. Across Sudan, generations have grown up with sharmout, a traditional Sudanese dried beef prepared by sun-drying strips of meat. Long before refrigeration, drying meat was a practical way of preserving food. Over time, however, sharmout became more than a preservation method. It became part of Sudanese culinary culture. To this day, many Sudanese households prepare large quantities of sharmout before Ramadan. It remains a familiar […]
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