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If you're like me, you wake up in the morning and the first thing you want is carbs.

And you know, everybody has their favorite, might be cereal or toast or bagel or porridge in my case.

Oh, the rice?

Oh, that gets some in the United States.

I should say oatmeal.

Gotcha.

Iroby Kenia, the carb delivery system of choice for a lot of people is Mandazi.

That's according to Asher Jaffa, who was born and raised there.

In school, like, elementary school in high school, I used to eat it every single day for breakfast.

Yeah, I'm just looking at a picture of it now and now it looks great.

It's like a muffin.

Is it a muffin, no?

We decide it's more like a donut.

Yeah, like these little triangles of puffy perfection.

Yes.

Fried to a golden crisp.

These things used to be ubiquitous.

You can find them at any market or on the street.

But in recent months, they've gotten harder to get.

And when you do see them, they're suddenly weirdly expensive.

It used to be very cheap and kids would eat it in the morning as they're going to school.

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