This question was asked of me at a farewell party this summer and at the time I failed to come up with an answer. I can now answer this definitively. No. After living with a Zambian family for several months now we have had dessert one time - custard. Another time I thought we were having custard - it looked exactly the same, was served in the same bowls, and I had seen the custard box around earlier in the day. I took a big spoonful, expecting to savour a delicious custard, and ended up swallowing chicken soup. What a disappointment!
This is not to say that people don't eat sweet things. They just don't do it after supper. Any other time of the day is OK but they never really do it during a meal.
I have taken some steps to rectify the problem. For one, I made brownies the other day and my host family can't get enough of them so I've made them several times since. They are also hooked on garlic bread - it is interesting what things really catch on. I guess I'm just trying to bring dessert to Africa one brownie at a time.
An aside completely unrelated to sweets:
My apologies for not saying anything for the last week or so. We've had no power for a length of time and then the internet of several service providers in Zambia was down for a couple of days. It finally came back today. Thus is life.
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