UPEMBA is an edenic planet with numerous wild plants that yield high-calorie fruits throughout the year.  The most popular by far is the "mmeawakeki".   Just one of its densely sweet lobes is enough to satiate a person's belly, but honestly no one can eat just one.  Upembans write sonnets and arias and even novels about the glories of their land's produce, using the most grandiose language.  They also maintain a cultural memory of the time before they came to this planet.  Recent immigrants mark the day before the anniversary of their arrival with a ceremonial fast to keep that hunger in their mind.  Even those who were born on Upemba celebrate with a pre-birthday day of deprivation, followed of course by as much of the mmeawakeki fruit as they care to eat.