rn1+major+edibles

One of the main ingridients in many dishes is a vegatable called the Alligator Pepper. Synonyms are: wild ginger, guinea grains, and grains of paradise. It's a spice that grows well on freshly plowed land that is prepared for farming. [|They are very unusual looking.] __foo-foo__: a dough made from mashed yams or from another tuber, called cassava. Foo-foo might be served in a calabash, a container made from hollow shells of the gourd-like fruit of the calabash tree. Foo-foo, usually eaten with a tasty sauce, is a staple food in many regions of West Africa. Foo-Foo is a dough made from yams and cassava (mashed). foo-foo __Palm wine__: a sweet wine made form the sap of the raffia palm tree. It is like champagne for Americans See also under hospitality heading of webpage: Hospitatlity For more information on both palm wine and foo-foo, see web page under economy: Economy __Kola nut__: a nut inside the kola, which looks like a green grapefruit. Nuts are silver or pink and their juice contains caffeine. Kola nut picture __Coco-yam__: a large-leafed plant with round underground tubers, called taro in Asia, and known in the United states as the base for Hawaiian poi. See Taro plant and Taro information __Cassava__: root vegetable, also called manioc. Its leaves are rich in nutrients. The roots are processed to make foo-foo. The leaves are cooked as a green vegetable. In granular form, cassava is known as tapioca. Cassava is a staple food in many parts of West Africa. See cassava[|link text]
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