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in many parts of africa, the word Fu-Fu is used for manioc. I don't know if manioc is native to africa, or an imported crop, but like peanuts (imported from americas) it has become a basic staple. (fu fu is a swahili word, so it has some links to arabic)
Fu-fu is the name for the prepared food.. i don't know if the tubers in the ground are called the same thing.. (curiously peanut are called ground nuts.. grind them into a paste, (peanut butter) and they are still ground nuts.)
manioc is a very poor food source. it has very low protein (lower even than rice or potatos, foods we don't even consider good sources of protein!) and it is rather rich in cyanide.. not so rich as apricot kernal pits (bitter almonds) higher than most.
but as AnnaS points out, it is very long keeping, easy to grow, survives drought, etc...
an african friend here, looking for something like it, swore by instant mashed potatoes,(the cheapest brands) made with water, no milk or butter, and an extra dollop of potato starch added, to make the potatoes blander and starchier. the better quality instant potatoes were to smooth, creamy and flavorful!
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Cassava
... baked, or fried. It is not recommended to eat cassava uncooked, because of potentially
toxic concentrations of cyanogenic glucosides that are reduced to ...
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/Crops/CropFactSheets/cassava.html
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Mango
An Important Note: Always rinse mangoes thoroughly before using. They are a
distant relative of poison ivy and the residue of sap from the tree on the skin of
the mango may cause an allergic reaction in some people.
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RE: Central Asia: Kumiss (Fermented Mare's Milk)
Yogurt--yogurt is fermented milk, right? only from horses instead of cows. i eat cheese made from buffulo, sheep and goats, so why not yogurt from horses milk?
buttermilk is fermented milk too, and why not buttermilk from horses?
signed
your basic omnivore.
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yogurt is fermented milk, right?
Presentation is everything, helen.
What did you have for breakfast today?
Oh, I had aborted chicken fetusus and slices of a pig's butt.
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you're so right! do you have that with the clotted fat extracted from an animals gland? (e.i., butter) spread on sliced, baked, fermented, procecced grain? (bread)
some folks i know like there grain soaked in lye, then ground and recooked, (grits) served with fat, burnt grain and a water extract of meat (gravy!)
still it sound better than the fluid extract of an animals gland, that is mixed with an extract from the animals stomace, till it clots, most of the fluid drawn off, and the solid bits left to ferment in caves.. better known as cheddar! and don't even start me on mushrooms or blue cheese! many foods are quite unpaletable if you think too hard about what goes into them. many asians think the idea of drinking milk is gross.. and cheese, which is fermented, dried milk? Ugh! personally i love the stuff!
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Oh, I had aborted chicken fetusus and slices of a pig's butt.
Dear Faldage: You buy your eggs in the wrong place. Few eggs are actually fertile, and they are "candled" to avoid sending any with embryos to market.And "fetus" refers to later stages when structures can be identified.
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Reminds me of the old story of the chicken and the pig, politicians of opposite persuasion who we nonetheless dear friends of long standing, who espied a breakfast eatery as they strolled and conversed one fine morning. "Come, friend," said the chicken, "let us stop in and share a plate of ham and eggs for breakfast." Retorted the pig, orating against his friend's effrontery, "Suh, what you have so casually proposed requires of you a mere contribution, but of me a total commitment!"
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Oh, I had aborted chicken fetusus and slices of a pig's butt. -Faldage. Dear Faldage: You buy your eggs in the wrong place. Few eggs are actually fertile, and they are "candled" to avoid sending any with embryos to market. And "fetus" refers to later stages when structures can be identified. -wwh Mnnnnm... Oh Bill, darling, I do so love it when you talk dirty to Faldage. I feel so...so...unnecessary. 
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Dear Milo,
You izz crazy boy.
Dear Bill,
How do you candle an egg?
Best regards,
HumptyDumpty
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So this looks like the thread to post this question I've had, so here goes. Most people feel it's wrong to eat other people. But is it by law wrong, are there any religions that specifically say Thou shalt not eat thy neighbor's wife? I've lost the name (It was in my head two seconds ago) the blond that ate those people in chicago. He went to jail because he killed them first right? On the other hand the soccer team from South America ate people who were already dead to survive and that's okay? If I ate Jimmy Hoffa am I going to jail?
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