jake > wrote in
. nl:

> cathyxyz wrote:


>> Interesting facts
>>
>> * In South Africa, cornmeal mush is a staple food called
>> mealie
>> pap; in Zimbabwe it is called sadza and in Zambia it is nshima;
>> elsewhere in Africa it may also be called fufu.
>>
>>
> Really? I thought fufu was from yams or something.
>
> And thanks for the info. once my pantry gets emptier, I'll buy some
> polenta to play with.Sounds like I'll discover some new textures,
> including this pap.
>

I did a bit of searching on fufu a while back, as we had consignments of
fufu flour coming through the mail - actually made by a company in the
US. From what I recall fufu could be made from cocoyam, plantain or/and
cassava. The traditional preparation was to cook the yams etc. then
pound them until they formed the fufu. This company was producing a
powdered product from the yams, plantains, cassavas that could be used
to make fufu.

I don't remember reading anything about maize being involved in fufu,
but I don't know if there might possibly be differences in different
parts of Africa.


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Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia