Rhonda Anderson wrote:

> jake > wrote in
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>>cathyxyz wrote:
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>>>Interesting facts
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>>> * 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.
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>>Really? I thought fufu was from yams or something.
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>>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.
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> 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.
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Not an easy subject, then. True fufu is probably something like a true
martini. Or chili. Or curry.

> 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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