WAIE (whatamieating.com)
This is the searchable online international food dictionary with 61,500 terms in 302 languages plus 12,690 plurals.
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Language: Portuguese
Description: Cassava, manioc or yuca. Cassava, also known as manioc or yuca, is a fleshy, starchy tuber with tough brown skin and crisp white flesh, originally from Brazil but now widely cultivated. There are two types, sweet and bitter. Avoid the bitter one. Throughout the Amazon basin there are 26 varieties, each thriving under different conditions. The process of making it into flour or tapioca removes the toxins.
| Cassava root, with thanks to the generous Abdul Arain's Al-Amin Stores on Mill Road in Cambridge |
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Pronounced: mang-DYOH-kuh
Latin: Manihot utilissima
Ethnicity: Brazilian, Portuguese
Most frequent country: Brazil, Portugal
See places: Portuguese food and cuisine, Brazilian food and cuisine
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