Pounding the Fufu

Photographer: Ryan and Katelyn
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Pounding the Fufu

Fufu is the national dish. You haven't eaten dinner until you have had your Fufu. It is boiled casava root (like a huge yam)and boiled plantain pounded in a large morter. Typically one works the dough and another pounds. Its served with a soup and eaten with the hands. This is done everyday.