Step 2: Dicing

Chop the yam up into pieces. *Food Fact -- in Ghana the word Chop also means to eat. IE. "Let's go to the chop bar for some delicious Banku." OR "The politicians are chopping money that should be spent on the school feeding program."

FUFU-erific

May 24th 2008
In my first days in Ghana I was exposed to the staples of the diet. Fufu, Banku, and TZ. They are all starches shaped into balls and dipped into a soup or sauce. They all take a lot of hard work to prepare -- all so that the food will slip down your throat without the hassle of chewing. Imagine the surprise of my co-worker Jamilla when she discovered that in 8 months I had never actually prepar ... read more

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Formed from the merger of the British colony of the Gold Coast and the Togoland trust territory, Ghana in 1957 became the first sub-Saharan country in colonial Africa to gain its independence. A long series of coups resulted in the suspension of the ... ... read more

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