Flours
Couac
Amazonas, French Guiana
Roasted cassava semolina/grits; grated cassava pressed to remove toxic cyanide juice, dried, crumbled, sieved, and roasted on a steel plate; yellow to gray to white; eaten like bread at every meal; an Amerindian legacy; long shelf life.
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What it is
A closer look at Couac.
Roasted cassava semolina/grits; grated cassava pressed to remove toxic cyanide juice, dried, crumbled, sieved, and roasted on a steel plate; yellow to gray to white; eaten like bread at every meal; an Amerindian legacy; long shelf life.
What to look for
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Coarse, golden-white cassava granules; absorbent and slightly nutty; replaces bread at every meal; the staple carbohydrate of French Guiana; an Amerindian invention.
Where it belongs
Origins and
traditions.
Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Couac.
Names around the table
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