2006-06-22 15:57:19 · 7 answers · asked by Dolores G. Llamas 6 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
Not tofu, I mean fufu, a West African starchy food. And please, intelligent answers only. I don't wanna see childish "scribble" here, thank you.
2006-06-22 16:03:40 · update #1
Hi, I'm an American living in Ghana, and I rather enjoy fufu. It is made from the pounding of cassava and green plantains so that it is a starchy smooth mass. If done well, it will have no lumps. I definately don't think potatoes come close to taste, nor is it floury. I guess it is rather difficult to describe. Also, not like chicken, ha ha. It is very nice with either light soup (a tomato based soup servied wtih some sort of meat or fish), or groundnut soup (peanut butter). If you are trying it out of the country, it will probably come from a powder, sold in boxes in ethnic stores. Definately not the same thing. If you come to Ghana or any of the other west African countries which have a similar dish, it's worth it to taste. Among foreigners who eat local foods, it is probably the favorite starch.
Hope this helps.
Barb
2006-06-27 00:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by Barbzzz37 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What kind of fufu are you wanting to know about? I have only had the kind made with plantains because that's the kind my dad always made. Fufu is generally made from a starch such as plantains, yams (not sweet potatoes), yucca, and/or potato. The plantain fufu is starchy. The way my dad makes it is by pounding a cooked plantain, mixing in some seasoning, forming it into a ball then frying it. I like them, but most of my friends say its an acquired taste. As for the taste, well, the plantain one tastes like a plantain chip just a little more bland and loads drier. I guess that's why we always eat it with gravy-laden foods. I know its not a great description, but plantains are a tough flavor to describe the best I can tell you if you have never had one is that its starchy like a potato, but not sweet like a banana (not the green ones anyway). To my hubby these taste like a cross between sweet potato and regular potato which is also how he describes this type of fufu.
2006-06-22 17:44:55 · answer #2 · answered by Babel Bella 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Fufu tastes like potatoes
2006-06-22 20:19:49 · answer #3 · answered by Perawan 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fufu? Are you sure you do not mean tofu? If so, it is worse tasting than Hawaiian poi.
2006-06-22 16:01:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
It tastes like chicken.
2006-06-22 16:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by Just Me 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
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2006-06-22 16:00:51 · answer #6 · answered by brenda4ever 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
poo
2006-06-22 16:00:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋