manioc


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Synonyms for manioc

a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant

cassava root eaten as a staple food after drying and leaching

cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems

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'We were able to improve manioc, bananas, and corn with protein and vitamins.
In this category, the pellets prepared with gum arabic and inert talc presented a higher proportion (77.32%), whereas gum arabic and manioc starch lower proportion (58.74%), and the other processes intermediate values.
Pangi leaf, seeds and bark contain hydrocyanic, oleic and linoloeic acids, which makes it extremely toxic; however, the seeds form part of the staple diet of the Micronesia people, but like Manioc (Manihot esculenta) the poison is removed by the process of fermentation and the remaining pulp is nutritious and harmless.
NGOs in Bambama, Sibiti, and Dolisie reported the majority population, called Bantus, often forced adult indigenous people to harvest manioc and other crops without pay and under the threat of physical abuse or death.
For the Bangui university scientists, one solution lies with the green shoots of cassava - also known as manioc - growing in their lab.
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Forced labour was brutally taken from the African continent, which in return received a large range of American crops, particularly maize and manioc (cassava).
Cette etude par entretien a enregistre les preparations alimentaires associees aux ressources nutritionnelles (manioc, arachide...) accessibles sur les deux sites.
Flour habitually used to elaborate gluten-free products from bread-making products is based on rice, maize, and manioc. As some of these preparations have either low protein or low fiber content, biological active components such as minerals, vitamins, oily acids, and fiber are added.
Then too, since her concern is household pots, it may be that she plays down other dietary sources because neither manioc preparation nor bread-baking nor grilling appliances are visible in the archaeological remains.
Food prices have declined in the first six months of the year before picking-up during the summer on the back of returning refugees and heavy rains that negatively affected the manioc crop.
RAW BRAZIL NUT ICE CREAM, MANIOC Serves 2 Alberto Landgraf, Epice For the ice cream: 600 milliliters water 65 grams sugar 30 grams maltodextrin 17 grams salt 600 grams Brazil nuts 600 grams ice For the manioc puree: 60 grams manioc, peeled 6 grams butter 9 milliliters milk Granulated sugar, as needed For the garnish: Brazil nuts, shaved FOR THE ICE CREAM: Blanch Brazil nuts 5 times.