More hereThere is a grass-like sedge, cyperus esculentus, from ancient Egypt, whose nut-like fruit, actually the root, grows underground like a peanut (or groundnut) and that is known in Ghana as tigernut, and in Mexico and Spain as chufa (where they are used to make a drink called horchata (or orxata) chufa . Apparently, the Arabs took the sedge from Egypt to Spain between the 8th and 13th centuries, especially to Valencia. The Spanish took it to Mexico.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Another "Lost Crop" found-Tigernuts
More on indigenous 'lost crops', this one I remember having while growing up. Betumi Blog reports:
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I also remember enjoying this while growing up and in fact, my mother brings some of it over all the way from Nigeria when she comes to visit during summer. We call it "Aki Hausa". "Aki" in Igbo means "nut".
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Very interesting, Baba. How does she get it through customs? Or does she bring the tigernuts? (The recipe for the pudding ("milk") can be found at www.betumiblog.blogspot.com posting for Nov. 5, 2009
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Wow....this brings back so many memories...we used to buy ours from Ilorin
If you didn't see the follow up on the pudding, it's because I changed the blog address to www.betumiblog.blogspot.com
To see the rest of the story, go to
http://betumiblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/recipe-26-tested-silky-tigernut-pudding.html
I met a young man in Toronto that is a Tigernut distributor. They are incredibly healthy for you. We brought bags of them back home with us to Dallas. The taste is sweet and similar to coconut.
Hi, do you have a contact number for the fellow in Toronto who is a Tiger nut distributor?
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