"False banana" is an African plant (called "kobe" in Amharic) that looks like the banana tree, but is actually the cassava. Kobe is versatile and strong, and can survive even the worst droughts and pestilence; like the manna of biblical times, its roots, once fermented and pounded into mush, can be used as a base for every kind of food...
Friday, March 20, 2009
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False banana in Amharic Ethiopian dialect is KOBA not KOBE and the root is actually a corm not a Cassava.
2 comments:
False banana in Amharic Ethiopian dialect is KOBA not KOBE and the root is actually a corm not a Cassava.
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