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Mofongo

A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yucca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.

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    A Caribbean dish of fried green plantains or yucca seasoned with garlic, olive oil and pork crackling, then mashed.

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cuchifritonounA dish of Puerto Rican origin, made of fried pork.
fungeenounA cornmeal dish from the Caribbean, usually made with okra and served with salt fish, shellfish, or chicken; variant recipes are also known as coo-coo (coocoo) or cou-cou (coucou).
tum-tumnoun(childish, informal) Stomach.
farofanounA toasted manioc flour used in Brazilian cookery, typically as an accompaniment to a main meal.
plantainnounThe fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.
carimanolanounA fried South American meat pie with cheese in a torpedo-shaped yuca fritter.
mushnounA somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.
manivanounBoiled, ground manioc leaves in South American cuisine.
matokenounMashed boiled bananas or plantains, a staple food in Uganda.
kakronounA ball of mashed plantain and corn dough which is then fried.
coo-coonounThe two-note vocalisation made by the male of the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), or imitation of this by a cuckoo clock.
paimenoun(Caribbean) A steamed dish of cornmeal, flour, fruit, etc. wrapped in a banana leaf.
livermushnounA food, common in the Southern US, produced from pig liver and cornmeal and sometimes spices, typically sold in loaves, slices of which are then fried before consumption.
tostonenounA Mexican dish of fried, sliced unripe plantain.
fritanganounNicaraguan (fried) food generally.
oil-downnounMeat, breadfruit, and vegetables cooked in coconut milk.
loco moconounA traditional Hawaiian meal, usually of white rice topped with a hamburger patty, a fried egg, and gravy.
hard foodnoun(Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica) Starchy staple fruits and vegetables.
griotnounA West African storyteller who passes on oral traditions; a wandering musician and poet.
palomillanounA Cuban dish of round steak marinated in garlic and lime juice and then pan-fried.

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