Fufu
is the hearty staple of the Togolais diet. It is made
from boiled peices of African yam or maniac root and pounded
into a gleutony starch to eat with sauces. Sometimes fufu
is pounded for two meals in a day. I tried and lasted
about 4 minutes and everyone just laughed at me. It takes
two people about 30 non-stop-pounding-hard minutes to
get it to just the right consistency.
