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A kola nut ceremony is briefly described in Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel Things Fall Apart. The eating of kola nuts is referred to at least ten times in the novel, showing the kola nut's significance in pre-colonial 1890s Igbo culture in Nigeria. One of these sayings on kola nut in Things Fall Apart is "He who brings kola brings life."
Kola nut: The kola nut was brought from West Africa to North America by way of the slave trade. [79] Africans used it in their Orisha religious practices. Kola nuts were used to make Coca-Cola a carbonated soft drink. [80] Lima beans: Lima beans are native to Central America. [81] Portuguese explorers introduced lima beans into the African ...
The fruits are rough, mottled and up to 8 inches (20 cm) long and contain large, flat and bright red coloured seeds, commonly known as kola nuts. [2] The seed contains 1.25 - 2.4% caffeine , and can be chewed or ground into a powder added to beverages to increase alertness, diminish fatigue, and increase stamina. [ 1 ]
The kola nut (Yoruba: obi, Dagbani: guli, Hausa: goro, Igbo: ọjị, Sängö: gôro, Swahili: mukezu) is the seed of certain species of plant of the genus Cola, placed formerly in the cocoa family Sterculiaceae and now usually subsumed in the mallow family Malvaceae (as subfamily Sterculioideae).
Buko pie and ingredients. This is a list of Filipino desserts.Filipino cuisine consists of the food, preparation methods and eating customs found in the Philippines.The style of cooking and the food associated with it have evolved over many centuries from its Austronesian origins to a mixed cuisine of Malay, Spanish, Chinese, and American influences adapted to indigenous ingredients and the ...
Native fruits, root crops, nuts and vegetables were eaten in the islands such as mango, pili nuts, coconut, ginger, etc. Meat and seafood was eaten all over the islands while certain Muslim groups did not consume the likes of pork and shellfish.
Nilupak is a class of traditional Filipino delicacies made from mashed or pounded starchy foods mixed with coconut milk (or condensed milk and butter) and sugar.They are molded into various shapes and traditionally served on banana leaves with toppings of grated young coconut (buko), various nuts, cheese, butter, or margarine.
The company was founded by Corazon Dayro Ong along with her husband Jose Ong on June 25, 1975 [1] as small business in her residence in Valenzuela.The business was initially known as CDO Food Products with "CDO" derived from the initials of the founder.