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what is 'couac' - prepared in South America?
A 1950s article in French describes how the corms of Arum maculatum
are prepared for food. The species is known in England as Lords-and-ladies or Cuckoo-pint. They are said to be prepared according to the methods used in South America to prepare 'couac'. Does anybody have any idea what 'couac' is, remembering the article is in French? I wonder whether the reference is to an unrelated plant Manihot utilissima (manioc, yuca. cassava). |
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"Richard Wright" wrote in
message ... A 1950s article in French describes how the corms of Arum maculatum are prepared for food. The species is known in England as Lords-and-ladies or Cuckoo-pint. They are said to be prepared according to the methods used in South America to prepare 'couac'. Does anybody have any idea what 'couac' is, remembering the article is in French? I wonder whether the reference is to an unrelated plant Manihot utilissima (manioc, yuca. cassava). You wondered correctly, it seems. I was guessing that they might have been referring instead to the large tuberous aroids Xanthosoma spp. that have been cultivated similarly to Colocasia, etc. in the American tropics [since at least they'd be reasonably close relatives of Arum], but a Google search [on "couac" appearing together with "Xanthosoma"] turns up just: http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cd...E/y4586e13.htm which says "Cassava: a high varietal diversity for a species of major importance in Amerindian culture Many crops and multiple varieties of each crop are cultivated on a parcel, supporting both intra-specific and inter-specific diversity. This strategy of minimizing risk by cultivating a diversity of crops and varieties in space and time enhances harvest security and promotes diet diversity. The central crop of the farming system is cassava (Manihot esculenta), [snip] Cassava is at the root of food consumption and products stemmed from processing are numerous, such as cassava (a sort of "pancake" used like bread), couac (flour), tapioca (to make sauce) or cachiri (bier)." Searching again for ["couac" with "Manihot"] finds a few more links showing the same: http://food.oregonstate.edu/ref/cult...rica_niba.html "POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF TAPIOCA FLOUR: Traditionally, tapioca bread is baked by toasting tapioca root pulp on a griddle and is known as cassava bread, casabe, beigu or couac in the Caribbean (FAO, 1998)." cheers |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:34:37 -0500, "mel turner"
wrote: "Richard Wright" wrote in message ... A 1950s article in French describes how the corms of Arum maculatum are prepared for food. The species is known in England as Lords-and-ladies or Cuckoo-pint. They are said to be prepared according to the methods used in South America to prepare 'couac'. Does anybody have any idea what 'couac' is, remembering the article is in French? I wonder whether the reference is to an unrelated plant Manihot utilissima (manioc, yuca. cassava). You wondered correctly, it seems. I was guessing that they might have been referring instead to the large tuberous aroids Xanthosoma spp. that have been cultivated similarly to Colocasia, etc. in the American tropics [since at least they'd be reasonably close relatives of Arum], but a Google search [on "couac" appearing together with "Xanthosoma"] turns up just: http://www.fao.org/documents/show_cd...E/y4586e13.htm which says "Cassava: a high varietal diversity for a species of major importance in Amerindian culture Many crops and multiple varieties of each crop are cultivated on a parcel, supporting both intra-specific and inter-specific diversity. This strategy of minimizing risk by cultivating a diversity of crops and varieties in space and time enhances harvest security and promotes diet diversity. The central crop of the farming system is cassava (Manihot esculenta), [snip] Cassava is at the root of food consumption and products stemmed from processing are numerous, such as cassava (a sort of "pancake" used like bread), couac (flour), tapioca (to make sauce) or cachiri (bier)." Searching again for ["couac" with "Manihot"] finds a few more links showing the same: http://food.oregonstate.edu/ref/cult...rica_niba.html "POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF TAPIOCA FLOUR: Traditionally, tapioca bread is baked by toasting tapioca root pulp on a griddle and is known as cassava bread, casabe, beigu or couac in the Caribbean (FAO, 1998)." cheers Thanks, Mel. I should have followed up my own hunch on Google! I since found couac in a large French dictionary, and it too makes the cassava connection. |
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Richard Wright wrote: On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 00:34:37 -0500, "mel turner" wrote: "Richard Wright" wrote in message ... [...] They are said to be prepared according to the methods used in South America to prepare 'couac'. Does anybody have any idea what 'couac' is, remembering the article is in French? I wonder whether the reference is to an unrelated plant Manihot utilissima (manioc, yuca. cassava). You wondered correctly, it seems. [...] Thanks, Mel. I should have followed up my own hunch on Google! I since found couac in a large French dictionary, and it too makes the cassava connection. OT, it's also a French word for "wrong note"! Mike. |
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