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- Food Trivia: Bread : Bread stales faster inside the refrigerator. Bread must be refrigerated only if it contains moist or perishable ingredients, or if the weather is hot and humid.
The traditional drink in Mali is the Malian Tea which should be drunk in three (3) stages: the first is very strong (as bitter as death); the second is slightly sweetened (just like life); and the third is well sugared (as sweet as love). Visitors to Mali may be invited to partake in this tea ritual.
Mali is a landlocked republic in the African continent which shares borders with Mauritania, Algeria, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger and Senegal.
- Food Trivia: In Sudan, Africa : In a Sudanese home, a guest is first offered tea or a fruit drink, a refreshing and symbolic gesture to welcome someone after a "long journey".