Food Insight: Food in Gambia
In Gambia, food play an important part of ceremonial occasions or celebrations, such as naming ceremonies, betrothals, marriages, and deaths. At these occasions, meat is served along with Jollof rice and fruit. The more food it is served during these occassions, the more successful the occasions are.
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| Domodah | ■■■■■ |
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| Benachin | ■■■■■ |
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| Domoda | ■■■■ |
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| Pasteles | ■■■■ |
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| Pongal | ■■■■ |
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| Salsa | ■■■■ |
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| Filling | ■■■■ |
Filling may refer to a food mixture used for stuffingIn the food context, filling refers to the mixture . . . Read More | |
| Salad | ■■■■ |
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| Juice | ■■■■ |
Juice is a drink made from the extraction or pressing of the natural liquid contained in fruit and vegetables. . . . Read More | |
| Aratilis /Arateles | ■■■■ |
Aratilis /Arateles: Aratilis small red fruits, small cherry-like fruit (or red currants) from a tree . . . Read More | |