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Peel the bitter cassava
Grate the cassava
Load the moist cassava mash into a matapi
Weight the matapi to press the liquid out. The white liquid is poisonous, but it is collected to be prepared later as cassareep. The poison is strychnine, but this breaks down when boiled.
Extract the pressed cassava from the matapi.
Roasting, drying cooking
Brazi 4a Cassava
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