Comments on: Cassava Cake Coffee

By: Alejandra

Alejandra — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:41:57 +0000

For some reason my browser corrected my spelling, but it should be “yuca” with just one “c.” The one with two is a plant.

By: Alejandra

Alejandra — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:40:31 +0000

Cassava is also known as yucca and is super common and popular among caribbean and latin american cultures. In Puerto Rico and Cuba it’s more common than potato, and is eaten pretty much daily. It’s delicious when prepared well. Try chopping it into chunks and deep frying it to make yucca fries–really good salted and with a garli aioli or with with a dip of garlic, lime juice, and olive oil. Or you can boil yucca until it’s tender and serve topped with garlic oil and salt. It’s also great boiled into stews. Or you can boil it, mash it, and then mix the mashed yucca with olive oil, pork rind or bacon, and garlic. It’s used in sweet dishes too, but it’s much better as a savory side dish or appetizer.

By: Xangô

Xangô — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:15:43 +0000

There are 2 kinds of Cassava – “sweet” and “bitter”. I’ve never seen the “bitter” kind in any shop (in western countries), and while the sweet variant is also poisonous, the amount of toxins is so low that you don’t really need to worry.

You should wash it (after you grate it) and squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible, that removes most of what is harmful, and cooking (heat) takes care of the rest.

Looks like a good recipie. I usually make “Bolo de Aipim” (Brazilian Cassava cake) with coconut milk, sugar, butter, egg yolks, cinnamon & cloves. There are several recipies for it on the net.

By: Phronk

Phronk — Thu, 06 May 2010 15:47:03 +0000

Yeah it’s a thing in many parts of the world. So it must be good.

The cyanide killed Phronk. This is Phronk #2.

By: Hey Lady!

Hey Lady! — Tue, 04 May 2010 06:56:21 +0000

How did I miss this post? Oh well. Glad to see you tried this, and I’m surprised you sort of liked it. How was that konzo-causing cyanide, btw?

Isn’t Vietnamese coffee traditionally coffee with condensed milk? I could be totally wrong about it being Vietnamese, but I swear I’ve heard of coffee with condensed milk, so it’s a “thing”.

By: paper cups

paper cups — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:45:55 +0000

Ha! this is brilliant, I had casava cake in vietnam, hated it, probably as much as I would hate this coffee but some of your creations are fantastic! You do seem to have a lot more creativity than me however, dont think i would take a chance on salad dressing or some of your other ideas.

By: Phronk

Phronk — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:29:05 +0000

Ham: It killed me.

Sabrina: That is definitely on the to-do list.

Beatriz: Your English sounds fine to me. Yah I think it can only cause problems if you eat it raw for a few weeks. I should be okay.

DJ HawaiiianShirt: Everyone else is silly for not trying all these delicious experiments.