BetumiBlog :

New address for betumiblog

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I used to publish postings on my own server (betumi.com) via ftp with the address www.betumi.com/blog.html. I THINK I've now changed it to betumiblog.blogspot.com to let blogger host me and to allow me to interface better with blogger's software. I[...]

Recipe #26: Atadwe Milkye (Tiger Nut Pudding)

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I just rinsed the tiger nuts (chufa), measured them out and put them on to soak for a few hours. The proportions we used in Ghana were basically 1 to 4: one part rice to 4 parts tiger nuts. I was told for a richer version you can increase the rice.[...]

Tigernuts (chufa), another "Lost Crop" found

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There is a grass-like sedge, cyperus esculentus, from ancient Egypt, whose nut-like fruit, actually the root, grows underground like a peanut (or groundnut) and that is known in Ghana as tigernut, and in Mexico and Spain as chufa (where they are[...]

Recipe #25: Jollof Rice in a Crock-Pot

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Okay, if you don't have an oven (my first choice) or a stove top (second choice), I think maybe I'd try making a vegetarian jollof rice in a rice cooker (I admit I haven't tried it yet, and I'm so sick of eating my various versions I don't want to[...]

Crockpot Jollof Rice revisited

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Okay, after yesterday's discouraging results, today I'm trying a very simplified vegetarian version of a jollof rice putting everything directly into the slow cooker (except the chopped vegetables--I'll still add them in a few hours) and changing[...]

Recipe-in-Progress: Crockpot Jollof Rice with Beef

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It should be possible to make jollof rice in a slow cooker. That was my premise yesterday, and I adapted my recipe accordingly (less liquid and oil, more onion and garlic, coarser chopping, not grating, etc.). Then, when I added everything together,[...]

Recipe #24: Sardine Stew in A Flash

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One of my daughters recently mentioned that she has a hard time making what has to be one of the fastest, easiest Ghanaian recipes of all time: sardine stew. It's one of the first things I taught my adopted nephews to cook when they arrived from[...]

Recipe #23: Fresh papaya with lime

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It seems somehow like cheating to take credit for a "recipe" for cutting up fresh fruit like papaya (or pawpaw, as it's often called in Ghana), but because it's a less familiar fruit to North Americans, even though it needs no dressing up to taste[...]

Recipe #22: Mango--breakfast, snack, dessert

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As I said recently, I was without power in Pennsylvania for several days, and we had way too much snow in town for the middle of October. Perhaps in reaction to that, for lunch today I cut up a Brazilian mango that's been ripening on my counter this[...]

Storm in State College, Power woes, etc.

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Hello, all. We had an all-time record early snow storm here in Central Pennsylvania the last couple of days. Wet snow in State College that knocked down trees (still full of leaves) and branches and caused a lot of power outages, including my house,[...]