1. Celebrations

2. Dishes

3. References

Fish, shellfish, fruits and vegetables are commonly eaten along with cereal grains, milk, curd and whey. The Portuguese encouraged peanut production. Vigna subterranea (Bambara groundnut) and Macrotyloma geocarpum (Hausa groundnut) are also grown. Black-eyed peas are also part of the diet. Palm oil is harvested.

Common dishes include soups and stews. Common ingredients include yams, sweet potato, cassava, onion, tomato and plantain. Spices, peppers and chilis are used in cooking, including Aframomum melegueta seeds (Guinea pepper).

Celebrations

September 12 is Amilcar Cabral's birthday, a celebration that includes the eating of yassa, chicken prepared with mustard, citrus and onion. Other holidays and festivals include Carnival in February, Colonization Martyr's Day on August 3, Readjustment Movement Day in November, Independence Day on September 24th, Mocidade Day on December 1 and New Year Day.

Family ceremonies to mark birth, circumcision, marriage, and death are celebrated with palm wine or rum. Animal sacrifice is also performed.^[4]

Dishes

• Egusi
• Fufu
• Millet couscous
• Dried fish
• Green tea
• Yassa (food)

References

• Hugh St Rugby Grounds
• Hugh Studebaker
• Hugh Sundae
• Hugh Sutlej Gough
• Hugh Sutton
• Hugh sweeney
• Hugh Sweeney
• Hugh Sweeny
• Hugh Sykes (journalist)
• Hugh Talbot Burgoyne
• Hugh Tapsfield
• Hugh Tarpey
• Hugh Taylor (Australian politician)
• Hugh Taylor (civil servant)
• Hugh Taylor (MP)
• Hugh Taylor (politician)
• Hugh T. Broomall
• Hugh Test
• Hugh Theodore Pinhey
• Hugh Thomas (actor)
• Hugh Thomas Baker
• Hugh Thomas (disambiguation)
• Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland
• Hugh Thomas (Equestrian)
• Hugh Thomas (equestrian)