<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> On Thu, 11 Jan 1996, Leigh Cook wrote: > Fufu is a West African dish. It is just a stiff, starchy 'mash', eaten > with the fingers (right hand only!)... > > In West Africa, the most common fufu is made from cassava flour, but that is > not readily available over here, so my West African friends usually make a > potato fufu - its just mashed potatoes, stiffened with a little extra > starch, plus salt etc to your taste. - but you can also make yam fufu, > cornmeal fufu, sweet potato fufu, etc. Tapioca flour is made from cassava root. How is cassava flour any different? Tapioca flour is available from Ener-G Foods. Jane [log in to unmask]