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mealie meal

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mealie meal
n. South African
Cornmeal.

mealie meal, mielie meal
n
(Cookery) South African finely ground maize
Translations
mealie meal [ˈmiːlɪmiːl] Nharina f de maĆ­z, maicena f (Sp), Maizena ® f (Sp)
mealie meal
nMaismehl nt


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A staple food for the poorest Zimbabwean is mealie meal - bags of corn that can be boiled up into porridge or stews.
The most common dish made from cornmeal is called mealie meal, pap or nshima/nsima depending on the country.
A teacher friend called one morning to find her kitchen full of women--some collecting mealie meal or paraffin or vegetables, others who had come for second-hand clothing or simply for counselling.
 
 
 
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