Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
BILTONG
biltong
(noun) meat that is salted and cut into strips and dried in the sun
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
biltong (countable and uncountable, plural biltongs)
(South Africa, Zimbabwe) A South African food categorized by strips of lean meat cured by salting and drying, similar to American jerky.
Anagrams
• bolting, long bit
Source: Wiktionary
Bil"tong, n. Etym: [S. African.]
Definition: Lean meat cut into strips and sun-dried. H. R. Haggard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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