Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
BLOTE
Blote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bloted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bloting.] Etym: [Cf. Sw. blöt-fisk soaked fish, fr. blöta to soak. See 1st Bloat.]
Definition: To cure, as herrings, by salting and smoking them; to bloat. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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