Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
GALLIMAUFRY
Etymology
Noun
gallimaufry (plural gallimaufries)
(dated) A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
(figuratively) Any absurd medley.
Synonyms
• hodgepodge, hotchpot, hotchpotch
• olio
• potpourri
Source: Wiktionary
Gal`li*mau"fry, n.; pl. Gallimaufries. Etym: [F. galimafrée a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]
1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King.
2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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