Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.
KICKSHAW
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treat
(noun) something considered choice to eat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
kickshaw (plural kickshaws)
A dainty or delicacy.
A trinket or gewgaw.
Source: Wiktionary
Kick"shaw`, n.
Definition: See Kickshaws, the correct singular.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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MASQUERADE
(verb) pretend to be someone or something that you are not; “he is masquerading as an expert on the internet”; “This silly novel is masquerading as a serious historical treaty”
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