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.
SAUERKRAUT
sauerkraut
(noun) shredded cabbage fermented in brine
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sauerkraut (countable and uncountable, plural sauerkrauts)
(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
(countable, obsolete, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A German person. [from 1858]
Synonym: Kraut
Source: Wiktionary
Sauer"kraut`, n. Etym: [G., fr. sauer sour + kraut herb, cabbage.]
Definition: Cabbage cut fine and allowed to ferment in a brine made of its own juice with salt, -- a German dish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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