The nuts that come packaged with your dika.
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Not really, but they are real. Native to West and Central Africa, they're roughly the size of a small apple. They're usually either ground into paste or powder and used to flavor sauces, stews, and soups, particularly in Nigerian and Cameroonian cuisine.
You'd expect nuts to be salty, but these nuts have an umami or savory taste. And, is it not the variety in nutty flavor that makes us keep wanting to taste them?
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Not really, but they are real. Native to West and Central Africa, they're roughly the size of a small apple. They're usually either ground into paste or powder and used to flavor sauces, stews, and soups, particularly in Nigerian and Cameroonian cuisine.
You'd expect nuts to be salty, but these nuts have an umami or savory taste. And, is it not the variety in nutty flavor that makes us keep wanting to taste them?