Ezinma and her mother sat on a mat on the floor after their supper of yam foo-foo and bitter-leaf soup.
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6 total sentences available.
Ezinma and her mother sat on a mat on the floor after their supper of yam foo-foo and bitter-leaf soup.
Source: wiktionary
There was so much fish and meat in the soup that they had to put them on a separate plate, to facilitate the free movement of their balls of foo-foo in the soup
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The king, however, refused to do this; but as he was rather sorry for the tortoise, he said he would present him with a magic foo-foo tree, which would the tortoise and his family with food, […] Every day it dropped foo-foo and soup on the ground.
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Holland, who lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, certainly doesn't end with recipes for foo-foo drinks. She provides hints on making your own spirits, like applejack and elderberry wine, and instructions for building, yes, a still.
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