单词 | matoke |
释义 | matoken. In Uganda: the flesh of bananas or plantains, mashed and used as food; bananas or plantains collectively. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > other fruit dishes figee1381 garnadec1440 gayledea1450 strawberry cream1523 strawberry shortcake1523 amber pudding1695 fufu1740 tum tum1790 poi1798 fig-cake1837 compote1845 ambrosia1867 summer pudding1875 schalet1884 charoset1885 angels' food1891 stuffed olive1897 chartreuse1900 crisp1916 guacamole1920 fruit cocktail1922 pimiento olive1925 fruit cup1931 crumble1947 matoke1959 turon1972 guac1983 bumbleberry1991 1959 N. W. Simmonds Bananas ix. 261 In Uganda..the unripe fruit is peeled, wrapped in banana leaves and..steamed... The product is called ‘matoke’ and it was the basic food of the Baganda people. 1962 Lancet 5 May 942/1 The excretion of 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-H.I.A.A.) increases after the ingestion of matoke bananas, a normal article of diet of the Baganda people of Uganda. 1966 B. Kimenye Kalasanda Revisited 33 Kibuka had to resort to collecting matoke peelings in an old bucket. 1977 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 22 Feb. 4/6 Even townspeople [in Uganda] have started growing sugar cane and bananas—the country's staple food when it is mashed into a porridge-like substance called matoke. 1999 Guardian 17 Feb. ii. 2/4 His latest wife..has matooka (green banana) sent from Masaka. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1959 |
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