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    Liberia: Palaver Sauce (Beef and Spinach)

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    Recipe Introduction

    Palaver Sauce is actually not a sauce at all but a stew. In Ghana it is made with a combination of meats, fish, and greens with tomato paste and is called Palaver Sauce or Kontonmire Stew. The name itself has interesting origins; "Palaver" (or Palava in Ghana) means a long-winded debate or quarrel. It seems that the first Palava Sauces were made with greens which had long ropey stems. As a large group of people stood arround the stew the first to ladle out his portion would invariably slap his neighbor with one of the long stems, provoking a quarrel, and much talk and discussion would follow. The greens are now finely cut, but the name remains. In a 1-gallon pot:
    Simmer: 2 lbs. STEW BEEF cut in 1/2-inch cubes (or use half beef and half chicken) in
    2 quarts WATER and
    1 Tbs. SALT until meat is half cooked.
    Add: 4 cups COLLARD GREENS, chopped finely
    2 cups SPINACH, chopped finely.
    Simmer gently until meat and greens are cooked (about 15 minutes).
    Add 1 Ib. BONED SMOKED FISH.
    Cook for five minutes. All water should be absorbed.
    Add: 1 cup ONIONS, chopped finely and sauteed lightly in
    1/2 cup VEGETABLE or PEANUT OIL with
    1 or 2 small HOT PEPPERS (or 1 tsp. crushed red pepper).
    Correct the Seasonings
    Simmer five minutes longer.
    Serve with white rice.

 

 

 


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