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Bammy

Breads, Flatbreads and Savory Pastries

Bammy is a traditional Jamaican cassava flatbread descended from casabe, a simple flatbread eaten by the Taino, Jamaica's Indigenous people. Variations of bammy exist throughout the Americas, and it is produced in many rural Jamaican communities and sold in stores and by street vendors both in Jamaica and abroad.

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Origin Region
Jamaica (Taino people) 1
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Expresses Tradition

Source Wikipedia: Bammy

Uses Ingredient

Cassava, Ingredients
Source Wikipedia: Bammy
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1. Wikipedia: Bammy
  • History, Origin
    Bammies have existed since pre-Columbian times, and they originated from the Taíno people.
  • Uses Ingredient: Cassava, Infobox main_ingredient field: [[Cassava]]
  • Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:Cassava breads
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