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The yuca, a native plant to South America, is a perennial woody shrub with an edible starchy root that is similar to a potato.
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Culinary Uses
Yuca is a used in a variety of dishes in many countries.- United States: Tapioca
- Haiti: Soup Joumou - squash soup
- Dominican Republic: Bread|Cassava bread
- Bermuda: Cassava pie
- El Salvador: Yuca Frita - fried yuca
- Nicaragua: Vaho - meat, yuca and plantain dish
- Brazil: Vaca Atolada - meat and yuca stew
- Jamaica: Bammy - fried cassava cake
- Phillipines: Chicken Adobo
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Yuca Item Blogs and Forums
- Google Blog Search: Yuca
- Taste of Cuba: Yuca Forum
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Yuca Item Articles, History, and Trivia
- Food Reference: Yuca Root, Manioc, Cassava
- Innvista.com: Manioc History
- Wikipedia: Yuca History And Economic Impact
- Science Daily: More Nutritional Cassava (Yucca) For Developing World (2007)
- United Nations University: Food and nutrition policy: The Case for Cassava
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