Senegal - Presentation

Question 1

Where is Senegal located?

Answer 1

West africa

Question 2

What is the cuisine like in the south?

Answer 2

Caldou

Yass

Question 3

What is caldou?

Answer 3

fish stew with lime, tomatoes and served on white rice

Question 4

What is yassa?

Answer 4

grilled chicken dish in a marinade overnigfht

Question 5

What are the 4 staple foods of Casamance?

Answer 5

1) white rice
2) folio (millet)
3) game meat
3) Dibiteries

Question 6

What are dibiteries?

Answer 6

Butcher shops in the rainforest

Question 7

In the north, the cuisine is heavily based on __

Answer 7

fish, seafood and couscous (close proximity to atlas tic ocean and senegal river)

Question 8

What is the major dish in the east?

Answer 8

A senegalese dish: Maafe

Question 9

What us Maafe?

Answer 9

-beef lamp or fish covered in thick peanut sauce and served with vegetables, rice/potatoes

Question 10

What kind of influence is in the west?

Answer 10

Vietnamese

Question 11

What is Ataya?

Answer 11

In the west, a traditional chinese gunpowder tea

Question 12

What is the Ataya 3 tea cup ritual?

Answer 12

1 st serving: bitter, strong taste
2nd serving: A little mint
3rd serving: A lot of min and sugar

Question 13

When is the Ataya ritual performed?

Answer 13

When one wants to relax

Question 14

(T/F) men and women eat and the same tables at dinner time

Answer 14

False

Question 15

How do people eat?

Answer 15

Sit on floor, communal bowl of food and one big meal at end and in the middle of the day

Question 16

How is the day started ?

Answer 16

with bread

Question 17

What is bissap?

Answer 17

A common drink

Question 18

What is Thieboudienne?

Answer 18

Rice cooked in tomato sauce with vegetables and fish

Question 19

What is the national dish of Senegal?

Answer 19

Ceebu Jen

Question 20

What are 4 essential Senegalese flavours in the national dish?

Answer 20

• Gejj (dried fermented fish)
• Tamarind paste
• Chili flakes
• Hibiscus

Question 21

What is Rof in Ceebu Jen?

Answer 21

Stuffing for the fish

Question 22

What the Xoon is Cebu Jen?

Answer 22

blackened crust at the bottom of the pan

Question 23

What is the main meal?

AN

Answer 23

“one course hared affair” is lunch

eat from a cool plate with their hands

Question 24

What is Ceeb?

Answer 24

A rice dish

Question 25

Give an example of a rice dish

Answer 25

Ceebu Jen

Question 26

What is Reer?

Answer 26

Dinner

Question 27

What is the main issue with nutritional adequacy?

Answer 27

Protein intake insufficient.

difficult to measure since eating is from same bowl, no individual portions

Question 28

What is the main source of protein?

Answer 28

Fish, may be source of mercury poisoning

Question 29

Name the staple carbohydrates

Answer 29

• cousous
• rice (cheeb)
• millet (folio)

Question 30

What proteins accompany meals?

Answer 30

Chicken
Fish
Nuts (peanuts)

Question 31

What are some common vegetables incorporated in meals?

Answer 31

Tomatoes
Cap page
Eggplant
Okra

Question 32

___ of daily EI comes from carbohydrates

Answer 32

2/3

Question 33

What are the main deficiencies?

Answer 33

Iron (84% children)
Iodine (especially SW)
Vitamin A

Question 34

Senegal economy is majorly dependent on ___ with are extremely vulnerable to ___

Answer 34

cash crops and fisheries

climate change