By Nonso Egbo
02 February 2022 |
7:00 pm
In Amazonian Peru, a popular drink, Masato de yucca, is made with human spit and cassava. Masato is a fermented drink that has its roots in Yuca- a big tuber with lots of starch and very little sugar. Masato de yuca has been prepared in the Peruvian Amazon for at least a thousand years, before…
Masato De Yuca. Photo El Siglo de Durango
In Amazonian Peru, a popular drink, Masato de yucca, is made with human spit and cassava. Masato is a fermented drink that has its roots in Yuca- a big tuber with lots of starch and very little sugar.
Masato de yuca has been prepared in the Peruvian Amazon for at least a thousand years, before the rise of the Inca Empire and the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors. It’s…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
