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le foutou
🇨🇮 French slang from West Africa
What does “le foutou” mean?
pounded yam or plantain, eaten with sauce
Example
“Le dimanche, c’est foutou sauce graine.”
On Sundays it’s foutou with palm-nut sauce.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: igname pilée
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