Dying for Eggs!! Papua’s Dangerous Island Food!!

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is a healthier fat option.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast is lower in calories and adds a cheesy flavor.

fresh herbs

🥗Healthier: dried herbs

💰Cheaper: no herbs

Dried herbs are more affordable and have a longer shelf life.

hot sauce

🥗Healthier: salsa

💰Cheaper: ketchup

Salsa offers a fresh flavor while ketchup is often cheaper.

Dig up wild fowl eggs found 6 feet underground in volcanic soil.

Visit Cocoa Po Market to explore local food scene.

Purchase and taste fried sausages known as 'sausage flour' made with a batter.

Prepare a coconut-based soup called 'kak cup kak' without a pot by arranging coconut husks in a circle.

Layer banana leaves over the coconut husks to form a cooking vessel.

Add starches like bananas and sweet potatoes to the cooking vessel.

Follow with pumpkin leaves and hot stones to serve as the heat source.

Pour coconut milk over the greens and add smoked tuna.

Wrap the entire bundle with coconut husks to seal it.

Cook the food using the heat from the stones.

Portion the cooked food into serving size bundles for the market.

Open the bundle to check for any leakage of coconut milk.

Taste the contents, noting the texture and flavor of the fish and vegetables.

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