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A traditional West African process that liquefies palm fruit to extract oil and then smoke‑preserves fish with natural phenolic compounds.
Origin: Ghanaian, Nigerian, Ivorian, Ga, Yoruba, Fula peoples (Traditional/Contemporary) — West Africa
See full technique reference →Palm fruit is heated to 70–80 °C, causing triglycerides to melt and separate from aqueous and solid phases; the oil is then mechanically pressed. Smoked fish is exposed to 60–80 °C smoke from hardwood chips, depositing phenolic aldehydes and acids that inhibit microbial growth and oxidatively stabilize the fish lipids.
Primary Reaction
Thermal liquefaction of palm fruit and deposition of smoke condensates onto fish surface
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