Конто-Мире

English translation: Kontomire

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Russian term or phrase:Конто-Мире
English translation:Kontomire
Entered by: Vera Fluhr (X)

14:33 Sep 6, 2002
Russian to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / cuisine
Russian term or phrase: Конто-Мире
Осетрина "Конто-Мире", телятина "Конто-Мире".
B R
Kontomire
Explanation:
Kontomire Stew. Method. Cut meat into pieces, wash and season with a bit of salt, garlic and ginger. ... Pick, wash and chop the kontomire or spinach leaves. ...
www.ghana.co.uk/food/recipes/sub_recipes/Stew.htm

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Note added at 2002-09-06 15:37:57 (GMT)
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I think it was Konto-mire in its original language, but in English it became Kontomire:

Greens in Africa -- The Congo Cookbook: African Recipes - ... family (in Africa and the Americas) includes leaves of bitterleaf, calalu, cassava (feuilles de manioc), collards, Gnetum africanum (mfumbwa), kale, kontomire ...
www.congocookbook.com/c0169.html

Ashanti Warrior - Martin Luther King Addo
... cooked. We normally ate this with kontomire soup, which are boiled greens similar to collard greens, mustard greens, or turnip greens. ...
www.ashantiwarrior.com/diet.html

... Market, Food items. Other items. Staple foods (cassava, plantain, yam, maize, cocoyam), Vegetables, beans & condiments (tomato, garden egg, okra, pepper, kontomire ...
www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80964e/80964E0b.htm
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Vera Fluhr (X)
Local time: 06:47
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Merci
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Vera Fluhr (X)
4 +1Konto-mire
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Kontomire


Explanation:
Kontomire Stew. Method. Cut meat into pieces, wash and season with a bit of salt, garlic and ginger. ... Pick, wash and chop the kontomire or spinach leaves. ...
www.ghana.co.uk/food/recipes/sub_recipes/Stew.htm

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Note added at 2002-09-06 15:37:57 (GMT)
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I think it was Konto-mire in its original language, but in English it became Kontomire:

Greens in Africa -- The Congo Cookbook: African Recipes - ... family (in Africa and the Americas) includes leaves of bitterleaf, calalu, cassava (feuilles de manioc), collards, Gnetum africanum (mfumbwa), kale, kontomire ...
www.congocookbook.com/c0169.html

Ashanti Warrior - Martin Luther King Addo
... cooked. We normally ate this with kontomire soup, which are boiled greens similar to collard greens, mustard greens, or turnip greens. ...
www.ashantiwarrior.com/diet.html

... Market, Food items. Other items. Staple foods (cassava, plantain, yam, maize, cocoyam), Vegetables, beans & condiments (tomato, garden egg, okra, pepper, kontomire ...
www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80964e/80964E0b.htm


Vera Fluhr (X)
Local time: 06:47
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yelena.
3 mins
  -> thanks, Yelena

agree  Jack slep: Right on! Also called African spinach, but that term covers hundreds of leafy vegetables used in African dishes.
1 hr
  -> Thank you, Jack. I never heard about this dish. Simply found on the Web....

agree  Mark Vaintroub: Ску-у-у-у-снаааа...
8 hrs
  -> Надо будет взять на заметку. Когда попаду в какой-нибудь африканский ресторан. Спасибо, Марк
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25 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Konto-mire


Explanation:
http://www.elcorreogallego.es/periodico/20020519/Lecer/N1099...

O guisado Konto-mire componse de carne de vaca, espinacas, touciсo e grans de cabaza.



Irene N
United States
Local time: 23:47
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Oleg Osipov: Я тоже рыбу люблю...Кот
4 hrs
  -> Да уж, фигу нас на заграничные вискас-сухари переведешь...
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