THE DIARY GAME; How I spent my Saturday by @ederra

Good afternoon Great house @steemAlive, happy Sunday from me to you all🥰.

Today, I'll be writing about how I spent my yesterday, it was the most stressful day in the past one month but am grateful it came, because I'll use it to write an amazing post on harvesting of cassava.

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CONTENT

• Procedures on how to process cassava into garri.
• Nutritional value of garri.
• Economic importance of garri.

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As mentioned above, yesterday was the most stressful day in months now because I spent majority of the day working. Putting it in time, let me say 7am - 7pm.

Actually, I went home to help my grandparents harvest cassava since Saturdays are the only free days i have in a week. I'll be covering all the out listed contents, I hope you'll benefit from it.

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PROCEDURES ON HOW TO PROCESS CASSAVA INTO GARRI

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Before a raw cassava turns into garri, it passes through several stages and takes atleast two days before completion.
Below are stages:

• Uprooting.
• Peeling.
• Washing.
• Grinding.
• Tying.
• Sieving.
• Frying and
• Bagging.

Each of this stages will be touched briefly.
- Uprooting:

This is actually the first stage in processing cassava into garri, it involves the use of cutlass and hand to uproot the cassava from the ground.

-Peeling:

Another process is the peeling process, it involves the use kitchen knife to remove the outer cover from the cassava.

- Washing:

After peeling the cassava, it needs to be washed so as to remove sand from it before grinding.

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There are no more images from here because the grinding process took place in the night and I won't be available in the frying process because I'll be returning to port harcourt today.

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- Grinding:

Grinding is another process that comes after the washing. It's done by passing the cassava through a garri grinder, to change the form from hard solid to moisturized solid.

- Tying:

At the stage, the moisturized solid is put into a bag that can let out water easily and tied using sticks or modernized garri tier.
It's at this stage that fermentation takes place.

- Sieving:

After one or two days of tying, the dried garri is then sieved using a garri sieve to separate the chaff from the garri.

- Frying:

After Sieving comes the most annoying part of it all to me which isfrying 🤦.
Frying has to do with the use of frying pot and fire to dry the sieved garri.

- Bagging:

The last stage in garri processing is the bagging stage.
It involves putting the already fried garri into a bag for longer preservation.

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NUTRITIONAL VALUE OF GARRI

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The nutritional value of garri will be presented in a tabular format.

Nutrient	g/mg
Kilocalories	330g
Carbohydrates	80g
Fibers	48g
Protein	1.1g
Fat	1g
Calcium	40mg
Iron	1.5mg

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ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF GARRI

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1. Cassava processed products like garri can replace other imported products and reduce the importation of foreign products.

2. As mentioned earlier, cassava processing can prolong cassava storage time through bagging and therefore reduce waste.

3. It's serves as a major food for the people of nigeria.

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In conclusion, garri processing is very strenuous and therefore it needs determination to be able to do it. But I think it's a very lucrative business in nigeria and so be given a try by us.

Thank you very much for reading through, I really appreciate your effort 🤝.