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Tumunu (Atiu Cook Islands Bush Beer)
Created by Chef Makoa
Atiu's bush-beer circle in a clean kitchen batch: citrus, banana, sugar, water, and yeast fermented light, served in small cups with respect for the people who keep the stump.
The stump has its own kind of kinship. Not Hāloa the taro elder, not the chiefly ʻava or kava root, but still a circle where people sit, listen, laugh, and remember who belongs. This is Tumunu from Atiu in the Cook Islands, the bush beer of that island's clubs, named for the hollowed stump where the drink was made and shared.
Ingredients
sweet oranges
Quantity
12 large
scrubbed
ripe bananas
Quantity
2
peeled and mashed
white sugar
Quantity
2 pounds
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| sweet orangesscrubbed | 12 large |
| ripe bananaspeeled and mashed | 2 |
| white sugar | 2 pounds |
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