March 1979
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American Anthropologist
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January 1979
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Ecology of Food and Nutrition
The processing of food products is an important economic activity of rural households in the Andean Highlands of Perú. Potatoes are processed into several dehydrated products the most common of which are chuño and papa seca. Chuño is a freezedried product made principally from bitter types of potatoes (Solarium juzepczukii and S. curtilobum) while papa seca is made from common varieties. This article describes how these and other products are made and their role within the Peruvian diet.
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... Chuño blanco, or white freeze-dried potato (i.e., tunta), production is similar, but the potatoes are not dried in the sun and are additionally washed in freshwater, sometimes for several days or weeks. The freeze-drying process renders the small bitter tubers edible by removing toxic glycoalkaloids that are present in wild and semi-domesticated potato varieties in the Andes (Werge, 1979). Chuño is light, portable, and shelf-stable, providing a reliable source of daily sustenance. ...
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January 1979
Ecology of Food and Nutrition