The Root of the Problem

One mistake that bright people sometimes make is when they assume others know all the same things. Of course, that would be pretty unlikely as no two people have had exactly the same experiences.

Occasionally, I see something very common in my life and I wonder if other friends and family know about it. These bits of knowledge needn't be strange and bizarre. Sometimes, an item such as this can be found in our own refrigerator.

For example, Jay cooked up some cassava root we bought at the Superstore when grocery shopping today. In Sri Lanka, we generally called them manioc in English. I know this food originated in South America but was brought worldwide by the Portuguese hundreds of years ago. Cassava is a staple in many places.

Do you know this type of food?