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This coat of arms is adapted from the arms of the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia which dated to 1927, with the wavy black and white vertical lines as the field and the eagle (then holding a fish) in the chief. The African fish eagle represents the conquest of freedom and nation's hope for the future. The hoe and pickaxe represent the ...
A cross-section of an ear of corn, showing the cob. A corncob, also called corn cob or cob of corn, is the hard core of an ear of maize, bearing the kernels, made up of the chaff, woody ring, and pith. Corncobs contain mainly cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin. [1]
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Nsima is a dish made from maize flour (white cornmeal) and water and is a staple food in Zambia (nsima/ubwali) and Malawi (nsima). [ 24 ] The maize flour is first boiled with water into a porridge , [ 25 ] and, in Zambia, left to simmer for a few minutes before it is 'paddled', to create a thick paste with the addition of more flour.
Multicoloured kernels on a single corn cob. Corn kernels are the fruits of maize. Maize is a grain, and the kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable or a source of starch. The kernels can be of various colors: blackish, bluish-gray, purple, green, red, white and yellow. The kernel of maize consists of a pericarp (fruit
The cob is also purple in color. The pigment giving purple corn its vivid color derives from an exceptional content of a class of polyphenols called anthocyanins.Cyanidin 3-O-glucoside, also called chrysanthemin, is the major anthocyanin in purple corn kernels, comprising about 73% of all anthocyanins present.