Parakari, an indigenous fermented beverage using amylolytic Rhizopus in Guyana.
Mycologia
; 97(1): 1-11, 2005.
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The alcoholic beverage parakari is a product of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) fermentation by Amerindians of Guyana. While fermented beverage production is nearly universal among indigenous Amazonians, parakari is unique among New World beverages because it involves the use of an amylolytic mold (Rhizopus sp., Mucoraceae, Zygomycota) followed by a solid substratum ethanol fermentation. The mycological significance of this dual fermentation process previously was unrecognized. A detailed study of parakari fermentation was made in the Wapisiana Amerindian village of Aishalton, South Rupununi, Guyana. Thirty steps were involved in parakari manufacture, and these exhibited a high degree of sophistication, including the use of specific cassava varieties, control of culture temperature and boosting of Rhizopus inoculum potential with purified starch additives. During the fermentation process, changes in glucose content, pH, flavor, odor and culture characteristics were concomitant with a desirable finished product. Parakari is the only known example of an indigenous New World fermentation that uses an amylolytic mold, likely resulting from domestication of a wild Rhizopus species in the distant past. Parakari production is remarkably similar to dual fermentations of Asia, yet it was independently derived.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rhizopus
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Amido
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Bebidas
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Manihot
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Glucose
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Caribe ingles
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Guyana
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mycologia
Ano de publicação:
2005
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Reino Unido