African cuisine encompasses within its fold several nations, including Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and Sudan. The roots of North African cuisine can be traced back to the ancient empires of North Africa, particularly in Egypt, where many of the country's dishes and culinary traditions date back to antiquity. Over several centuries traders, travelers, invaders, migrants and immigrants all have influenced the cuisine of North Africa. The Phoenicians of the 1st century brought sausages, while the Carthaginians introduced wheat and its by-product, semolina. The Berbers adapted semolina into couscous, one of the main staple foods. Olives and olive oil were introduced before
Pyzy (dish) Pyzy (dish) Pyzy () are a type of dumpling (kluski). The dish is most commonly referred to in its plural for "pyzy", as it is most commonly served as a main course meal: large oval-shaped kluski, characteristic to Polish cuisine. Potato pyzy are prepared from boiled potatoes, optionally with added flour, eggs and salt, cooked in boiling water. Stuffed with meat, twaróg or mushroom stuffing, alternatively served without stuffing, and instead served with bacon, lard or fried onion. Dishes prepared similar to pyzy are inter alia: kartacze, goły, potato knedle and Silesian dumplings ("kluski śląskie"). Leavened pyzy or "pyzy drożdżowe"