Stoemp "oo" in b"oo"t or l"oo"m. A simple, rural dish, stoemp enjoys wide appeal. It is a dish of mashed potatoes with one or more vegetables, such as onions, carrots, leeks, spinach, green peas and cabbage, seasoned with thyme, nutmeg or bayleaf. Stoemp is traditionally featured alongside fried boudin, fried braadworst, grilled bacon, fried mince or fried eggs. In some families, it is served with an entrecôte or a horse tenderloin. Stoemp Stoemp is the richer Brussels variant of the stamppot dish in the cuisine of Belgium and the Netherlands. It consists of pureed or mashed potatoes and other root vegetables,
Yam (vegetable) America, the Caribbean, South America, and Oceania. Yams of African species must be cooked to be safely eaten, because various natural substances in yams can cause illness if consumed raw. The most common cooking methods in Western and Central Africa are by boiling, frying or roasting. Among the Akan of Ghana, boiled yam can be mashed with palm oil into "eto" in a similar manner to the plantain dish "matoke", and is served with eggs. The boiled yam can also be pounded with a traditional mortar and pestle to create a thick, starchy paste known as "iyan" (pounded yam) or