Peppersoup

[1] It is considered to be a delicacy by some people in Western Africa, and some West Africans believe that the soup has some basic medicinal qualities.

[4][6] It can be prepared with combinations of various meats,[7] such as fish, shrimp, tripe, oxtail, chicken, game, goat,[2][5][8][9] beef or cow hide.

[8][10] Fufu, a food prepared from boiled and then pounded cassava or other tubers, is sometimes used as an ingredient, which thickens the soup and serves to impart a creamy texture.

[6] Some West Africans believe that chicken pepper soup has medicinal qualities, and it is served to ill people.

[8] Pepper soup is also sometimes consumed by new mothers, because it is believed by some to assist in general healing of the body and in the secretion of breast milk.