' KAMBOSE'

Kambose is an special food of Muna that is made of old corn. It is usually be eaten with small fish(that have fried) and sometimes with vegetables that cook with water. It is cooked by using lime and much water. it takes a long time, because " Kambose" is cooked till 2 time. In order the corn can be soft and easy to eat. Its tasteless same with the main food such as rice, but we can add salt to make it have more taste. The parents who toothless can eat it after be grilled. " Kambose" is not only be eaten at special ceremonial but also in daily life if we want it. "Kambose" be a special food of Muna maybe at past time the parents were so difficult to get rice, so they ate it to add their spirit because it contents the same substance with rice and it also can make strong the jaw. " Kambose" is not only of Muna but it also of Buton and these food very familiar in South East of Sulawesi.