It sounds absolutely dreadful,
but it can't be any worse sounding than Puerto Rican mofongo (A garlic-seasoned paste of plantain or yucca and olive oil).
Of course, I was brought up eating, and loving, grits, also a highly misunderstood and unfairly maligned regional culinary treat.
At home we also enjoyed the Cuban staples of yucca, malanga, plátano, ñame, and boniato. Damn! I'm getting hungry for Cuban soul food.
And for dessert, the fruit! Dozens of tropical fruits that don't even exist in North America...mamey, sapote, marañón, posima, papaya, guayaba...