agricultural products. breadfruit, The principal plants eaten are coconut, pandanus and the arrowroot or tacca: and papaya are also grown. some squash Bananas and taro have been intro- duced but are not yet in full production. Fish, Of these clams, langusta, birds, chickens and pigs are eaten. fish is the most important. The coconut crab, Birgus latro,is considered a delicacy but is the one food item recommended to be excluded from the diet because of the strontium-90 content (Dunning, 1957). The coconut, "Ni" stages of development. in Marshallese, is eaten at different The juice from the immature nut is pre- ferred for drinking and rarely the germinated nut is eaten. Copra, the dried coconut meat, is a staple eaten alone or mixed with other foods. The coconut sap is collected from the cut ends of inflorescences of coconut trees that have been set aside for this purpose in the village area. The fresh sap is partaken of by all age groups and the fermented sap, "jekro" or "jugaroo," is consumed by adults. Breadfruit (Ma) is eaten either baked or boiled and also is made into a preparation which they refer to as To make "cheese," "cheese." the skin is removed and the pulp is placed in