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What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by aruzuoke(m): 8:44pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
I don't know whether this practice is obtainable in other tribes. Why is it that the gizzard of the chicken is always reserved for the head of the family. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by ifyalways(f): 10:26pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
Step out of your tiny hamlet and see the world. Its 2012 please! 3 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by ezotik: 10:37pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
it is true though. i remember the gizzard was always reserved for my dad. 2 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by pazienza(m): 11:14pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
Nice question, i have always thought about that too. Let's hope that someone would enlighten us on that here. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by tpia5: 11:44pm On Oct 19, 2012 |
I thought ezotik used to be benin. 1 Like |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by uboma(m): 12:09am On Oct 20, 2012 |
ifyalways: Step out of your tiny hamlet and see the world. if u have nothing meaniful to respond to the op's question, pls learn to simply pass or stand-by and learn. It may be 2012 but the culture of reserving the gizard for the head of a household is stil very much practised. @op, weldone for bringing up such question. I hv also wondered why too. I hope to learn from fellow Nlanders(those who know the reason and ready to share). 9 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by ezotik: 12:31am On Oct 20, 2012 |
tpia@: well, the OP wanted to also know if it happens elsewhere. and yes, the gizzard was always reserved for my dad by my mum. kinda funny thinking about it now. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by ifyalways(f): 12:44am On Oct 20, 2012 |
Uboma, if your parents denied you gizzard, go take out your frustrations on them. @OP, why don't you(and others) ask your parents?which part of the chicken were you given(if any)?can you afford to have as much gizzards as you want now?would you deny your children gizzard too? 1 Like |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by uboma(m): 12:55am On Oct 20, 2012 |
ifyalways: Uboma, if your parents denied you gizzard, go take out your frustrations on them. i will simply ignore u than trade words wit u. But my earlier advice to u stil stands. 6 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by mojounited(m): 1:09am On Oct 20, 2012 |
@OP, not only the gizzard o, but the nyash as well! lolz. Omo, I've once witnessed how my uncle lambasted his wife cuz the delicate parts of the chicken(gizzard and nyash) disappeared from the pot into someone's stomach without his knowledge or approval - no be small yawa wey gas for house that day... After my uncle's brouhaha, I had concluded it was a man's right to chop those orisirisi parts - So I decided to try it with my mum; At age 12 (small me), when my mum prepared chicken on one fateful day, I seriously demanded that the nyash and gizzard be left for me and was furious when I subsequently found out that she ate the 'MANLY' parts... Mehn, the beatingz I received that day...choi! 9 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by aruzuoke(m): 8:28am On Oct 20, 2012 |
ifyalways: Step out of your tiny hamlet and see the world.Young lady I have one definition for u. You are a BIZAGA. Why trolling on my thread eternal spinster. 2 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Nobody: 8:51am On Oct 20, 2012 |
Poster is on point. You don't joke with Gizzard (Eko) or the Hip region (Akpuru otule) of a fowl in my Family of those days. It's strictly reserved for my Extended family head. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by ifyalways(f): 10:03am On Oct 20, 2012 |
aruzuoke: Young lady I have one definition for u. You are a BIZAGA. Why trolling on my thread eternal spinster.You are an UZANGA of no known lineage. Crying all over the board because of gizzard?! So, did you ever get to taste chicken(head, bones or limbs) as a kid or your parents ate all? What "chicken plans" do you have for your kids ? Okpo Idoma! |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by bokohalal(m): 9:10pm On Oct 20, 2012 |
Some people believe it is an aphrodisiac. If as a man you ever ate it you will understand. So,to some of you that wanted to know,every time your father ate the gizzard of a chicken,that night na helele for your mother. 2 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by candieangel12(f): 10:16am On Oct 21, 2012 |
Too bad everyone in my family is a vegetarian |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by SamMilla1(m): 10:17am On Oct 21, 2012 |
hahhahahahaha. Onye emetukwala Eke Okuko m aka! It is divine. Simple as that. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by salam001(m): 10:18am On Oct 21, 2012 |
Nonsense thread,don't generalize.!!,anybody eats The Gizzard in my home |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by 222Martins(m): 10:23am On Oct 21, 2012 |
Even though I'm an igbo man, i'm yet to understand this gizzard stuff. Well, i don't give a hoot about it. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Redblueblur: 10:25am On Oct 21, 2012 |
No fytin here. Gizard are 4 elders not for mere sucklers here exchangin words |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Nobody: 10:31am On Oct 21, 2012 |
I guess is a culture which still exist till today in igboland even in my family. I don't know why but it has become a legacy and a sign of respect to the elders in the family. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by pek(m): 10:38am On Oct 21, 2012 |
Yes. When the only time you get to eat chicken was on very special occasion. Those parts mentioned were/are symbolic and the head of the family had rights to them. Then, if he didnt get to eat them, the woman was in serious trouble. How time have changed. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Nobody: 10:39am On Oct 21, 2012 |
mojounited: @OP, not only the gizzard o, but the nyash as well! lolz. Omo, I've once witnessed how my uncle lambasted his wife cuz the delicate parts of the chicken(gizzard and nyash) disappeared from the pot into someone's stomach without his knowledge or approval - no be small yawa wey gas for house that day...got me laughing like oyedepo! |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by dBard: 10:42am On Oct 21, 2012 |
ifyalways: Uboma, if your parents denied you gizzard, go take out your frustrations on them.u seem dumb .. 8 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by sconsults: 10:45am On Oct 21, 2012 |
ifyalways: Step out of your tiny hamlet and see the world. Whether 2012 or not,i will never sit and watch a woman eat gizzard. God forbid.it will never happen until i turn to ashes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Ejine(m): 10:47am On Oct 21, 2012 |
I think Ifyalways is a gizzard-eater Woman, change your ways oo!!! 4 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by passionate88: 10:48am On Oct 21, 2012 |
idowuswap: Nothing wey igbo no fit eat they can eat toilet flies.igbo wey chop vulture.igbo wey dey carry cocaine go see them 4 prison like flies.....what of those people wey carry cocain put 4 garri go hajj?.. Them b ibo or yoruba?. 4 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Ekans: 10:50am On Oct 21, 2012 |
ifyalways: Uboma, if your parents denied you gizzard, go take out your frustrations on them.Lady,simply shut your trap if you have nothing meaningful to contribute.Miss I T K. 3 Likes |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by Sijo01(f): 10:55am On Oct 21, 2012 |
Lmaooo! so truth, same thing use to happen in my house. Gizzard and the nyash was stritly for elders. Now, its first come first serve. |
Re: What Is So Special About D Gizzard Of The Chicken In Igbo Land. by donigspain(m): 10:56am On Oct 21, 2012 |
IMO, I don't think there's any spiritual undertone to the tradition of reserving the gizzard and the 'an.al region' of animals (mostly fowls) for the most elderly male character in an Igbo family. I think it's more a sign of respect. But males, in their egotistic nature, have attached so much interest in this 'tradition' that it now seems like a 'sacred ritual' in Igbo Land. In those days, my dad never jokes with those body parts and will most times ask me to eat them when he is rested upon the fact that my mum reserved them for him. 1 Like |
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