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Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 8:25pm On Jul 23, 2013
Yam is one of the staple foods in Nigeria and is eaten by majority of Nigerians. It's one of those foods that are easy to make cos it doesn't take a lot of dexterity to prepare yam especially white yam that can be eaten with oil. But behind this popular meal lies a very dangerous food that can knock one out in a matter of seconds if not properly eaten or if not respected as the horror that it is. I will share the encounter i had with this monstrous thing we call food and i want you guyz to share yours too.

About 5 years ago, while everybody in my family left for church. I was the only one who didn't go. Around 11 am, i was hungry and i checked the fridge to see if there was anything i could eat or at least chew to douse the tension in my stomach but the fridge was virtually barren. But on checking one of the pots, here layed 4 pieces of yams that remained from the previous day. I'm not really a Yam fan but i had no other choice to pick from so i had to manage what i had. The thing about cooked yams is that they get stronger by the day. But that didn't deter me. I warmed it a little bit and dished it unto my plate to have a good meal. But little did i know that what layed in in a matter of minutes was best unimagined. There was not drinkable water in the house. Even the taps were not running. So, there was no water at all whether drinkable or otherwise. Anyways, i took my yam with the oil on it and headed for the sitting room. I ate the first mould and then the second. I was about to do the same for the third until i encountered what millions of Nigerians dreaded having an encounter with. I don't know what happened cos i wasn't talking but the yam took a mind of it's own and decided to knock me out. There i was sitted gasping for breadth. I managed to rush to the kitchen and checked the fridge but there was no water. I turned on the tap but there was still not water. There and then, i resigned to my fate and said my last prayer which went thus "Lord, if you save me from this, i will serve you forever". I thought i was being punished for not going to church that morning. At this moment, i was crawling and heading for the door but as soon as i got close to the door, everything gradually came back to normal. Since that day i've been giving Yams the respect that they deseve. Before i munch my yam, i check it there's both drinkable and undrinkable water and they're always by my side incase anything goes wrong. I advise ya'll to do same cos the yam we know is better than the yam we don't know.

If you have any similar stories, pls share them to people can learn.

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 8:30pm On Jul 23, 2013
Unfortunately I don't have any "yam moments" but your story got me laughing grin grin

I hope you learnt your lesson well. wink

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 8:31pm On Jul 23, 2013
Ada, have you eaten yam before?
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 8:34pm On Jul 23, 2013
Afam4eva: Ada, have you eaten yam before?

Lol yes I have. But my "yam moments" weren't near death experiences grin

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by onila(f): 8:37pm On Jul 23, 2013
Yam is my best food smiley

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 8:39pm On Jul 23, 2013
onila: Yam is my best food smiley
You don't mean it.
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 8:43pm On Jul 23, 2013
Yam with assorted

Yes I cooked that
Welcome to chez babyosisi
Afam I am sure you now have a cup of water handy
Yam can do that to you

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 8:44pm On Jul 23, 2013
Yam is one of my least favourite food undecided

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 8:45pm On Jul 23, 2013
^^ I prefer yam porridge when cooked with Onitsha yam(i believe this is the yam that's usually soft).
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by onila(f): 8:48pm On Jul 23, 2013
babyosisi: Yam with assorted

Yes I cooked that
Welcome to chez babyosisi

this is paradise on earth shocked shocked

[img]http://img1.nairaland.com/attachments/1214822_image_jpg0d5b1c4c7f720f698946c7f6ab08f687[/img]

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by onila(f): 8:48pm On Jul 23, 2013
Afam4eva:
You don't mean it.
i eat yam almost every day

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 8:52pm On Jul 23, 2013
Remember an incidence(about six seven years ago) i ate pounded yam till i could practically not stand from my seat. I was over full. I still relish that incident with laughter.

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by toshmann(m): 9:04pm On Jul 23, 2013
babyosisi: Yam with assorted

Yes I cooked that
Welcome to chez babyosisi
Inaha achola m okwu grin
Lekwenu ji cheesy

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by OCTAVO: 9:16pm On Jul 23, 2013
I have pounded yam moments. cheesy
So delicious.

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by raqueal(f): 8:20am On Jul 24, 2013
Yam is one of my favourites. I like old yam the most. It's hard and sweet, Wheather boiled, fried or roasted. New yam feels like boiled potato,its a no for me.

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by odumchi: 9:33am On Jul 24, 2013
"Lord, if you save me from this, i will serve you forever"

Are you serving Him on Nairaland? grin

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 10:26am On Jul 24, 2013
odumchi:

Are you serving Him on Nairaland? grin

grin
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 6:05pm On Jul 24, 2013
Oya, you guys should share more yam moments. Yam no dey choke una ni?
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by OCTAVO: 6:17pm On Jul 24, 2013
Ok, this is my yam moment.

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 6:18pm On Jul 24, 2013
grin grin
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Tolexander: 8:17pm On Jul 24, 2013
I fit include cocoyam story?
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Afam4eva(m): 7:43am On Jul 25, 2013
Yam na Yam
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by CrazyMan(m): 9:47am On Jul 25, 2013
I do love yam, but it doesn't make my top 5 list of my favorite foods...

I prefer it fried and eaten while its still hot. In most cases, I eat it directly from the frying pan. That's where the fun is, and by the time I'm done frying, I'm already filled up...that's my yam moment. cheesy

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 10:31am On Jul 25, 2013
I remember days in the university, reading and preparing for exams, so no cooking because if I do, my friends will finish everything one hand. So I was just eating out and indomie once in a while.

It got to a point I wasn't feeding very well but I must finish my exams first. Most important. After exams, I went home and I know my house to have food all the time, whether you have someone in the house or not.

I got home, saw this yam and fried egg stew sauce, omoh! I just started munching the thing cheesy..

I ate and ate and ate...all the ones I didn't eat during exams, ;Dafter eating I then took water and lay down for digestion.

Hmmmm, the wonders began, my stomach went crazy, I couldn't breathe, felt pains and I started screaming, my dad was home so he tried taking me to the car for hospital, I couldn't even get up, I was almost dead. He asked what I ate, I said maybe the yam was poisoned, they want to kill me o, pls, check my account in intercontinental, I have so so so and so money inside, jane is owning me 2 k blah blah blah. All because I thought I was dying,

Got to hospital, was diagnosed and the doctors said it was my intestine, during my exams, my intestine shrunk a lot and I then ate the bulk of yam so it was usual. Gave me some medicine and I stayed in bed for sometime and voila I was fit again cheesy.







Anyway, didn't get any pocket money for the next month because my dad already knew I had so so money in bank angry..

I had to try and make up for asking more for furthermaths engineering handout by David Can. (Does it even exist?) that's how I got back on business again in money saving tongue

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 10:44am On Jul 25, 2013
Chillisauce: I remember days in the university, reading and preparing for exams, so no cooking because if I do, my friends will finish everything one hand. So I was just eating out and indomie once in a while.

It got to a point I wasn't feeding very well but I must finish my exams first. Most important. After exams, I went home and I know my house to have food all the time, whether you have someone in the house or not.

I got home, saw this yam and fried egg stew sauce, omoh! I just started munching the thing cheesy..

I ate and ate and ate...all the ones I didn't eat during exams, ;Dafter eating I then took water and lay down for digestion.

Hmmmm, the wonders began, my stomach went crazy, I couldn't breathe, felt pains and I started screaming, my dad was home so he tried taking me to the car for hospital, I couldn't even get up, I was almost dead. He asked what I ate, I said maybe the yam was poisoned, they want to kill me o, pls, check my account in intercontinental, I have so so so and so money inside, jane is owning me 2 k blah blah blah. All because I thought I was dying,

Got to hospital, was diagnosed and the doctors said it was my intestine, during my exams, my intestine shrunk a lot and I then ate the bulk of yam so it was usual. Gave me some medicine and I stayed in bed for sometime and voila I was fit again cheesy.







Anyway, didn't get any pocket money for the next month because my dad already knew I had so so money in bank angry..

I had to try and make up for asking more for furthermaths engineering handout by David Can. (Does it even exist?) that's how I got back on business again in money saving tongue

OMG that was really funny!

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 10:52am On Jul 25, 2013
My own Yam moments was horrible till today I peel yam with respect. As a teenager you had all these crushes that made you uneasy and nervous. I was home alone oh! Peeling yam, then my crush (a family friend's son)came to deliver a message. I was busy starring till date I don't even know what he was saying, before I knew it I had hugged myself with yam hand touched my head,my face my leg almost everywhere. By the time he had gone I was still in a daze. 5mins later was awakened from my daze with this ITCH from hell. I was dancing Alanta e be like say na me start that dance, I took my bath a million times rubbed calamine lotion but for where. When it finally subsided I was red all over and malaria joined! I will never ever forget that day.

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by emiye(m): 11:42am On Jul 25, 2013
goldylock: My own Yam moments was horrible till today I peel yam with respect. As a teenager you had all these crushes that made you uneasy and nervous. I was home alone oh! Peeling yam, then my crush (a family friend's son)came to deliver a massage. I was busy starring till date I don't even know what he was saying, before I knew it I had hugged myself with yam hand touched my head,my face my leg almost everywhere. By the time he had gone I was still in a daze. 5mins later was awakened from my daze with this ITCH from hell. I was dancing Alanta e be like say na me start that dance, I took my bath a million times rubbed calamine lotion but for where. When it finally subsided I was red all over and malaria joined! I will never ever forget that day.

Did you enjoy the massage?

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Mayor21(m): 11:43am On Jul 25, 2013
Lwkmd!. . .i hate yam
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by mcevans1(m): 11:43am On Jul 25, 2013
Chillisauce: I remember days in the university, reading and preparing for exams, so no cooking because if I do, my friends will finish everything one hand. So I was just eating out and indomie once in a while.

It got to a point I wasn't feeding very well but I must finish my exams first. Most important. After exams, I went home and I know my house to have food all the time, whether you have someone in the house or not.

I got home, saw this yam and fried egg stew sauce, omoh! I just started munching the thing cheesy..

I ate and ate and ate...all the ones I didn't eat during exams, ;Dafter eating I then took water and lay down for digestion.

Hmmmm, the wonders began, my stomach went crazy, I couldn't breathe, felt pains and I started screaming, my dad was home so he tried taking me to the car for hospital, I couldn't even get up, I was almost dead. He asked what I ate, I said maybe the yam was poisoned, they want to kill me o, pls, check my account in intercontinental, I have so so so and so money inside, jane is owning me 2 k blah blah blah. All because I thought I was dying,

Got to hospital, was diagnosed and the doctors said it was my intestine, during my exams, my intestine shrunk a lot and I then ate the bulk of yam so it was usual. Gave me some medicine and I stayed in bed for sometime and voila I was fit again cheesy.







Anyway, didn't get any pocket money for the next month because my dad already knew I had so so money in bank angry..

I had to try and make up for asking more for furthermaths engineering handout by David Can. (Does it even exist?) that's how I got back on business again in money saving tongue


OMG! grin grin
Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Mayor21(m): 11:44am On Jul 25, 2013
Wetin konsyn me sef. .aftrol am fearful and fearlez

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 11:44am On Jul 25, 2013
Afam, u need to change the thread title to long throat moments tongue . Me I love yam die and I have never had a yam moment ala Afam

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Re: Share Your Yam Moments by Nobody: 11:45am On Jul 25, 2013
raqueal: Yam is one of my favourites. I like old yam the most. It's hard and sweet, Wheather boiled, fried or roasted. New yam feels like boiled potato,its a no for me.
I LOVEEEEEE new yam.

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