Hey peops, its comming up to the holiday season, and again as per usual I am cooking the christmas dinner for my family, and the endless list of soo called friends. But I am bored with christmas food, the turkey, the trimmings, jullof rice, fried rice, fired fish, dodo etc, (you catch my drift). All these foods are more like everyday foods.

What are you peops eating this year, what foods are you looking forward to eating?
Does anyone have any good recipes that they could share with a woman in need.

Hi, you are in the UK, why don't you try a very traditional UK Christmas dinner?

I'm having roast goose (very different to turkey, very traditional, very delicious!) with chestnut stuffing, roast potatoes, honeyed parsnips, and green veg. All followed by Christmas pudding with brandy butter.

uhm that tastes good but i haven't really tasted all either.

In Jamaica we do Hams!!! big leg hams then we do roast beef, chickens. lots of veggie.
oh! Sorrel is the drink of choice. every Household wiil have Sorrel at this time.

Sorrel is a a drink made by brewing a scarlett color fruit(for want of a better description), adding ginger and wine. ferment for a couple of days
and---- Walla. A refreshing tasty beverage that white people are coming here to manufacture a export

Evey Nigerian I've met has had perfectly fine 'table manners' so I doubt you have any real reason to worry. Just relax and enjoy yourself. Family meals are not usually very formal and even if you were to make a bit of a mistake no-one's going to comment on it.

As for conversational taboos; the main differences I've noticed between English and Nigerian conversations is that we are extremely uncomfortable discussing money in any way, and most English people are not as religious as most Nigerians. Even religious English people are not constantly saying the 'God bless' etc comments that Nigerians seem to say a lot. To us, religion is seen as a private matter (not exactly a taboo, but not a part of normal conversation). Don't expect them to say Grace before eating for example - in my whole life I've only been at one English meal where Grace was said.  So steer clear of money/religion and you can't upset anyone.

Yes the sense of humour is different. But I've mainly experienced it in people making jokes that the other 'team' do not get rather than it creating any offense, so again, don't worry about it. We do like to tease people a bit - so don't get upset if someone teases you. It actually means that they like you a lot! If we don't tease someone then it means that we are being formal with them, we tease the people the love the most more than anyone else!

One point that does cause quite a bit of funny confusion for my boyfriend T is that we don't use 'take' to mean eat or drink. 'Take' to us just means 'to physically help yourself to a portion of what is there'. So quite a few times that has led to conversations like:
My mum: Would you like some more cake? (offering plate of cake towards T)
T: No thanks, I've taken plenty. (meaning, I can't eat any more cake, thanks)
My mum: Oh go, have another piece. (thinking: I've got plenty of cake, you can have another bit if you want)
T: No, really, I can't take any more cake (thinking: I'm full with cake. I couldn't eat another piece)
My mum: That's ok I've got some more in the kitchen (thinking: ah how sweet, he doesn't want to eat more than his fair share, but there's plenty left)
T: No thanks, I can't take any more
My mum: Don't be silly, have another piece (she puts a slice of cake on his plate for him, thinking well he clearly wants another piece but that he thinks it would be impolite to have another piece. Silly man. Here. Have some cake)

So he ends up having to eat a piece of cake that he doesn't want.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. . . . . it almost that time of the year again. . . .

Boi am I getting ready. . . . . . .food, food,. . . .and ermmm. . . more food. . . lol

TOYOSI20:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh. . . . . it almost that time of the year again. . . .

Boi am I getting ready. . . . . . .food, food,. . . .and ermmm. . . more food. . . lol

well my mother inlaw take care of that.

Nice

It's that time of the year again
Chei

I wish I could go home

I'm open for Xmas dinner invites y'all.

Someone said you are in uk.OOOoohhh my God so you dont av any other food to in there for xmas?My friend,common Eat the best foods over there and enjoy or are you tierd of those foods over there?Then come to Nigeria and enjoy our new recipes

hisolution:

Someone said you are in uk. OOOoohhh my God so you don't av any other food to in there for xmas?My friend,common Eat the best foods over there and enjoy or are you tierd of those foods over there?Then come to Nigeria and enjoy our new recipes

lol @ hisolution

I am in the UK, but Xmas dinner on your own in front of the telly is not really all that exciting.

Food dey plenty for hia o! Even microwave Jollof and bottled egusi sef.

My family is all over the place, and most of my friends are all going home for the holidays.

One bros in the US, one in Canada, my folks and two bros in Owerri and my other bros in Germany.

Getting 2gether for Xmas could prove to be a bit expensive. I can't go home now, I'm saving up for my move to the US early next year.

Abeg fedex some of those exciting Naija dishes to me for Xmas now. Shebi Xmas na the time for sharing?

In jamaica we mainlt do roast beef a big leg of ham and chickens, vegetable, curry goat and Rice or Rice and Pas with the traditional jamaican drink Sorrel.

In barbados its simliar to jamaica.
#In england we have the tradional english christmas dinner,