Recently, while watching this American series 'burn-notice' The protagonist while on a mission to Warri in Nigeria said something that got me thinking.

He described Nigerians as " LOVERS OF FOUL SMELLING PRESERVED FISH"

As an Okoro-man, i took this as a personal insult cos i know he was referring to Stock-Fish and other dried fish that form a major ingredient in many delicacies we enjoy across this nation.

So my question to Landers is;
Do you consider our preserved fish foul smelling?

Mind you, its added to most soups/dishes as a seasoning agent.

By the way that singular statement, constitutes the sole reason why i hate the show (even though its interesting and funny)

who cares about what anybody thinks or says ?
Me i loff OKPOROKO jare,the soup is not complete without it,not to talk of "ngwo-ngwo" na "ugba"
The aroma of better stockfish is

Well done my sister

No mind yeye oyibo wey go pay $300 make e chop designer Raw Fish dey call am Sushi.

Okporoko (Okpoyoko according to my Grand-aunt) is food fit for kings

lol
he he he
my grannie used to say this"who no get money to buy okporoko na him dey always say okporoko na sourfish"
a very well peppered and prepared okporoko is a delicacy anyday for moi
he he

lol. . . . .

wat is Okporoko

i was watching travel channel once and saw the host talking about a foul smelling fish the people in that country eat.

i think this one was a dead shark, left in the sun to ferment or so. they go to far place in the country side to build a stall for working the fish etc.

so not only nig eat left off fish. i heard okporoko/stock fish is from Norway right?

it is a deli really. i make sure i boiled mine for a long period of time. by the time it is soft, all the smells are out.

i think some smell really funky than the others though. a lady once gave me the other stripped type. oh Lord!! it was soooooooo funky never like the ones i used before. i threw them away.

i no longer cook it in my apt. the oyinbo roommate carry news dey go like say i send am. i only cook it when they are gone for the weekend and use coffee beans to kill the smell. she once asked me if something died in the apt
ofc, i took offence trust me and i gave it to her

smell o
taste o

stock fish is disgusting

out of a stingy thing came something sweet

the oyinbo roommate carry news dey go like say i send am

no be only you oh.

Them go talk say na dead bodi. Actually, na fish bodi now but them no go wan understand.

Stockfish is tasty, but people not used to it can't stand the smell.

I think its a Swedish or Norwegian food- I'm not sure. The Swedes also have some very funky kinds of food too.

I don't like the really raw sushi either and it beats me how some people wolf it down like candy.

Fish naturally has a foul smell. But Nigerian soup would not be soup without them.

stillwater:

But Nigerian soup would not be soup without them.

I shall continue to enjoy my fake stew then

yea i love stock fish (and i never minded the smell until recently ) but many oyinbo ppl say it smells nasty. one person told me sef that he went to a naija food store and the place was smelling like nasty fish. lol now when i go to the store i notice the smell

stock fish (okporoko) I don't fancy it at all.

but dried fish (like cat fish), just used one correct dried fish cook any native soup eh! maggi no go enter your mind.............


as for the burn notice guy, e never taste the foul smelling food na, you no go blame am jare

I've never tasted it in my life, not that i don't like the smell but we are not used to it here in the north. I only saw my yoruba friend cooking it once.

diggler:
Recently, while watching this American series 'burn-notice' The protagonist while on a mission to Warri in Nigeria said something that got me thinking.

He described Nigerians as " LOVERS OF FOUL SMELLING PRESERVED FISH"

As an Okoro-man, i took this as a personal insult cos i know he was referring to Stock-Fish and other dried fish that form a major ingredient in many delicacies we enjoy across this nation.

So my question to Landers is;
Do you consider our preserved fish foul smelling?

Mind you, its added to most soups/dishes as a seasoning agent.

By the way that singular statement, constitutes the sole reason why i hate the show (even though its interesting and funny)

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