hayorbaami:
OMG . These pictures are disgusting. The picture in the Op's original post, I can deal with but the ones posted by coogar and cococandy! Oh no !

I remember when I stopped eating locust beans because I saw one dirty looking woman dancing in a mortar full of unprocessed locust beans all In the name of processing it. I got home expressing my disgust and told my mum I was never gonna eat 'iru' anymore. She smiled and said only if I knew how palm oil is being processed but I shrugged.

I really can't believe what I'm seeing! It's not about the dirty legs and body anymore but the disgusting and extremely dirty pits and environment it is being made! Looks like they are recycling shyte in a soak away! Please who knows what's next after this mess. I mean, how is that fine finished product gotten?

The pictures Coogar posted are from the western part of the country... They're kinda for commercial production and are usually sited a distance from the house. mostly in farmlands

OP's picture is from the eastern part of the country particularly Nsukka axis.. You'll find that in almost every traditional kitchen in that axis.

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating...
Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me

waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment..
I knw they would deny it

. Ijebu girl. Yoruba noni

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating... Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me
waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment.. I knw they would deny it

See highest Forming oh!! This Girl can Form Chaii!!!!!

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating... Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me
waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment.. I knw they would deny it

See ur mouth 'its irritating' and u still dey chup palm oil.

NobleAky:
Did you? Just be sincere!

Well if only u said village boys..... My narcisism aside but whn it comes to this, I'm the master. #proudfirstclassvillagerwitswag

RedBenson:

How far babe? Longest time. Happy Sunday!

same to u dear,,,hvnt been seeing u lately,hafa

dominique:
So the palm oil we use went through this process, ayama!

No, this is very crude. I have never seen it before. We have oil mills that are used to process palm kernels

Adaobi12:
I did it,I still do it. Granny sometimes calls me to come home and help her with the processing.
We don't do our this way. we use a long mortar like the one the lady in the first pic is in,then with a very long pestle carved out from the branch of any hard wood.
Its fun,but tiresome. but the reward is usually worth it. Fresh palm oil,free from grease and engine oil like the ones processed in oil mills.

proud of you girl, I know you are a good cook too

Yes! It's part of excercise. Is most done in Nsukka

blesoh:
same to u dear,,,hvnt been seeing u lately,hafa

I dey jare. How Cali town?

Nah didn't do this..i did ukwa n akpu,to filter akpu no b joke..

see ur mouth.... U no dey chop palm oil Ayii?


quote author=Blizzyblinkzy post=34502196]Its irritating...
Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me

waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment..
I knw they would deny it[/quote]

JuanDeDios:

Lol. They don't spit. And women hardly sweat like men. Plus it's subsequently going to pass through some intense heat.

be deceiving yourself.....
they sweat, spit & blow their noses in those pits. since the oil is still going to be cooked at huge temperatures, no one cares what happens during the stomping. matter of fact, the more impurities during the stomping, the tastier it gets.

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating...
Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me

waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment..
I knw they would deny it

Funny u @Blizzyblinkyzy" soo, u want to tell mi those galz that grew up in a village are not human?


Cos i dnt see, anytin irritating in what she is duin now

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating...
Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me

waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment..
I knw they would deny it

what are u?

Ewuro4:
That'll hurt. Palm kernels are hard. Hmmm



Cool. but you just made me wanna dump my Nigerian made Palm oil. So you used the process as a form of buffing your feet callus? Jeez.

I heard dodo ikire is processed same way too.

CC: Tayour

There are wines made in similar fashion , traditionally and locally made wines in Europe are made by stomping on grapes ( some of them ). At least the dodo ikere and palm oil go through some form of purification , frying and cooking , before it is consumed.

IDEKEALUMONA:


proud of you girl, I know you are a good cook too

IDEKEALUMONA:


proud of you girl, I know you are a good cook too

All villa babes come and share your experiences don't keep we town boys waiting too long.

I did it oooooo. I always help my grandma to do it when I go to visit her. That's why she always miss me when am not around

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating...
Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me

waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment..
I knw they would deny it

From ur pic,I look like a village girl and to be honest,most village girls fine pass u.
What's so irritating about this?
If we are to go home where u live,some villages houses better pass am sef.
Stop forming.

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating...
Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me

waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment..
I knw they would deny it

what are you forming for...pride goes before a fall

Sparkle777:
Frankly,am shocked and a bit appalled by how palm oil is being prcessed. Will never look at palm oil the same again.
Horrid.

Same here. This is just fking disgusting and unhygienic. Eww

Dongreat:
More reason why me sweet mom prepare ours fresh. Buy the nuts, boil, mesh in mortal (I assist as well), extract the juice and prepare with fresh fish, thick beef n goat meet. In our house we call it "Megbele"

U mean Omawunmi Megbele?

Ewuro4:
People will start buying their fresh kernels themselves. Is Nafdac aware of this?

the oil produced from this method is sweeter than the one produced with machine. Nafdac is aware don't they come from village.

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating... Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me
waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment.. I knw they would deny it

ugly

when we were kids at nnewi, we used to buy gallons of red oil from these kinda local mills... it was fun watching them tho

See how fresh this village gal looks. She fresh pass most gals wey dey form here on nairaland sef.

AM not a girl but I did it! theirs nothing there!

Blizzyblinkzy:
Its irritating... Well am not a village girl, So d question ain't 4 me
waitn 4 d village girls 2 comment.. I knw they would deny it

how can we be sure that you aint a village girl?

coogar:


be deceiving yourself.....
they sweat, spit & blow their noses in those pits. since the oil is still going to be cooked at huge temperatures, no one cares what happens during the stomping. matter of fact, the more impurities during the stomping, the tastier it gets.

You ARE exaggerating. I have witnessed the process extensively and no one spat or sweated. Ok, maybe in those pits - some people can be terrible. I'm more familiar with the smaller earth and wood mortars that you don't have to live inside like those guys in your picture. Maybe that's why my mom used to avoid "Igbo oil" - she could tell them with her nose.

obayaya:


The pictures Coogar posted are from the western part of the country... They're kinda for commercial production and are usually sited a distance from the house. mostly in farmlands

OP's picture is from the eastern part of the country particularly Nsukka axis.. You'll find that in almost every traditional kitchen in that axis.

Very true.

First saw the use of outdoor pits while passing through Ondo state.

JuanDeDios:

You ARE exaggerating. I have witnessed the process and no one spat or sweated. Ok, maybe in those pits - some people can be terrible. I'm more familiar with the smaller earth and wood mortars that you don't have to live inside like those guys in your picture. Maybe that's why my mom used to avoid "Igbo oil" - she could tell them with her nose.

Those outdoor pits are from the SW.