Schwartz:
MrsOJ your very correct o. That food no dey hold bele . My foreign flatmates here take only coffee for breakfast. No bread nothing more with the coffee and they are very satisfied. As for me Na correct swallow and soup for brekie or like today, I had spaghetti and grilled chicken for breakie with tea. My naija tummy is formulated to handle quantity.
The oyinbo people here they don't cook at all. Even the 3 ladies here. Na so so coffee from morning till night.

pendolucks:


waah. small question,
Is eating heavy food for breakfast a cultural thing for west africans? would you still wake up to eat a heavy meal even though you ate dinner? When do you take tea or coffee?

tchidi:


Yes Sahh!! Whether we load eba for night, we can still chop 'overnight eba '. Or last-last, Yam.

Tea and coffee na with heavy bread and akara!!

pendolucks:


waah. small question,
Is eating heavy food for breakfast a cultural thing for west africans? would you still wake up to eat a heavy meal even though you ate dinner? When do you take tea or coffee?

Schwartz:

One of the culture shocks I experienced here abroad is that oyinbo people here don't cook. Although i live alone, but i came on holidays at my man's house in the South so we share a fully furnished kitchen with them , but they just don't cook in it. There are 2 German ladies, a French lady and a German man. None has ever cooked any meal. The only equipment getting busy in the kitchen is the kettle for tea and coffee machine. They don't even use the microwave to warm anything.
But me and my man (Nigerians) we stun them by making heavy meals all the time. From fries, jollof rice to grills to Naija soups, and swallows, we don't joke with our tummy. When they come to into kitchen they keep asking what are you making? Looks nice. The German man once asked me why do you cook all the time? Its shocking to him. I told him in my country no man will marry you if you cant cook. But we have given him our Naija jollof rice, salad, chicken and egusi soup. He liked it. The other German lady was stretching her neck into my egusi soup pot and asking questions. We gave her some soup and swallow, she liked it too.
Back to your question, my big cup of tea goes with half a loaf of bread, fried eggs, bacon, sausages. That's to wake the stomach up. Heavy Swallow and soup comes in later in the afternoon. Life is short o. I can't drink half a cup of tea and be okay. My tummy would rumble

Schwartz:

One of the culture shocks I experienced here abroad is that oyinbo people here don't cook. Although i live alone, but i came on holidays at my man's house in the South so we share a fully furnished kitchen with them , but they just don't cook in it. There are 2 German ladies, a French lady and a German man. None has ever cooked any meal. The only equipment getting busy in the kitchen is the kettle for tea and coffee machine. They don't even use the microwave to warm anything.
But me and my man (Nigerians) we stun them by making heavy meals all the time. From fries, jollof rice to grills to Naija soups, and swallows, we don't joke with our tummy. When they come to into kitchen they keep asking what are you making? Looks nice. The German man once asked me why do you cook all the time? Its shocking to him. I told him in my country no man will marry you if you cant cook. But we have given him our Naija jollof rice, salad, chicken and egusi soup. He liked it. The other German lady was stretching her neck into my egusi soup pot and asking questions. We gave her some soup and swallow, she liked it too.
Back to your question, my big cup of tea goes with half a loaf of bread, fried eggs, bacon, sausages. That's to wake the stomach up. Heavy Swallow and soup comes in later in the afternoon. Life is short o. I can't drink half a cup of tea and be okay. My tummy would rumble

Roland17:
Hey foodies it's been a while.

Weekday lineup..

Jollof Rice with mixed vegetables, liver and gizzard.

Spinach soup with goat meat and cow leg.

Tomatoe stew with Marinated chicken... I actually marinated the chicken over night and the taste is magnificent.

Ripe plantain porridge with vegetables and beef.. Made it with palm oil..

cococandy:

Roland17:


Nwanyioma long time.. i hope everyone is doing great over there.

The weather this days just dey make vex..make we kukuma go back to winter sef .

cococandy:

I'm fine dear. Everything is going great. Thank you.

Winter? You must be kidding. Pls don't say that again. Winter affects my mood seriously. If we didn't have Christmas to distract us some part of the winter, I don't know what I'd do. You can't even take walks during the winter. That's why I usually go to Florida during some of that period.

If you see as my mood dey elevate since this wonderful summery spring started ehn. You won't say what you're just saying.
I can dress light and even drive with the sunroof down. How wonderful. If the weather will be like this all year round, I promise the lord I'll serve him all my life.

It's just the perfect blend of sun, rain, cool breezes and warm breeze and lovely cherry blossoms everywhere.

I guess your area is too hot else no one here is complaining about the weather except some die hard oyibo ice fish that call themselves warm blooded people.

Roland17:


I love to enjoy all four seasons the US has to offer, maybe that is why i am not fascinated by Florida, Texas and Hawaii except for vacation and short stays..however, like many "normal" human, i look forward to Summer with gusto..this cold is lingering for too long over here and i am at a point where i am done waiting for some heat as i am scared its taking forever and may never arrive it's has been raining all week with a light mix of snow (some days) and some chilly wind which makes me mad

I expressed my displeasure at the current weather to some "abnormal's" and some were telling me they detest the fact that the cold would soon be over na him i tell dem say "una hate me abi"? make una kukuma move go Alaska, South Dakota or Vermont.

Schwartz:
The weather here is madt The most unpredictable weather ever. It can move from 18°c with serious sun and heat. And everyone out happy were t-shirts and shorts, then the next minute it drops to 0°c with very heavy snow. Everywhere suddenly turning white and freezing cold. Next minute, its 6°c and starts to rain with thunder storms.
So in one day we have summer, winter and spring all together . And its supposed to be summer now