What are the strange myths you've heard about cooking. Like me now, my mum says one doesn't cover draw soup when cooking it. Her reason is that, once covered it does not draw again

Nairalanders feel free to add yours

CodeineJunkiee: my mum says one doesn't cover draw soup when cooking it. Her reason is that, once covered it does not draw again

I cover my okra(no be draw soup too?) When cooking and it comes out green and draws fine.

@topic, I don't think there are many. Heard though, that when more than one person is involved in the wrapping of moin moin, they must all make small knots with moin moin leaves and drop inside the pot or the moin moin will be bad. True or false I don't know.

candy:
I cover my okra(no be draw soup too?) When cooking and it comes out green and draws fine.

@topic, I don't think there are many. Heard though, that when more than one person is involved in the wrapping of moin moin, they must all make small knots with moin moin leaves and drop inside the pot or the moin moin will be bad. True or false I don't know.

Lol I've heard about that one too and another one which is you have to put charcoal in moi moi if you don't want to let it go stale before wrapping it to cook

Myth 1... Dipping your hands in the pot of stew makes it sour

experiment... After numerous dipping of my hand in the pot in order to... You know.... I can say this is not true coz the soup don't get sour.

Hypotheses... Either my hands are super clean or this is just a myth...

Conclusion... Considering am nt the very meticulous type at that time, it is safe to conclude am nt germ free hence...... THIS IS JUST A MYTH

1, Grinding pepper with Stone (manually) makes the Stew sweeter..

I heard when preparing dog-meat pepper-soup a lot of dry gin(kai-kai) must be applied.Lest the meat would be too fatty to eat.

havent heard any
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My mum when adding bitterleaf to a soup always moves her hand in a circular motion over the pot before adding the leaves.

don't taste it When cooking

They are all fallacy

Lolz.... when cooking, and salt is too much, add salt to d fire either stove or firewood and the salt content will reduce. this is quite common

GOOGLE FACTS: don't travel while u are cooking. The food will get burnt!

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That when cooking breadfruit and it refuse to done, that i should put a nail in the pot to hasten the process..


That i should never bring down a boiling corn from the fire, or it ll never be done again..

You loose apetite when u cook ur own food... Hunger never wire u

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If you eat food from d pot while it is still on the fire, then it is going to rain during ur marriage ceremony. Frm the day i heard dis, i begin beg my smallie to stop eating food frm pot

Aphex: Lolz.... when cooking, and salt is too much, add salt to d fire either stove or firewood and the salt content will reduce. this is quite common

wow first time am hearing this

Yoruba's are the Most guilty set of Pple Concerning the issue of myth, for xample they say dat Pple should not eat fish head cos it makes dem dull, sme student will not read and they xpect 2pass because they are not eating the head of fish.......
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if you don't put anything into the pot directly with your hands it can never be sweet--till today i still crush seasoning cubes with my hands ........see juju

They said eating food from the fire directly makes one's temperamental.....Eating from fire is my specialty and guess what?? I use to have a silly temper till I started working on controlling it, still a work in progress and its better now. I still eat from the fire tho'

if u put your hand inside the stew it spoils

I've heard alot..
First,don't slice oha vegetable otherwise it will be bitter..
2,when boiling corn/maize,don't add salt,cause it will never done..
3,when cooking,don't taste it with spoon(this is for the male),otherwise your nipples will be like that of little girl developing breast.
4,when boiling strong meat,put nail to soften it..lols
5,a young lady that taste the spoon while cooking,hardly get married...
6,too many cooks spoil the food...
7,foods prepared with fire wood,is tastier than the one's prepared with gas,stove and the rest..
8,when you use onion in preparing soup,it gets sour in the next few hours....
*e plenty bt mk i stop here.Dnt ask me hw i take kn all dz*

*U don't sit while pounding yam,its a taboo

*U don't sit while pounding,its a taboo

Yoney007: They said eating food from the fire directly makes one's temperamental.....Eating from fire is my specialty and guess what?? I use to have a silly temper till I started working on controlling it, still a work in progress and its better now. I still eat from the fire tho'

Eating from the fire ke? Hian! Poor glutton

Eating from source
Eating from the pot.

Smh

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If you cook a meal, you will find it difficult to consume much from it!

Opiosko: Eating from the fire ke? Hian! Poor glutton

Na your opinion be that bros...You are entitled to it.