cjrane:
Malaysia and Indonesia even make better grade palm oil now than Naija.

tpiadotcom:


That's the packaging you're looking at ( processed for export).

cjrane:


Hehehehe.... Sorry, its same quality palm oil eaten in Malaysia is same exact quality exported.Its light, unsaturated,cholesterol free and healthy for consumption

In Nigeria, our cheating culture make our people to sell bottom saturated residue as oil. That bottom part is only good enough for making Dudu -Osun soap and not for human consumption as we do in Nigeria

tpiadotcom:


If oyinbos tell you the thicker part can be used in cooking, will you be happier?

However, I agree moderation is necessary for any type of food.

cjrane:


When i was younger . . . Then gradually, it was becoming acceptable to have residue as half of the bottle. Today, they just don't care and they make the residue to be 100%.

It is not about oyibo. Our fore fathers NEVER ate roasted yam with red oil that could not flow out of the container at room temperature. That is why they lived so long, because they avoided the cholesterol part of the oil which kills.
I can very well just eat only animal fat and blubber instead of the meat claiming it is oyibo that "said" eating pure fat is bad. My denial does not stop the fat from destroying my body slowly if I dare to eat only fat and not meat

cjrane:
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tpiadotcom:
^cholesterol is an animal fat based product, madam. It is not found in plant derivatives which include palm oil.

there are areas where the palm fruit itself is used in cooking, and even as a child, i sometimes ate cooked palm fruits which hadnt even had the oil processed from them yet.


so where does your thick/light theory come in, given the fact that thick or light palm oil still has to be heated to a thinner constituency?

as i pointed out before, the key to healthy eating is moderation and awareness of what goes into your mouth, olive oil for example has grades, same with palm oil, no need to run down one grade with false and alarmist info, rather, you should seek to educate people on why they should use the lighter grade rather than the thick one.

EasternPride:
zoo.

delishpot:



plants contain cholesterol too though not as high as that of animal.

cjrane:
Malaysia and Indonesia even make better grade palm oil now than Naija.

It's a mark of how useless we are as a nation fighting over crude oil while neglecting other resources which could make Nigeria equally rich

tpiadotcom:


where is that?

EasternPride:


my lineage.

tpiadotcom:



is that how you describe your area?

EasternPride:


i am a Typical ignorant baboon, always showing self-pity.

No wonder I type like an i.diot.

tpiadotcom:
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MzJackBaueress:
I have seen and used imported vegetable oil. I have never seen or used imported palm oil except the one my sister sent to me from Ivory Coast which is well processed than the one we use in Nigeria.

Since this news is coming from Radio Biafra,I refuse to believe.

EasternPride:


Hahaha. I am a Baboon

EasternPride:


But a ship carrying imported palm oil came in last week, and it was reported in one of the dailies.

MzJackBaueress:
Really? That means the importation just started.

Well it doesn't stop me from buying palm oil straight from my village. Freshly processed palm oil.

EasternPride:
MARCH 18, 2015
NIGERIA IMPORTS N313.97BN PALM OIL IN FIVE YEARS.
http://news.najiriya.com/2015/03/18/nigeria-imports-n313-97bn-palm-oil-in-five-years/

EasternPride:


See from this article it says five years, remember the five years here is the ones the media reported, but it has gone on for over a decade.




I remember Nnamdi Kalu said that 11 years ago, when he brought a proposal and nice presentation to a firm that deals on palm oil in the U.K.
The firm accepted his idea but told him point blank that Nigeria imports palm oil, he said he dragged the issue until they brought proof.

Imagine the scenario, but come to a typical village in the East, palm trees are everywhere.

It's such a shame, really.