*Toyinrayo:

Are you minding Aloy.Emeka and TOH. . . .they're egusi haters.

It is unfortunate that anyone be deprived by self or otherwise of the joys of egusi . . . truly unfortunate.

abi o.

But not to worry. TOH still get hope.

cook it using vegetable oil or sunflower. I hate palm oil. Without palmoil egusi is fine

Egusi is overrated. I have noticed that the only tasty Egusi is the one my mum cooks.

As for its artery clogging qualities, is it any worse than much of what makes up our native grub?

4 Play:

Egusi is overrated. I have noticed that the only tasty Egusi is the one my mum cooks.

As for its artery clogging qualities, is it any worse than much of what makes up our native grub?

its not jor. . . .i love it

Egusi is not overrated - it's one of those few things with near universal appeal in Nigeria.

In fact all this talk of egusi is making me hungry! Tope send me your post code ASAP so I can come collect my share!

Tope cooks for her husband alone.

debosky:

Egusi is not overrated - it's one of those few things with near universal appeal in Nigeria.

In fact all this talk of egusi is making me hungry! Tope send me your post code ASAP so I can come collect my share!

My husband said i cant send u any egusi soup

tope2000:

My husband said i cant send u any egusi soup

You dey mind am? Please warm the egusi up for me before I get home.

SO 4play this is where you are?

Your wife will hear of this.

tope2000:

My husband said i cant send u any egusi soup

Who said anything about sending? Don't worry, I will come and COLLECT it myself.

4 Play:

You dey mind am? Please warm the egusi up for me before I get home.

But u said u only like ur mum's egusi  . . .so im giving debo some

Death by Egusi!!

That will be a sorry death. I rather die in the hands of Indian prostitutes while eating apples.

Are you minding Aloy.Emeka and TOH. . . .they're egusi haters.

I really do love egusi contrary to general belief here but that does not make it healthy for human consumption. There is this whitish fungi[I only know the igbo name] they used to mix egusi for us when we were in boarding school because apparently egusi was too expensive to concentrate the soup. the irony of the whole thing is that the fungi is healthier and more nutritious than the so called egusi reserved for the rich and mighty. Igbos also eat egusi balls which they make with egusi, crayfish and some other spices. It's very delicious but I am sure the quantity of cholesterol in it can clog an AC hose how much less your arteries.

@David,
Our ancestors lived longer after consuming them because they weren't living a sedentary life like most of us do today. No AC, no car sef, no mineral water, no beer, no cigarette. Everywhere them wan go, na their leg dem de use. They had few overweight ones among them and even the overweight ones were still athletic.

Kaiiiiiiiiiiiiii EGUSIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! I LOVE ME SOME EGUSI.


SERVE MY EGUSI WITH AMALA DUDU, BROKOTUH , PANLA, and PONMO.

Put fanta beside it and I am good to go.

Kaiiiiiiiiiiiiii EGUSIIIIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!! I LOVE ME SOME EGUSI.


SERVE MY EGUSI WITH AMALA DUDU, BROKOTUH , PANLA, and PONMO.

Put fanta beside it and I am good to go.

You are better off with efon or any other veggie soup my brother.

4 Play:

As for its artery clogging qualities, is it any worse than much of what makes up our native grub?  

True. Alot of our food have such qualities, I just pick on egusi cos I hate it.

Let's not forget egusi(mellon seeds) is a typical leguminous plant. That means despite significant amount of cholesterol, the plant is a source of much anti-oxidant, potassium, and trace minerals.

It sustained our people when protein was rare, so putting away plate-full egusi, when you're constantly exposed to pizza, burgers, fried chicken, etc; maybe a little too much.

For certain, egusi like other fatty food stay in the stomach for more than 90 minutes, so you may experience regurgitation, especially if eaten late at night.
(My cousin would especially have bad dreams about people trying to kill him after eating farina and egusi soup every night, untill I told him to stop his late dinner habit; then he stopped dreaming about witches and evils)

Egusi is the food of winches

naijaking1:

Let's not forget egusi(mellon seeds) is a typical leguminous plant. That means despite significant amount of cholesterol, the plant is a source of much anti-oxidant, potassium, and trace minerals.

Not intended to derail the topic, but these 'anti-oxidants' have been shown to be ineffective or have no effects at best, so that is not really doing much for Egusi's case IMO

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7754644.stm

(My cousin would especially have bad dreams about people trying to kill him after eating farina and egusi soup every night, untill I told him to stop his late dinner habit; then he stopped dreaming about witches and evils)

Now that is freaking ridiculous. Egusi induced nightmares.  

LOL 
egusi induced nightmares

*Hauwa*:

LOL
egusi induced nightmares

Egusi doesn't induce nightmares per say, but any heavy meal that sits inside the stomach for long time tends to draw extra amount of blood from the total cardiac output.
When this happens you reduce the minimal 22-25% that's supposed to go to the brain, when the brain gets deprived of adequate blood/oxygen; you know what happens next.
You could see yourself pulling a mack truck just with one finger
Meanwhile, the extra blood is working overtime trying to breakdown and digest the egusi or the fatty heavy meal in your stomach. You could also jump up from sleep for the same reason.
Before, I get more query on this, fatty food and egusi are not the only causes of nightmare.

like we all know egusi is a very rich delicacy however since it is an oily food item,there is the need to eat it with cation

  hehehe.

Naijaking1,
gotcha, thanks for the explanation  

debosky:

Not intended to derail the topic, but these 'anti-oxidants' have been shown to be ineffective or have no effects at best, so that is not really doing much for Egusi's case IMO

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7754644.stm
Now that is freaking ridiculous. Egusi induced nightmares.  

Your link doesn't disprove the age-old medical dictum that free radicals are good for cancer prevention/reduction, or even different types of genetic mutations. Any student of advanced chemistry knows that radicals are released when certain chemical reactions take place, these radicals are like sparks of fire which if not collected and sequestered may actually start a fire in the system. If you're taking anti-oxidants with the hope of of changing your 70 year old skin to 20 year old skin, then you may need a little more than anti-oxidants as we know it to achieve that result. It doesn't disprove the effect of anti-oxidants at the molecular level.

*Hauwa*:

hehehe.

Naijaking1,
gotcha, thanks for the explanation

Your welcome.
I see ur in NY; do you know the Ghananian ladies that make wonderful egusi soup in Bronx?

nah i don't know her, am far from NY though

My grandma who is an egusi freak as per ijebu parols. . . . .Ate Egusi all her life. . . and she nor kpai until after 80years. . . . .whats early with that??

lalaboi:

My grandma who is an egusi freak as per ijebu parols. . . . .Ate Egusi all her life. . . and she nor kpai until after 80years. . . . .whats early with that??

did she work at a desk all her life?

all my naija meals have being labelled killer-this killer-that
1st was my still favourite beans--killer beans, then bromate bread, now its egusi

Emmmm, Ohh sh*t ---- me i eat egusi like i drink water. Even rice, i dey use egusi chop am!! chei!!!!!!