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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by BeeBeeOoh(m): 4:52pm On Apr 14, 2020
IstandWithGod:
At this stage of lockdown am sure some people will eat the "tabooed" food.
My brother, e no funny again oh cheesy sad
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by justifyme(m): 4:52pm On Apr 14, 2020
LION

Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Nobody: 4:53pm On Apr 14, 2020
Ishilove:
Snails. Ukwuani land.

I've never eaten snails, will never knowingly eat them. If one unknowingly eats them, you're supposed to induce vomiting. If you can't, you're to go for ceremonial cleansing.

Rubbish.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Nobody: 4:53pm On Apr 14, 2020
I eat anything I like/want.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by xpool(m): 4:53pm On Apr 14, 2020
chatinent:
¤ Nigga, personally I eat everything edible. I'm no traditional man.
Why do you guys like to be lawless in all aspects of your lives?
Simple informative thread, and interesting too.
Just taboo food and food items, ingredients, edibles and you just dey talk irrelevant things. Abi you no get town?

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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by irunoko(m): 4:53pm On Apr 14, 2020
seunlayi:
Yoruba don't eat vulture
I eat it's egg.veeeerryyyy delicious wink

You need to fry it and eat with boiled yam, yummy kiss
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by BeeBeeOoh(m): 4:54pm On Apr 14, 2020
Realstick941:
I am hausa we look down on Goat meat
Are you for real undecided
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Briller: 4:54pm On Apr 14, 2020
Python

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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Graysons: 4:54pm On Apr 14, 2020
tpiar:


That's why I said "in parts of Ijaw land"
oga mention the parts.

I want to know.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Starhearts: 4:54pm On Apr 14, 2020
Leopard
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by ijaw1stson: 4:55pm On Apr 14, 2020
Ishilove:
Snails. Ukwuani land.

I've never eaten snails, will never knowingly eat them. If one unknowingly eats them, you're supposed to induce vomiting. If you can't, you're to go for ceremonial cleansing.
are you seriously serious? Wow I love snails like mad
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by seunlayi(m): 4:55pm On Apr 14, 2020
irunoko:
I eat it's egg.veeeerryyyy delicious wink

You need to fry it and eat with boiled yam, yummy kiss
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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by tpiar: 4:55pm On Apr 14, 2020
Graysons:
oga mention the parts.

I want to know.

Google it.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Hiqh2dkay: 4:55pm On Apr 14, 2020
There’s this insect we eat alive in my village during rainy season! It’s a taboo in the village next to us!
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by MrEnigma007: 4:56pm On Apr 14, 2020
Ukwuani, So I have eaten snail �, heard it is sweet ... Was told it weakens a man, how true I don't know... Don't eat pigs and Ram as well
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Blackfriday: 4:56pm On Apr 14, 2020
tpiar:


That's bitter yam, very tasty.

I'm not from your place, so I can eat it. smiley You shouldn't, though.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_dumetorum


lol... enjoy

It's considered an abomination to even bring it into the house of an owerri man.

We call it "UNA"
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by tpiar: 4:56pm On Apr 14, 2020
Hiqh2dkay:
There’s this insect we eat alive in my village during rainy season! It’s a taboo in the village next to us!

Which insect and where is that?

If you don't give details then it sounds like you're just trolling.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by darfay: 4:56pm On Apr 14, 2020
tpiar:


That's bitter yam, very tasty.

I'm not from your place, so I can eat it. smiley You shouldn't, though.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea_dumetorum




Only you said it's bitter yam, and now you are saying it's sweet/tasty.i guess it is bitter/sweet
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Briller: 4:56pm On Apr 14, 2020
justifyme:
LION

Lol. Abeg where you want see the lion? I think we too don't eat lion cause it's our reincarnate.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Psalmy2cute(m): 4:56pm On Apr 14, 2020
nlPoster:
In parts of Ijaw land, eating snails is taboo.
never heard of this before
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by grandstar(m): 4:57pm On Apr 14, 2020
Bush rat. Ondo people are forbidden.

Due to that, I've only eaten it about 5 times in my life, the last one was one within our compound a few years ago. . Those things are very big.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by irunoko(m): 4:57pm On Apr 14, 2020
seunlayi:
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I said I eat vuulture eggs (fried one) with boiled yam.you will bite your tongue
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by vasco01(m): 4:57pm On Apr 14, 2020
For my side eating cow meat and rice is a taboo
Adamawa state. Michika LGA to be precise........

Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by buygala(m): 4:58pm On Apr 14, 2020
tpiar:
No offtopic please.

I'll be reporting such.

@ miqos and buygala.



How is my comment off topic?
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by tpiar: 4:58pm On Apr 14, 2020
darfay:



Only you said it's bitter yam, and now you are saying it's sweet/tasty.i guess it is bitter/sweet

"It's tasty" is different from "it's sweet".

Something can be tasty without being sweet.

Bitter leaf is tasty, it's not sweet.

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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Nobody: 4:58pm On Apr 14, 2020
cococandy:


If you don’t do any of those things, will anything happen?

Purely curious

Nothing will happen. Nigerians just like being superstitious.

Same way a lot of them say if you kill a duck that doesn’t belong to you,you must pay for it or bury it in a human way or else you’ll die or live a miserable life. grin

Africa is filled with useless,primitive,senseless and illogical traditions/customs.

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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by frankfrank(m): 4:58pm On Apr 14, 2020
Hmmmmmmmmmm, oye-ukwani
My Mother used to say its forbidden in Ukwani, bla bla bla bla
D day she taste snail till today na no going back.
I beg go enjoy snail nothing dey happened

Ishilove:
Snails. Ukwuani land.

I've never eaten snails, will never knowingly eat them. If one unknowingly eats them, you're supposed to induce vomiting. If you can't, you're to go for ceremonial cleansing.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by babyfaceafrica: 4:59pm On Apr 14, 2020
Ishilove:
Snails. Ukwuani land.

I've never eaten snails, will never knowingly eat them. If one unknowingly eats them, you're supposed to induce vomiting. If you can't, you're to go for ceremonial cleansing.

Sweer delicacy.. Just wash am well..cook and fry
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Chibossboi(m): 4:59pm On Apr 14, 2020
Ishilove:
Snails. Ukwuani land.

I've never eaten snails, will never knowingly eat them. If one unknowingly eats them, you're supposed to induce vomiting. If you can't, you're to go for ceremonial cleansing.
Which part of ukwuani.
Cus I don chop snail tire ooh.
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Kellie069(m): 4:59pm On Apr 14, 2020
I forbid snake and cat by tradition. I don't eat ogbonor or okro soup by choice, I don't eat pounded yam nor drink tea by choice too. Never had golden morn, rice cripsy, corn flakes and its equivalents ( by choice too
Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by Nobody: 4:59pm On Apr 14, 2020
Tweiker:


Hell, man who does

I know some do.

It's real "bushmeat" in certain parts of this country I hear.

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Re: What Food Items Are Taboo In Your Traditional Nigerian Culture? by tpiar: 4:59pm On Apr 14, 2020
In Ukwuani parts, it's believed eating snails can aggravate keloid it seems.

I think someone mentioned that on nairaland years ago.

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