This is my first time of being in the west and am not from there am from the east, you Know how we do it there now . I came here and met W̶̲̥̅̊e̶̲̥̅̊t̶̲̥̅̊i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ pass mε̲̣̣̣̥ oo. Why do yoruba people like oil inside their food especially " eba and stew" ? I have never seen anything like that before. They just can't do without putting stew inside their food why? I can't continue

LOL! That's because the meat is usually cooked in the stew! That way, you can change up your vegetable soup (from okra to ewedu to gbegiri) without having to prepare new meat. As for the oil, dunno, I guess you've been eating at too many Mama Put places. You can reduce the oil when cooking at home.

Eateries maybe. . . Personal preps, matter of choice.

who is cooking for you? tell him/her to reduce the oil.

AM staying with nobody so i dont have anyone to cook 4 me, d worst part i cant cook. Iv been looking 4 igbo kitchens around i hv not seen. Na wa oo , Hunger go kill me oo

@morèmi2008 so stew is a necessity alongside every meal. Na wa o. I just pray i can blend. Yoruba pipo na wa o.

Red oil is essential to your health. Yoruba people enjoys this so much.

Poster

where in nigeria do people eat meals without stew?

Are you from somewhere else in africa?

You specifically mentioned eba with stew. Do you eat your own eba without stew?

If you need to network with your own people then ask around and see where you can find them.

^^

at d poster above my head am from nigeria n i eat my eba with soup not stew, Okay. It was my first tym of seeing people eat eba n stew instead of soup abi is stew n soup d same to u?

DONkollione:

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at d poster above my head am from nigeria n i eat my eba with soup not stew,  Okay. It was my first tym of seeing people eat eba n stew instead of soup abi is stew n soup d same to u?

yoruba people eat eba with stew or soup. we do both.
I'm yoruba and my favorite is spinach and egusi soup or ewedu with stew.

you need to find proper yoruba food. not those street oily foods. I can guess you are buying your food from the streets. you shouldn't eat those everyday.
find a wife or learn to cook

^^

be my wife nw. . . So dat u will cook it d way i like plsssssssssssss. I cant continue eating on d "streets"

Can you explain the difference between soup and stew while you're at it?

In nigeria, the two terms are used interchangeably so you really have to be more explicit.

^^

stew is red in color while soup has different colors eg green, yellow n so on. Stew is made of mostly tomatoes while soup has many ingredients. Wait r u yoruba?

tpia@:

Can you explain the difference between soup and stew while you're at it?

In nigeria, the two terms are used interchangeably so you really have to be more explicit.

the way I understand it,
stew is thicker. soup is more watery.

soup= obe (all kind)
stew= obe ata (only peppers)

^^i think he means stew as in obe ata [tomato stew], and soup meaning stew with ingredients eg vegetable soup, ila asepo[ okro], etc.

yea

I don't know too many people who refer to vegetable soup as stew.

DONkollione:

^^

stew is red in color while soup has different colors eg green, yellow n so on. Stew is made of mostly tomatoes while soup has many ingredients. Wait r u yoruba?

is this what you mean:



stew with okro:








okro soup:




is that correct?

YES BRO, @TPIA, DATS D DIFFERENCE AM TRYNA POINT OUT, d picture is making it look delicious but i doubt, the first day i ordered for okro without d stew i nearly cried it was worthless, the okro soup was just made of water, salt and d okro itself, or is it d way d person cooked it?

^^nobody eats okro without stew.

the first picture is the way its usually served, if its not a gumbo [what you're referring to as soup].

the second photo is ila alasepo [what you're calling soup].

DONkollione:

YES BRO, @TPIA, DATS D DIFFERENCE AM TRYNA POINT OUT, d picture is making it look delicious but i doubt, the first day i ordered for okro without d stew i nearly cried it was worthless, the okro soup was just made of water, salt and d okro itself, or is it d way d person cooked it?

hahah you have to order okro with the stew. you eat them together. lol

there is also okro soup which is a mixture and what you might be more familiar with. some food sellers don't carry it though.

^True.

Gumbo is actually considered sort of a "poor man's food" and while people do eat it occasionally or frequently depending on personal preference, its not really seen as fancy fare.

The sauce (what the op is calling stew or is it soup) is the standard fare.

People dont eat the other ones day in and day out unless there's a problem such as lack of money.

Doesnt mean i'm knocking ila alasepo though- i love the dish.

An exception here might be egusi stew, but even then people can still add sauce to it.

Hahaha. I can easily relate to the plight of the OP. This was one of the first culture shocks that I experienced when I first moved to Lagos - oily meals! How people enjoy such meals remains a mystery to me till this day. Thankfully I found restaurants that prepared meals the way I like around my 'hood.

^but you would not complain if you saw italian or meditteranean food with olive oil everywhere, right?

abeg make person hear word.

and do we see any complaints about americans/europeans and cheese?

colonial mentality at its best.

[size=13pt]<sup>ha ha i can feel the poster pains honestly i experience the same thing years back when i still dey country -- I travel to lagos for some project , that was my first time i have no family in lagos i have to rest in HOTEL , The 2 week and dys i spent in LAGOS i hear am!

there was a day i went to buy swallow and soup oh my goodness --- the soup na water water , the eba soft and no oil like the delta garri -- and na so people their rush dey buy the food like say e sweet !

one morning again i went to buy some meal in another restaurant the woman selling the food saw with my 2 clear eyes with 50 litre of galloon of red palm oil dey trowey indide the stew , cheii. . .i tire and was like oh how are this people managing to eat such meals even?</sup> [/size]

^^
lol!
my broda no b small matter o. I taya . I just dey thank Oluwa 4 showing me road 2 mama chibuzor resturant. I wonda wat would hv happen to me,

@TPIA, U r used to d oil na, #no wonder yoruba women r always fat

see all these igbo ppl sef. blame yourself for patronizing cheap street food sellers.

DONkollione:

@TPIA, U r used to d oil na, #no wonder yoruba women r always fat

is mama ngozi skinny?

mama chibuzor and yes, good question.

[size=13pt]<sup>And when they're saving u if u dare complain errh? any Yoruba woman selling food don't love seeing customers complaining or correcting em for the errors noticed in their way of service ----

They're always ready to say insult u ^^</sup> [/size]

The whining is getting too much plz.

If you cant cope outside your village, then do us all a favour and stay put there.

I guess oyibo spitting in your food is preferable.

[size=13pt]^{No! Tpia u know nobody can just spit on food for any human being to eat. . . ( ) I've never seen such a thing in my entire life but what we're talking about here is the way Yoruba people love plenty of palm oil inside their soup ^^ -- I would have enjoyed that period i went to lagos i did enjoyed other aspect but Food? I tire small. . . until i find good restaurant} [/size]

tpia@:

The whining is getting too much plz.

If you cant cope outside your village, then do us all a favour and stay put there.

I guess oyibo spitting in your food is preferable.

tpia@:

^but you would not complain if you saw italian or meditteranean food with olive oil everywhere, right?

abeg make person hear word.

and do we see any complaints about americans/europeans and cheese?

colonial mentality at its best.

You apparently see this difference in food preparation as some kind of attack on your person or people. Such an outlook is not the best for your nerves or your stomach for that matter. A little relaxation will do you a world of good.

A little tip: this thread and indeed this section is a feel good section not one where tribal hatred holds sway so don't take things here too seriously.

^^i believe you meant to address the op and your fellow whiner.

did i go to igboland and start complaining about the food there?

some of us even tried to help the poster and show him what he did wrong [didnt i post photos], only for some losers to jump in and try to act ignorant.

if you cant eat food you're not used to, then stay home or go and marry somebody who will cook the food you want.

dont start whining everywhere when nobody dragged your leg to where you are.

not to mention you're too lazy to cook yet are still abusing others who do.

Pls i didnt intend any tribalist response.

@tpia calm down! We re just expressing our experiences no harm @ll.

@jenifa yes o shes skinny n a virteous one 4 dat mata.