₦airaland Forum

jaymichael:
Angelique Kidjo isn't Egun, she is Fon. Her mother is Yoruba

the people we had the name of their ethnic group corrupted to as 'Egun' who are known as the 'Gouns' are people categorized under the FON peoples of Benin Republic.

nuelzy:
i take God beg u.....pls drop d recipe of dat garden egg and smoked fish sauce biko....

Garden egg
Smoked fish
Tomato
Pepper
Onion
Veg oil
Spices/flavours of choice.

Simple steps: cook your garden egg along with the yam, remove them when they are soft and tender, you don't have to cook it with the yam to the end, Peel the skin off thethen mash it in a bowl and keep aside.
Make your sauce, I first heat my oil, I use little personally, pour your not too blended ingredients, I love to hear that frying sound ' shriiiiin', allow cook, add your salt, flavours, spices, I like curry and ginger/ garlic, allow cook, add your smoked fish and after a lil while add your mashed garden egg, stir it and let the sauce mix in properly.
N.B: The palatability of this will depend on your stew sauce, before you add the garden egg, make sure your sauce is tasty enough.

1.Mortar pounded yam ati efo riro ati obe egusi
2. Yam and garden egg/ smoke fish sauce.
3. Chicken Pie.
Trust me they tasted so nice.
Cooking is an art.

Ilaje44:
Well, omo baba kan ni kete ria. Oju obo lo kan yato.

your ekiti is cool, but I will say ' omo a'ba kan ni kete ra' the 'kan' intonation is in the low tone unlike the normal Yoruba which will be in high tone. I have read some of your old topics on Ilajr, especially the one that talked on Ilaje being a Yoruba group and their relationship with the Urhobo. I have visited Ilaje, I went to Igbokoda, Aiyetoro, Araromi, Ugbo and I passed through Mahin. I love your place. It shows how diverse the Yoruba tribe is, I understand the dialect easily, due to the fact that I am from Ekiti, the intonation and speech and some words are close to ours, but unfortunately someone coming from Oshogbo or ogbomosho might be lost and think he is somewhere outside Yoruba land. I will love it if you can do a new write up on the Ilaje people, I want to read about the Ikale and Akoko people too and their association with the binis.

new menu added Oat meal cookies,
they loved it.

Pronmix:
The "shark" from Badagry have arrived?

yes and some have landed inside egusi and the skin looks like ponmo , some fish flesh can actually have meat texture.

Seafood sauce- crab, octopus, big prawn and fish all dry, taste so good.

Rice and vegetables stuffed with nuff smoked fish.

baby124:
Wow, there is lobster in badagry? Interesting. I see lobster, crab and a baby shark. Shark meat is not like fish, but like meat. Lol. Enjoy.

yes, the skin is more of hide and not like fish.

Pronmix:
That's definitely a shark.

baby shark yea.

cococandy:
That looks like a shark.

Lucky you. See plenty sea food

Baby shark,
Guess the specie is Tiger shark.

A colleague travelled home to Badagry for sallah break, he has siblings who are into fishing, gave him some dough to help get sea foods and also dry them, can't wait to have them calm down inside egusi and vegetable soup. What he got for me and sent through whatsap are:

I read about the Abeokuta part some years back, it is now corrupted to 'bekuta'. It was a settlement established by Enslaved Yoruba of Egba descent who were brought to Jamaica, after their freedom and obviously as they couldn't come back home, they decide to start a community like the one they left. Professor Wole Soyinka having heard of the story was too excited and decided to visit the place, himself an Egba man, he stated in his account how he saw the last surving woman who knew the history of the community. The woman told him of how she missed how people used to live communally, but most of them have passed away, how the people lived in the traditional ways, religion, food etc, the woman mentioned that all the Yoruba foods known were eaten in Bekuta. Unhappily it was said the woman talked about how things have changed, the younger generations have abandoned the older people's ways and most of them have moved away to the big city. I was deeply intrigued with the story.

Where is Professor Laz Ekwueme a very seasoned music director, who has written and conducted a lot of orchestra songs, he acts the role of Igwe and Chief mostly in movies.
Where is Professor Akinwunmi Ishola who formerly lectures in OAU and later UI, he acts the role of Babalawo mostly.

Kimoni:
A.K.A Deepon

My late pop's best meal. I've not had it in years

Deepon? Nice one
What language is that.

sugarcoconut:
Will try this soon. I've seen a lot of it recently and this looks delicious.

It tastes very nice, added lot of onions, pepper and smoked fish.

Beans and Corn
A.K.A Adalu
A.K.A Sokundale
A.K.A Lamuluke
A.K.A Moki.

9jacrip:
No sir.
I attended Pearl Preparatory School briefly instead.

I was in pearl too, left for moremi '89. I will def. Know you.

cococandy:
See what you made me do ayyoshert.
Had to bring out my soup for my the freezer.

hahahahahaha, welcome to the meeting!!!

cococandy:
You understand.

I almost cried when I couldn't find potash to make abacha (African salad) with. I found something that looks like it. I'll know if it really that when I try it.
And I've given up on looking for Pomo. Just eating the thing in my dreams.

hahahahaha, sorry, you just have to improvise.

I believe this tradition is restricted to Ondo and Ekiti States, I have never heard of a regency practise amongst the Oyos, Ifes, Egbas and other Yoruba group west of Ondo and Ekiti at least in the recent time. I strongly believe these two states have an earlier aboriginal tradition that existed prior to the time the major Yoruba influx and migration came, the influx came with a superior culture which swallowed the existing one on ground, albeit a whole lot of traces can still be found in terms of this regency thing, even in our dialects, our mode of music, dance steps and drumming.

Amis:
Ayyoshert...nice one

thank you.

cococandy:
HAhaha. Meeting indeed.
That fourth pic tho. So enticing. I want that.

I found some garri yesterday. I'm so happy.

I know how it is out there in the land of Tacos and Burritos, what we take for granted here is luxurious there.

Egusi and EBA to ki! By me.
1st and 2nd pics- just before the veg. Joined in for the meeting, in the egusi meeting we already got, mushrooms, panla(stockfish), dried catfish, crayfish, ogiri, we got a whole bunch of niggaz in there.

3rd pics- Veg. Finally joined his colleagues in the meeting.

4th Pict. By the time you see it, all the contents are already in my stomach, wish me bon apetit in arrears

[quote author=ayyoshert post=35854079]Cross river state of Nigeria can be arguably regarded as the most dynamic of all the states in the country, this dynamism is being portrayed by the richness in its culture, a uniform attitude of hospitality and welcoming nature of it’s beautiful people, as part of this dynamism is also the gift of nature the state is blessed with. Cross river state is located at the south easternmost part of the country, its neighbours are Ebonyi and Abia to the West, Benue to the North, Cameroon to the East and the Akwa Ibom/ Atlantic ocean to the south.
The most prominent language is the Efik language, spoken by the Efik people who are predominantly located in Calabar, the capital, albeit some of them are found in Odukpani and as far as Biase. The Ejagham people are also one of the ethnic groups found in the state, these people also known as the Ekoi people are located around Ugep, Ikom, Boki, Ishibori(Ogoja) and other adjoining villages in these areas. Interestingly, the Ekoi people are also found in Cameroon, most of these towns are located around Nigerian Cameroonian border.................. read more and see photos on / http://bagpakkers.com/

Cross river state of Nigeria can be arguably regarded as the most dynamic of all the states in the country, this dynamism is being portrayed by the richness in its culture, a uniform attitude of hospitality and welcoming nature of it’s beautiful people, as part of this dynamism is also the gift of nature the state is blessed with. Cross river state is located at the south easternmost part of the country, its neighbours are Ebonyi and Abia to the West, Benue to the North, Cameroon to the East and the Akwa Ibom/ Atlantic ocean to the south.
The most prominent language is the Efik language, spoken by the Efik people who are predominantly located in Calabar, the capital, albeit some of them are found in Odukpani and as far as Biase. The Ejagham people are also one of the ethnic groups found in the state, these people also known as the Ekoi people are located around Ugep, Ikom, Boki, Ishibori(Ogoja) and other adjoining villages in these areas. Interestingly, the Ekoi people are also found in Cameroon, most of these towns are located around Nigerian Cameroonian border.................. read more and see photos on bagpakkers.com/

breadplanets:
Wahahahahahahahahahaha......... Sorry couldnt help it. #okbye

Miss bread planet it was a typing error, how are you doing?

chimajii:
Great, I think d issue d person was having was, she applied too much margarine while greasing the pan, so while it was bakin,the under/back felt like d margarine was melting and in turn the back was quite MOIST. I was wondering if that's how it happens to every oda person who does meat pie. I was imagining how d back wud get baked as well.ishe ended up turning it ova to have that part bake for a while. And it came out good. This is just my observation and logic towards d moist back having to be turned. But I may be wrong. Cud be oda wahala

nice one, i will try reduce the margarine on the baking pan the next time, that could just be the answer.

chimajii:
Sorry to ask,while ur meat pie was n d oven, did u turn it to the oda side for the back to get baked? Also it looks like u didn't press down the fork at the sides properly for them to seal up. Are u one to follow so so and so degrees for baking of ur meat pie? Or u just use low heat and knw when it is ready or done? Sorry too many questions

i think the egg i applied to do the sealing was not just working, i still hope to be more perfect than this, my oven does not have the control, so i just put it at a medium heat and i checked it after 30 mins, then check once or twice again. You dont turn meat pie, and i dont think they turn in baking.

Kimoni:
Ayyoshert, this ur egg is causing commotion here o
Pls come and redefine it
Before we start pooing till eternity

yea i just noticed.

[quote author=chineloSA post=35108346]

I cannot even attempt to make this cake. 500g then 500kg then 6-7 eggs. That cake surely smells of egg only.All the other ingredients are overpowered by the eggs.
error, you know when you are working and also on social media same time.

tranxo:
500kg eggs is 6 to 7 eggs?!!!!! Na ostrich egg?

hahahaha, sorry grammes