₦airaland Forum

Leesah:
Is it not this PH. Can't get yam, tomatoes is expensive, meat is worse since this lockdown. The person selling sales stale meat and sometimes when you put inside water, the water becomes green. I sincerely can't wait for all this to be over

Eeeya. I believe Ur stay there is temporary, probably u are observing Ur NYSC there. It's always like that.

Don't worry, once u are done and back home u will go back to enjoying Ur the best of the best.

Leesah:
Beautiful and inviting. Yam is very expensive here if not I'd have made this. Been craving for it since last week that I had to trek for almost 20mins to the house of the person selling yam only for him to show me one rejected yam for 600. I really miss my mum place because of things like this. Cheap and easy to get

What part of Nigeria is Yam expensive? There's yam almost everywhere in Lagos now; you see Hausa guys hawking it with wheel barrow here and there

kinah:
Foodies
Good afternoon
Don't mind my boring story Pls.
Am a Yoruba lady, HUB yoruba.
We are both adventurous with food esp soups. HUB during his service years toured around Nigeria abit,
To the main issue
I Av perfected edikaikong
I want to start cooking other soups recipe.
But we will eventually purge o after my experiments .eg the bitter leaf soup.(ofe onugbu) I cooked last Week. We purge sotey. Hmmmm
Even egusi soup. But I eat in people's houses and I don't purge.
My next experiment is ofe nsala
Pls can u tell me what am not doing right?

Thanks in advance

Your story is not boring, it's actually funny ( especially the purging part )

I believe the issue might have to do with hygiene. It might just be flies perching on any of the ingredients u used or something.

Immediately I saw that Àsaro posted by Akposy, my mind just dey tell my brain say I must chop àsaro today, it have tayed I last had one.

So I had to dash out and get ugwu leaves which I feel is the last ingredient that crowns a nourishing yam porridge.

Required : Yam, diced ponmo, dried prawns, smoked fish, palm oil, chopped ugwu leaves, seasoning, roughly blended tomatoes and pepper onions, and salt to taste.

Process: I followed a video I once watched on YouTube. So I started by heating the palm oil for few minutes and added onions to it. The roughly blended pepper was added to the mix after which I allowed it to fry for about 3 mins on medium heat before adding seasoning cubes( I used knorr chicken)

Then I added the yam to the stew on fire along with the dried prawn, diced ponmo and smoked fish to the mix. Immidiately, I added just enough water to cook the yam and added salt to taste.

I allowed it to cook for 14 minutes and checked to see it was done, so I added the already washed chopped ugwu leaves and allowed it to simmer for 2 minutes before stirring every every together. I took it off the fire after 2 more minutes and served.

Lunch is served

pocohantas:
Yea. I doubt ripe ones would do same. I don’t take ripe ones sha.

You are weird. Just accept it.

From Dangote spaghetti to unripe mango

raumdeuter:
Even if Naby Keita and Shaqiri are playing regularly, he would say he has helped the team gather crucial points e.g the game vs Man Ud that sacked Mourinho
For an attacker, scoring and assisting is the most important attribute and it is the hardest part of the game
Giroud will also claim he is holding up play
Its when the wingers are more effective than the 9 that they start looking for other attributes to celebrate in the 9.
It was the inability of Firmino that forced Salah and Mane to step up, Its why they are forced to take tough shots because they know their 9 wont score

Well I don't think anybody hypes Firminho as one of the top 10 strikers in the Epl. Obviously he's not one. So I don't understand how he's overrated

It is Henderson that is being hyped by the British media when he has nothing really tí show for it aside pashun

Akposy:
Asaro (Yam porridge)

This thing just make asaro hungry me o. I will find way and cook it soon

pocohantas:
Lol. It was strong, the body wasn’t so smoother- but that didn’t matter to me. I sha buy am.

So how has been it's reaction on Ur teeth?

pocohantas:
Who was giving guidelines for mango shopping?

BlueRayDick right?

This one u have here is black market ó. What happened na?

raumdeuter:
Firminos influence in Liverpool is also overrated, vs Atletico was the only game he scored in Anfield in almost a year

Well....I don't know how high they rate Firminho, but he's very good at hold-up play which is one good attribute that has helped the team get some crucial points when they needed it.

He's very strong on the ball and difficult to ruffle up. He feeds Sallah and Mane which I think is their coach's game plan. If I have two pacy forwards like Sallah and Mane, I won't look for A Jamie Vardie or Aguero to complete the trio.....I will go for a Firminho to always help them jig things up

Leyqute:
Henderson is not slightly above average. He’s the king of average.

Passing technique, vision, positional intelligence and other attributes of a top midfielder are absent from his repertoire. He’s only rich in shouting, ginger and maggi.

He’s not even close to the 25th best player in the league.

He get pashun

Swissh:
I won't even put Jordan Henderson amongst the top 7
important players in his own team. The front three ,Van dijk, the two fullbacks and Allison. He's not even the best player in Liverpool, let alone the premier league.

He's not among the best 3 in his team sef. Where dem go out Allison, Mane and Van Djik

Na just British hype like Ibime pointed out

Prestonn:
Village kitchen

Thanks for the complement boss

Just love your food.. I believe any thing you love doing, you handle it with care and you also wanna let people know the passion you have for it.

I love cooking and whenever I want people to see what I cook, I take my time to present it to people in a unique and appealing way.

Lastly always play with your leftover food using your phone camera even if you are not uploading the photo.

I'm not a professional, I just love playing with my food at home and snapping.


Click on the link below to see some of my food presentation.

https://www.instagram.com/villagesquare.Af

Gracias

Akposy:
Interesting. Good to know.
Maybe I've eaten it...it may be the dried shrimp..



Thanks


I use Inshot and Snapseed most of the time.


Tecno Spark Youth actually....I dunno why spark 4 keeps coming to my mind


Hmmm. I think there was no sufficient light. You should use more light to take your pics

Thank you.

Last question; the watermark that has Ur name on the meal picture, what app is responsible for that? And what feature in the app is used for that?

Grundig:
Guys, watch out for akwa ibom. The sound bites from that place are worrying

The governor is obviously playing politics with the life of the citizens by restricting the numbers of people being tested. I hope it won't be worse that what is happening in Kano when it finally boomerangs down there.

The governor no try

OJURONGBE1:
If the PFA Awards were to hold in England today as expected before the pandemic ruin our football ,who would make your best X1 and who among Jamie Vardy ,Sadio Mane and Kevin Debruyne would pick for the ultimate prize ?

Kevin DE Bruyne for me. Mane is a close rival tho.

Why are u guys arguing over this issue na? Just know that the people in question here are Hausa Muslims who die and get buried almost the same day.

Most of them probably didn't get medical attention before they died. The families obviously accepts it as the will of Allah and bury their dead latest before 4pm Salat prayers.

You can wait from now till next year, but there's no way the state government can confirm the medical cause of death when obviously no autopsy was carried out on people who died in their homes after a brief illness.

The only statistics u will keep seeing is the increase in number of graves being dug at the public cemetery. Even this na newspapers reporters wey dey go ask go know.

So those thinking the increase in death may be due to COVID-19 may be right and those arguing it may be due to other causes may also be right. Unfortunately there's no way to confirm who is actually right

Akposy:
Yeah.

The second pics was the best my phone could give me with natural light and focus .l
The first pics is an enhanced product of the second pics.

Many Samsung, iPhone and other high tech smartphone can achieve the second pics straight up without enhancement. It all depend on the phone you're using

When taking pics, ensure there's sufficient light (either sunlight or artificial light). Allow the pics to stay focused on what you're snapping...it will show a circle and the pics will become clearer...then take the shot without shaking your hands until it is captured.
You can proceed to enhance if your phone camera is bad like mine... I use either normal phone camera modifications, Instagram filters, Inshot or Snapseed.

That's all I do. Nothing more

Meanwhile....the spaghetti is my dinner...Gracias

Alright thank u.

Which particular editing app do you you use?

Akposy:
Okay. Let's start with this

Kindly tell me what you noticed among the two pics. They were taken with the same phone

The first picture looks more colorful and bright....

Akposy:
I don't know much though. What do you want to know

How to make good food presentation like u do. I noticed Ur food presentation and Prestonn's among others are high grade.

Let's learn from the masters

Oluwa wetin dey KANOrate for Here na

Akposy:
I'm so sorry it came out bad for you.
Did you use the exact measurements? Why did you turn the cake? You'd have preheated your oven first before baking so the heat can be evenly distributed.

There's no oil or butter in the recipe.


I agree. The most or rather one of the most important thing in photography is light. I use a Tecno Spark to take my pics but they still come out good. I either use natural light (sunlight) or my rechargeable light. Food photography is interesting



Oh.. I will try it soon. ShopRite things is quite expensive and we don't have ShopRite in Jos. I will ask around for fresh fish market here...i doubt they have one


Yes boss. Sometimes I marvel at the things I do behind the scene... Indeed not all that glitters is gold

Comman teach us food photography na

Tundexi:
Bro, na you cook this one like this? You dey try

Yes sir, na me cook am o. Lockdown turn me to emergency chef.

I'm sure once the lockdown is lifted I won't cook for one straight week. I'm tired already