₦airaland Forum

czarr:
Sometimes I eat bread and egusi

prekumohtim:
OP know your body system. I like garri and every other food . That's because my body system can accept it well. I don't have favorite food either. But I can't eat Okra or any other draw soup outside cos I don't trust the cook. They can easily mix it with catarrh ....and you won't know.
Some can eat beans at night and be very comfortable, but few can't eat beans at night while others can't eat it all. Just know what's good for you. You are just allergic to my precious garri (oh garri I love you ). One man's meat is another man's poison .
If my brother sees this your write up , he will send assassin after you for insulting his precious food .
He sees rice as fowl food . He can't eat rice twice a day let alone a whole year

Krismas:
Not every species of cassava has cyanide compounds. Those who have, canbe carefully processed to make their garri completely harmless. e.g Fermentation and adding red oil. Ur error comes from hasty generalization. U conclude garri is bad since u react adversely to it. The common adversity in eating garri, is sight dimming over prolonged periods and in advancing age. Other than that, ur symptoms are quite unique to only u and shud not be used as a yardstick to assess the edibility of garri.

Mutemenot:
Op is indeed a lostchild... Garri that has gone nuclear is what he's here condemning... No matter how good u 're, you can't eat everything .. just avoid garri

RichAbujaGuy:
Excellent write up L.C. Hopefully you reached a few open minds. Research healthy grains as a replacement.

nenyewrites:
Or you can turn unripe plantain to eba

nenyewrites:
Maybe you should try white garri

mariahAngel:
Yes.

Bellotelli:
Try semo, wheat or amala.

Ikpongiton:
thank you very much.concentrate on semovita and other things and leave akpu eba for us

Depressed101:
please don't use your allergies to disturb and insult our precious food

Drizzy5001:
Replace garri with pounded yam or Nri Awkaá (maize fufu)

aidameoryou:
HERE IN SENEGAL, WE GRIND RICE TO A POWDER AND EAT IT AS GARRI FOR SOUPS, IT IS COMPLETELY NORMAL

SweetDipBenny:
Maybe u allergic to garri

skedy1:
I'm sorry you have to suffer this, I guess it's how your system is. Your body cells can not maintain homeostasis with the level of sugar gotten from garri. It's a sad one I think, given that garri is a must be food in every Nigerian home.
Personally, swallow is my favorite, reading this just breaks my heart.
Use plantain flour to replace garri.

Fantazy:
Are you referring to my one and only delicious garri, that has been saving lives since the creation of man?
You definitely have a problem

Gochie:
From your Nairaland Handle, I think we need to find you before offering you help.

MyPoint:
Have you tried it with other swallow(pounded yam, semi, tamba etc).

You need to rule out that the trigger to your bad experience is actually garri and not the soup.

Nuttella:
Eat Semolina or wheat with soup. Thank me later.

streetzdreamz:
some humans are allergic to certain foods, animals or elements, it's no big deal......the way you are hammering on " deadly cyanide" is quite hilarious, are you consuming the raw leaves and roots? Because the traditional processes involved in garri production removes the toxic cyanide. The way you painted the whole story on the front page, is as though garri generally is toxic to the human body, whereas it's a case of a simple allergy you'll do well to avoid.

Angelacruz:
Then replace garri with plantain flour,wheat flour ,cocoyam flour,millet flour or guinea corn flour....choose any

bigtt76:
If not properly fermented, garri can be dangerous due to the cyanide content in the root tuber. Perhaps you should try garri ijebu which is well fermented and if you need to get that yellow color, add palm oil in the boiling water used for making the eba.

Also, eat in moderation to avoid diabetic symptoms. You can use other swallow like oats, cabbage swallow, green plantain swallow and others.

Lamanii22:
My mom would never allow me to marry from another tribe which is why I settled with my yoruba boo. .. although I really love inter-trybe marriage.

Ishilove:
Stop exaggerating. The cyanide in gari is not enough to poison a human being.

You could try wheat. It is light and tastes good

InTheCloudySky:
You should stop eating it then. I'm not sure what you could use as a replacement, though.

mariahAngel:
Try replacing garri with oatmeal.

hybrid11:
I know a guy who don't eat anything sea food
Even if u use crayfish cook for him,he will sick for days , fish is d worst ...
Your problem is from your body , avoid that food that disturbs you

GOD I Thank you for giving us the body which cannot reject our food/anything in short

HRHQueenPhil:
am sorry boss, I just don't want people to feel eating eba is bad cos it's not..there is fibre in it .taking it with milk and nuts is best but. Shld not be taken everyday