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Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by Nobody: 2:09am On Feb 12, 2022
More soups (culled from previous thread)

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Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by Yankee101:
Your reasons are not the major reasons.

It was the war. The biafran Civil War

Necessity is the mother of invention, they had to innovate to survive. I can imagine how many died from trials. And unfortunately some had to eat human flesh to survive, hence the persistence of cannibalism in igbo land and parts of the south blockaded as biafra (for example Akwa Ibom etc)
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by NGpatriot: 2:40am On Feb 12, 2022
What is this for Christ's sake?

This fit make pesin throw up..


Goshh...

Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by IGBOSON1: 2:48am On Feb 12, 2022
Yankee101:
Your reasons are not the major reasons.

It was the war. The biafran Civil War

Necessity is the mother of invention, they had to invention to survive. I can imagine how many died from trials. And unfortunately some had to eat humans to survive hence the persistence of cannibalism in igbo land amd part of the south uhat was blockaded as biafra ( Akwa Ibom etc)
You’re yarning horseshit...inspired by crass stupidity, bigotry and hate!

Who told you there’s ‘cannibalism’ in Igboland!? Why do you persist in trying to give oxygen to this nairaland lie!?

What’s your own ethnicity?
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by IGBOSON1: 2:50am On Feb 12, 2022
These dishes are so mouth-wateringly good to look at! smiley
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by OfoIgbo: 6:47am On Feb 12, 2022
Michelle70:
Lala, thus thing deserve FP.
Omo see chow, one of the few reasons I wan marry igbo girl. Though I still believe calabar has more varieties
Btw, that Banga soup is a Niger Delta food and not igbo
Banga soup is actually Igbo.

We call it ofe akwu traditionally.

Traditional names help to confirm the origins of cuisines.

Maybe Niger Delta people also have their own variety of ofe akwu. But it must have a full local name to enhance the claim
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by OfoIgbo: 6:52am On Feb 12, 2022
thorpido:
You're sure the efik/ibibio don't have more varieties?
Anyway,which one you want give us chop?
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Erik and Ibibio do not have more varieties, but they have some amazing delicacies like Edikangkong,
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by OfoIgbo:
Shiver99:
Does anyone else have any pictures of Igbo delicacies? ( preferably not soups). I personally would have posted more soups. (And there are a lot of them) But I already created a thread focusing on them here:

https://www.nairaland.com/6364237/showcasing-diversity-igbo-cuisine

I have heard of a lot more foods myself, but the sad thing is that there are no google images I can find to support it. Taking pictures of your village or town's foods is always a welcome development.
Delicacies like ngwo-ngwo/isi ewu, Nkwobi, abacha, ji mmanu, ji agwolu agwo etc
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by Michelle70(m): 7:22am On Feb 12, 2022
OfoIgbo:
Banga soup is actually Igbo.

We call it ofe akwu traditionally.

Traditional names help to confirm the origins of cuisines.

Maybe Niger Delta people also have their own variety of ofe akwu. But it must have a full local name to enhance the claim
its originally a Niger delta food
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by MosheDayan: 7:25am On Feb 12, 2022
Michelle70:
its originally a Niger delta food
it is not. We have ours which is Ofe Akwu. It's just like saying rice is originally from the North because the Northerners plant it.
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by Michelle70(m): 7:30am On Feb 12, 2022
MosheDayan:
it is not. We have ours which is Ofe Akwu. It's just like saying rice is originally from the North because the Northerners plant it.
do u understand the meaning of "originally?"
Lemme say it originated first from the Niger delta, though u guys have ur own variety of it which i dont deny.
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by SlayerForever: 7:51am On Feb 12, 2022
Michelle70:
Lala, thus thing deserve FP.
Omo see chow, one of the few reasons I wan marry igbo girl. Though I still believe calabar has more varieties
Btw, that Banga soup is a Niger Delta food and not igbo.
Pls those attacking me, I didn't say u guys dont have ur own banga soup o, I am just saying banga soup originated from the Niger Delta.
Delete that rubbish you wrote there.
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by Michelle70(m): 7:52am On Feb 12, 2022
SlayerForever:
Delete that rubbish you wrote there.
use google and stop embarrassing yourselves
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by MosheDayan: 7:59am On Feb 12, 2022
Michelle70:
do u understand the meaning of "originally?"
Lemme say it originated first from the Niger delta, though u guys have ur own variety of it which i dont deny.
the first statement I made should have made you to understand that I understood what you meant.
Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by KosiGee(m): 8:49am On Feb 12, 2022
DCatt:
It's sad no vaccines for dishonesty. I'm sure they never tasted most of what they are calling Igbos food until they arrived in Yorubaland. The picture of food on top of your comment is Idalu/adalu that Yoruba cook when laying house foundation.
I posted that and there’s nothing Yoruba about that food.
Adalu is a mix of beans and corn. That’s not adalu. It’s a mix of ukwa and oka breadfruit and corn while adalu is mix of beans and corn.

First photo is adalu while the second is ukwa na oka…Orumba people call it Ahuoka.

Re: Why Igbo Food Has So Much Variety by DCatt: 2:46am On Feb 21, 2022
I don't care what you mix it with, oka is Yoruba.
KosiGee:
I posted that and there’s nothing Yoruba about that food.
Adalu is a mix of beans and corn. That’s not adalu. It’s a mix of ukwa and oka breadfruit and corn while adalu is mix of beans and corn.

First photo is adalu while the second is ukwa na oka…Orumba people call it Ahuoka.
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