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Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by OriOko88(m): 12:35pm On Apr 07, 2025
simultaneousboi:
Starch and Ewedu
What's starch?? It's Eba!! Eba!!. What da hell is starch. Nonsense undecided
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Sleekfingers: 12:35pm On Apr 07, 2025
Zidac:
Mine is Ewedu and Abacha
.Ewedu is always mx with soup or stew .

Nowadays, most ewedu they are selling are not organic. Buy the organic ones prepare it properly with dried shawa , Iru ( locust beans) , ground and whole crayfish , with a little Egusi . .....I bet you , you will love it.
But sadly, those organic ewedu leaves are not always available in Lagos .
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Obagreatdatoye(m): 12:37pm On Apr 07, 2025
Na okpa..
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by chidiokay: 12:37pm On Apr 07, 2025
I think my over rated food is breakfast in bed, whatever it is, having it on bed does not make it more enjoyable than on dining

we now have so many women looking 4ward to breakfast in bed, folake4u relax its over rated,
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Ignatio(m): 12:37pm On Apr 07, 2025
Sucre6:
Y'all be eating okpa prepared by Gbagyi women 😂😂😂😂

By the time una eat okpa from enugu state, y'all will change your mind, okpa is a whole protein food, rich in vitamins and very tasty when prepared by an enugu woman, when it comes to Okpa, leave it to the Enugu women, nah their birth right 😎
No other state cooks okpa better than Enugu, Nsukka mainly. Any Okpa outside Enugu is not it.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Uniquekriss(m): 12:38pm On Apr 07, 2025
Sonnobax15:
grin. I swear....so I'm not the only one who sees okpa as an overated food......

The first and only time I tasted it was way back in 2015 during my stay in Suleja,Niger state.....since then,I've not bought let alone tasted it again cuz it's not worth the hype at all angry
go to Nsukka, Enugu State or go to ESUT and ask of mama dan okpa hub in ESUT main camp, make sure you have a bottle of Pepsi beside you, your impression will change.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by ultraviolet27(f): 12:38pm On Apr 07, 2025
Sucre6:
Y'all be eating okpa prepared by Gbagyi women 😂😂😂😂

By the time una eat okpa from enugu state, y'all will change your mind, okpa is a whole protein food, rich in vitamins and very tasty when prepared by an enugu woman, when it comes to Okpa, leave it to the Enugu women, nah their birth right 😎
My neighbours here in Ikole Ekiti state (the couple) are from Enugu state the wife is from enugu ezike and I have tasted her okpa thrice I don't still get the hype it's overated abeg it can never near moin-moin in taste, aroma,or texture .
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Uniquekriss(m): 12:39pm On Apr 07, 2025
Pizza💯


I've only had that thing like once or twice all my life. The hype is just too much especially when we're not Italians.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Jman06(m): 12:40pm On Apr 07, 2025
Mariangeles:
With all due respect, okpa.🥺
You don't know what you're talking about. You haven't eaten correct okpa before. It is better and more stomach -friendly than moimoi. I love the smoothness as well

@topic, people have their different palates! The fact that a particular food is not known in your locality doesn't mean those who eat it in their locality don't enjoy it.

Just like the example the OP( a non Yoruba) cited, you as an Igboman cannot determine whether amala and ewedu is enjoyable! Only the typical Yoruba person can tell us about the food, not someone from igboland or any other tribe outside Yoruba.

Likewise, only someone from Enugu can tell the 'sweetness' of okpa, not this person I quoted that's from Abia state
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Simpleshafee(m): 12:43pm On Apr 07, 2025
kabillion:
Yam and engine oil. Very overated
Which one be engine oil?
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by chidiokay: 12:44pm On Apr 07, 2025
Quarterpast:
People hype some food a lot, meanwhile, such foods aren't worth such hype.

No disrespect to my brothers from the southwest, to me, Amala and ewedu remind the most overrated food. I see absolutely nothing spectacular about the food.
you must be igbo, thats the only people that make a mess of amala and ewedu ... funnily whites that have tasted amala and ewedu made nice reviews

Abacha igbos eat dont make sense to me, when i am not ruminant but other eastern food goes with me
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Quarterpast(op): 12:47pm On Apr 07, 2025
chidiokay:
you must be igbo, thats the only people that make a mess of amala and ewedu ... funnily whites that have tasted amala and ewedu made nice reviews

Abacha igbos eat dont make sense to me, when i am not ruminant but other eastern food goes with me
So In ur small mind, whoever isn't Yoruba is automatically an Igbo?
Nawao
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Bigcowhorn: 12:48pm On Apr 07, 2025
illicit:
Lol

I wonder what the hype is about too...

Tasteless
Stop eating hausa okpa




Sonnobax15:
grin. I swear....so I'm not the only one who sees okpa as an overated food......

The first and only time I tasted it was way back in 2015 during my stay in Suleja,Niger state.....since then,I've not bought let alone tasted it again cuz it's not worth the hype at all angry
You see what I'm saying? You supposedly ate Igbo food in Niger major state and feels he got the real deal


Real okpa is wrapped with banana leaves. The ingredients are complete in the east where it is made perfectly

Next thing you will say is you ate ofe owerri in the North and did not like it


Quit devciving yourself with fake goods and food
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by ultraviolet27(f): 12:50pm On Apr 07, 2025
Love800:
Is this how amala is made?
Yes but the yam to be used for the flour should be soaked in hot water for some minutes though
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Sleekfingers: 12:50pm On Apr 07, 2025
DrAda:
Ukwa, Shawarma (ate it just once and that was it for me)
Try and eat shawarma prepared by Lebanese, Turyike , Jordanian people. I bet you will change your mind .
Most shawa prepared by Nigerians are Shawaba not Shawarma
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Gloriagee(f): 12:51pm On Apr 07, 2025
cornflakes
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Nyanabo2: 12:53pm On Apr 07, 2025
I can mention a few. You see Okpa from the South east, Amala and Ewedu from the South west, Tuwo from the North all are over hyped. Only South South food na go well
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by ultraviolet27(f): 12:54pm On Apr 07, 2025
Basic123:
When you see threads like this.their Target is always AMALA AND EWEDU.

But since the faecal OHA eating Cannibals have been hating on the food,it's greatness has never reduced one bit!
It's not all Yorubas that loves Amala and ewedu I am from Ekiti state yet I don't fancy the ewedu too I can still manage Amala with ogbono,okra soup or with gbegiri instead!!
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Love800(m): 12:56pm On Apr 07, 2025
Soak before drying, abi?

And, What kind of grinding machine will one use?
ultraviolet27:
Yes but the yam to be used for the flour should be soaked in hot water for some minutes though
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Sleekfingers: 12:57pm On Apr 07, 2025
Emu4life:
Fisherman's Soup.
Anybody wey advertise that thing for me again, we go get issues
🤣🤣😆😆😆

That means you don't like seafoods......
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Sharpsharp00123: 12:59pm On Apr 07, 2025
Juliearth:
Abula
Okpa
Abacha
Pizza
Avocado
Oatmeal (quite fair, but if I had other options, I won't go near it)
Burger
Shawarma( loads of calories in a wrap)




Let me also add coco pops to the list. Once soggy, it triggers my trypophobia.
hope u know abula is gbegiri n ewedu?
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Vortex199: 12:59pm On Apr 07, 2025
Oloki:
Abacha
as in ehn undecided the first day I taste this I was like wtf was all the hype about?
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by okeke6969: 1:00pm On Apr 07, 2025
agadez007:
Amala and ewedu/gbegiri,looks scary
How do people even eat that thing without puking?
I was born in southwest and still living there till date.i hated this Amala and ewedu combo. I have never tasted it.
Little wonder, my children like it o. They buy it from those buka.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by NybenSBF101(m): 1:00pm On Apr 07, 2025
Amala and Ewedu. . very dirty combo
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Damzee5: 1:01pm On Apr 07, 2025
Egusi...I don't understand that soup
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Mariangeles(f): 1:02pm On Apr 07, 2025
Jman06:
You don't know what you're talking about. You haven't eaten correct okpa before. It is better and more stomach -friendly than moimoi. I love the smoothness as well

@topic, people have their different palates! The fact that a particular food is not known in your locality doesn't mean those who eat it in their locality don't enjoy it.

Just like the example the OP( a non Yoruba) cited, you as an Igboman cannot determine whether amala and ewedu is enjoyable! Only the typical Yoruba person can tell us about the food, not someone from igboland or any other tribe outside Yoruba.

Likewise, only someone from Enugu can tell the 'sweetness' of okpa, not this person I quoted that's from Abia state
So, if only Enugu people can tell the "sweetness" of okpa, what's the hype about it then? 🤷🏾‍♀️
A truly delicious food should be attested by many from all walks of life, just like party jollof rice.

By the way, I am not from Abia state.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Sleekfingers: 1:03pm On Apr 07, 2025
LifestyleTonite:
Why must one travel to Enugu before one can have a good Okpa? It shows Okpa has no level. One clown up there said it has to be prepared by an Enugu woman before it will taste good. That's a lie. The fact that it tastes bland elsewhere shows that it will also taste bland even in Enugu. Okpa is poor man's food sold in traffic.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have tried it once. That stuff is really tasteless. It was prepared by a popular Okpa seller in lawanson Surulere. The woman na typical Igbo woman .
But most of them keep saying , if prepare by an Igbo person it will taste better. I just laugh.
Forgetting that anybody from anywhere in the world can prepare food , as long as the recipe is available . And it is prepare properly according to the recipe.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by ultraviolet27(f): 1:03pm On Apr 07, 2025
Love800:
Soak before drying, abi?

And, What kind of grinding machine will one use?
Yes normal large mills for grinding rice,wheat etc or a normal grinding machine for pepper you can also use buchi mix if it isn't very much.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Mariangeles(f): 1:04pm On Apr 07, 2025
okeke6969:
I was born in southwest and still living there till date.i hated this Amala and ewedu combo. I have never tasted it.
Little wonder, my children like it o. They buy it from those buka.
You have to have tasted it to qualify to rate it.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Love800(m): 1:05pm On Apr 07, 2025
Thanks so much.
ultraviolet27:
Yes normal large mills for grinding rice,wheat etc or a normal grinding machine for pepper you can also use buchi mix if it isn't very much.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Oracleee: 1:05pm On Apr 07, 2025
AguluLiar:
The most popular food in Nigeria today is Amala.
So many people who are not from the South West have adopted this menu.

That's why you are bitter because no food from your tribe is being consumed by outsiders
That's the problem with deranged tribalist like you. Funnily, I'm Yoruba who grew on Ibadan, schooled in Zaria and settled in the southwest. Get a life tribalist.
Re: Mention The Most Overrated Food People Are Pretending To Enjoy by Mariangeles(f):
ComradeKunle:
To me it is ukwa. What's the nutritional value?
Ukwa is sacred. smiley
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