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brain54:
I never knew or heard about snake tomatoes until now...

What does it taste like. Normal tomatoes?

I will look out for it so as to try it one day!

RevenuesBoost:
To me, it tastes better than packaged tomato paste — it's the best-tasting tomatoes I've ever had.

It's also called, "Long Tomato"

AriseAndShine01:
Would have loved to plant some but issue is the seed?
Where In lagos can i get the seed? Will appreciate if you have any idea.

Caaz:
Your stew is redoil stew abii?my love for redoil stew is something X.i ve some litres of king refined oil wasting away that i m sure is gonna rust there.

RevenuesBoost:
Yes, my husband dislikes Groundnut oil.

He says that it gives him pimples and causes accumulation of fats in the blood.

RevenuesBoost:
Yes, my husband dislikes Groundnut oil.

He says that it gives him pimples and causes accumulation of fats in the blood.

Caaz:
Mine....
I ve converted my family to redoil stews

Acidosis:
Are you a Nigerian? Many of our "groundnut oil" are refined palm oil. E.g., mamador, golden penny, etc.

RevenuesBoost:
Looks Delicious 😋

I try to tell people that complain of fatness to avoid Groundnut oil and fatty-foods.

Acidosis:
Are you a Nigerian? Many of our "groundnut oil" are refined palm oil. E.g., mamador, golden penny, etc.

Caaz:
I m an understanding patient and often fall sick when i was making my stew with all those ragolis oli....but as soon as i changed to palm oil....i hardly fall sick,so since then i ve bn stock with making my stew with palm oil.


Another time,i saw a guy that sells pork meat,melting the fats from the pork into small cans of eva water plastic and selling to roadside shop owners,that kinda pissed me off.

Acidosis:
Op, are you from the northern or middlebelt region? Snake tomatoes were a thing way back in my teenage years in Kogi. Hardly would you find a home with perimeter fencing without snake tomatoes. In fact, you didn’t even have to plant it, that thing would always find its way crawling on your fence. My mom would always mix it with the conventional tomatoes before blending.

I don’t know why it’s not so popular, but it’s certainly not far from our sheeple behaviour and classism as a people. If the rich and affluent don’t eat it, then it’s not good.

There’s also the challenge of mismatch between our academia and the marketplace. There are studies dating as far back as 2005 confirming its rich nutritional composition (had to check Google), but as long as our owambe caterers in Lagos don’t use it, the average 100k earner in Nigeria won’t accept it.

Same reason why many northern foods are not accepted. It has to come from Lagos, like the overhyped amala that isn’t even among the top 5 favourite foods in other southwestern states (it's always been pounded yam). It just has to come from the Lagos elites and their owambe geng, otherwise you’re eating trash.

Caaz:
What of those that cannot afford the refined groundnut oil you just mentioned,they end up buying those roadside groundnut ragolis canned oil where pig fats are melted inside the oil.

I dont even know who brought the idea of making stew with groundnut oil sef....the best oil to make stew is palmoil.

RevenuesBoost:
I heard, saw and knew about it last year from my Husband and he taught me how to prepare it.

We aren't Northerners
He said he saw it in and tasted it in a village close to my village in Cross River State.
He is Yoruba, I'm a Cross Riverian.

RevenuesBoost:
I've got the seed.

How many do you need?

I gave some seeds to my mother-in-law when she came Dec. Last year.
Now she harvests them from her farm.

Anytime you're ready, I'll connect you with her over there in Lagos.
Or I waybill mine across.

RevenuesBoost:
To me, it tastes better than packaged tomato paste — it's the best-tasting tomatoes I've ever had.

It's also called, "Long Tomato"