viscerion:


I've not eaten many yorubas soups sha, but the few I've eaten are ok but not mouthwatering like others, maybe the ones I've not eaten are

like which ones?

And mouthwatering compared to which ones?

Even the overhyped Edika ikong soup, you know it is simply vegetable soup, right?

ofe nsala Igbo

Wait a minute? This same Ofe Nsaala?

Ok, I know some people say Gbegiri looks somehow but is THIS ofe nsala you are calling best?

scholes0:


Which truth?

Visit authentic Yoruba villages in my state and let them cook good food for you.

What most igbos don't realize that the so called signature meals in bukas or parties are just quick fixes made either for their simplicity, economic feasibility, maneuverability or ability to keep/last.
Its like eating ramen or noodle in Beijing as an expatriate there and you start complaing that Chinese cuisine is shit because that is what your scope of their food is LIMITED to. You can find good food all over Nigeria.... Even people who complain they hausas have got "no food" will still rob a bank just to buy kilishi or Suya.

It’s a little tongue-in-cheek. It doesn’t need quantifying.

I know Yoruba food well. Like I said it’s Ondo and Ekiti state people that have good soups. Notice I’m not talking about any old food but swallow. I just don’t think they’re a strong point of people further west than Ondo.

scholes0:


You dey mind am?

He is simply repeating the same silly stereotypes people circulate around.

If I start to mention the names of traditional soups, vegetables and stews in Yoruba, I wonder how many he will be able to recognize. He keeps posting pictures of Ewedu and Gbegiri like it is the only Yoruba soup in the world. That Ayamashe you just mentioned, he knows nothing about it, lol.

Don't even start me on Yoruba appetizers and snacks from Asun to Gizdodo to dundun to Ipekere to Ojojo. Igbo appetizers are forest grubs and millepedes.... If you know the kind of things these people eat in their villages, you will take to your heels and NEVER look back.

Yoruba people have the best stews for rice hands down. Including olori ofada. I’m talking purely about soups. At least follow the thread.

My point is Yorubas have some quite tasty foods on the whole but they’re not known for nutritious soups save they’re from Ondo state. Mention gizdodo, asun, olori ofada, red ayamase and ikokore all you want. That’s got nothing to do with what I’m saying about soups for swallow a few states excepted.

Probz:


Yoruba people have the best stews for rice hands down. Including olori ofada. I’m talking purely about soups. At least follow the thread.

My point is Yorubas have some quite tasty foods on the whole but they’re not known for nutritious soups save they’re from Ondo state. Mention gizdodo, asun, olori ofada, red ayamase and ikokore all you want. That’s got nothing to do with what I’m saying about soups for swallow a few states excepted.

What soups have you tested from Ondo? Have you tried Isapa? It's most notably common in EKiti.

scholes0:
Ijaw and Urhobo have good soup?

Is it their Owoh or their Banga?

Banga is the real Ofe Mmanu

How can a normal person be eating pure starch plus an entire soup made from Palm oil pls?

CALORIE BOMB Death beckoner.

- Firstly, have u actually tasted these foods to confirm?

-secondly, dont Igbo also cook ofe akwu, anoda pure palm oil soup?

- thirdly, do you know the nutritional value of the leaves and seafood(which Igbos dont add) that Niger deltans use in cooking banga

9jakool:

What soups have you tested from Ondo? Have you tried Isapa? It's most notably common in EKiti.

Please where can I get these soups in akure? I used to be one of those who that Yoruba dont have foods, nor vex

9jakool:

What soups have you tested from Ondo? Have you tried Isapa? It's most notably common in EKiti.

I’ve had their vegetable soups (including Ondo black soup) plus their original take on okro soup. Okwuru’s been there in Igboland since time immemorial but outside the east the one place that springs to mind re. authentic okro soup is Ondo town. Not Delta, not any other mid-western region but Ondo town specifically.

All the variations of efo riro I ascribe to Ekiti. Enlighten me if it belongs to another state.

All the vegetable soups that side of the SW are some of the best in the country. Especially the ogede/plantain-based ones.

I’m not slagging off Yoruba soups for the sake of it. I was talking more about the northwestern Yoruba/Ibadan/Lagos that’s used as the norm to represent mainline Yoruba. Go deeper into the Yoruba hinterland and you’ll see some of the best foods in the country. That I know. Ondo and Ekiti soups are in a different league to the rest.

Yes I’ve had isapa soup. Interestingly those soaps leaves spring from the mallow family so you can combine them with any fiber-fruity hard staple. Has anyone been known to add them to okro soup yet?

fero007:


Please where can I get these soups in akure? I used to be one of those who that Yoruba dont have foods, nor vex

Mainline Yorubas. Ondo and Ekiti foods are in a different league to the rest.

That’s as far as soups go. I know Yorubas even in the Lagos/Ibadan have enough food, always have done. It’s just their soups

Probz:


It’s a little tongue-in-cheek. It doesn’t need quantifying.

I know Yoruba food well

You only claim to.

Like I said it’s Ondo and Ekiti state people that have good soups. Notice I’m not talking about any old food but swallow. I just don’t think they’re a strong point of people further west than Ondo.

And how many types of Swallow do Igbos have as a whole for it to be their "strong point" ?

scholes0:


You only claim to.



And how many types of Swallow do Igbos have as a whole for it to be their "strong point" ?

I know the Yoruba scholar in you will jump up at anything that goes against your opinion.

“Which tribe in Nigeria has the best soups?”

Best in this context is blatantly subjective. You’re here having a go at anyone who doesn’t think Yoruba soups are the best and that’s just it innit. It’s all opinion. And opinions don’t need to be quantified or given a critical analysis just because it’s not what you want to hear.

Probz:


I know the Yoruba scholar in you will jump up at anything that goes against your opinion.

“Which tribe in Nigeria has the best soups?”

Best in this context is blatantly subjective. You’re here having a go at anyone who doesn’t think Yoruba soups are the best and that’s just it innit. It’s all opinion. And opinions don’t need to be quantified or given a critical analysis just because it’s not what you want to hear.

I am not having a go at everybody, I am having a GO at YOU for actually bringing Yoruba INTO the discussion between SE and SS cuisine supremacy battle.
You mentioned swallow specifically, and I quoted you on it, but of course you are not giving any answers. You think I don't know Igbo soups well enough to pass my own judgements like you claim to know all Yoruba soups?

Probz:


I’ve had their vegetable soups (including Ondo black soup) plus their original take on okro soup. Okwuru’s been there in Igboland since time immemorial but outside the east the one place that springs to mind re. authentic okro soup is Ondo town. Not Delta, not any other mid-western region but Ondo town specifically.

All the variations of efo riro I ascribe to Ekiti. Enlighten me if it belongs to another state.

All the vegetable soups that side of the SW are some of the best in the country. Especially the ogede/plantain-based ones.

I’m not slagging off Yoruba soups for the sake of it. I was talking more about the northwestern Yoruba/Ibadan/Lagos that’s used as the norm to represent mainline Yoruba. Go deeper into the Yoruba hinterland and you’ll see some of the best foods in the country. That I know. Ondo and Ekiti soups are in a different league to the rest.

Yes I’ve had isapa soup. Interestingly those soaps leaves spring from the mallow family so you can combine them with any fiber-fruity hard staple. Has anyone been known to add them to okro soup yet?

Nicely put! Ondo is famous for the marugbo soup, which isn't commonly eaten elsewhere. I like okro, especially when diced. If you like okro, then you might enjoy obe onla, the sister to okro soup. I don't know if you've had it before.

Some vegetables like ugwu and uziza are commonly used in cooking in the West. Ugwu with egusi is the best combo for me.

Actually, I'm not arguing with you. We don't always have to argue. This thread is about food, so let's dialogue.

The ewedu and gbegiri thing is really an optional thing among Yoruba people. I, like many others think it's a very putrid combo, others don't seem to mind it. While I like ewedu and gbegiri seperately, I don't like it combined.

Honestly, efo riro is quite universal, the Ekitis are just known for their efo riro and pounded yam combo. Efo riro is not just one dish. The most common type is efo tete and efo shoko, but there are others like efo amunutu, efo yanrin, efo patako, efo ewuro (bitterleaf), and efo efirin. Efo efirin is very aromatic and it's juice or leaves can be used in a type of regional pepper soup in the west.

I haven't seen okro and isapa combo, but interestingly enough, despite the differences, they both belong to the mallow family.

9jakool:


Nicely put! Ondo is famous for the marugbo soup, which isn't commonly eaten elsewhere. I like okro, especially when diced. If you like okro, then you might enjoy obe onla, the sister to okro soup. I don't know if you've had it before.

Some vegetables like ugwu and uziza are commonly used in cooking in the West. Ugwu with egusi is the best combo for me.

Actually, I'm not arguing with you. We don't always have to argue. This thread is about food, so let's dialogue.

The ewedu and gbegiri thing is really an optional thing among Yoruba people. I, like many others think it's a very putrid combo, others don't seem to mind it. While I like ewedu and gbegiri seperately, I don't like it combined.

Honestly, efo riro is quite universal, the Ekitis are just known for their efo riro and pounded yam combo. Efo riro is not just one dish. The most common type is efo tete and efo shoko, but there are others like efo amunutu, efo yanrin, efo patako, efo ewuro (bitterleaf), and efo efirin. Efo efirin is very aromatic and it's juice or leaves can be used in a type of regional pepper soup in the west.

I haven't seen okro and isapa combo, but interestingly enough, despite the differences, they both belong to the mallow family.

Obe onla. Hmm. That one sounds interesting. What’s that one like?

Probz:


Obe onla. Hmm. That one sounds interesting. What’s that one like?

It's dried okra and it's pounded into a powder that's then cooked. Since it's dried, it can be stored for months without refrigeration. It's a draw soup like your typical okro, but it has a slightly different texture, a very dark green colour and a strong herb flavour.

scholes0:


like which ones?

And mouthwatering compared to which ones?

Even the overhyped Edika ikong soup, you know it is simply vegetable soup, right?

I mean Yoruba soups though Ok, dont thrill me like SE or SS soups.

apart from Edika Ikong or afang(which taste far better when patiently prepared the efik way), have you tasted ekpakukwo, afia efere, patiently prepared banga soup or ogwo soup, or Bini groundnut soup, or rivers native soup or oha, ofe akwukwo n ofe nsala that people are judging by look Instead actually tasting it. Apart from soups they have good food too.

Like I said maybe I've not yet seen the best of Yoruba foods, Ive only eaten ofada rice, ewedu, efo riro, gbegiri, Okro and stew.

I think most of the food you are calling from ondo state are foods of the ijaw people in that state

scholes0:
Ijaw and Urhobo have good soup?

Is it their Owoh or their Banga?

Banga is the real Ofe Mmanu

How can a normal person be eating pure starch plus an entire soup made from Palm oil pls?

CALORIE BOMB Death beckoner.

am not one to dis other people food cuz it’s their food but any attempt to dis mine is Doa. They opened a thread competing with themselves regarding soup and they brought Yoruba into and start insulting us. Ps starch and palm oil is that even healthy.

viscerion:


I mean Yoruba soups though Ok, dont thrill me like SE or SS soups.

apart from Edika Ikong or afang(which taste far better when patiently prepared the efik way), have you tasted ekpakukwo, afia efere, patiently prepared banga soup or ogwo soup, or Bini groundnut soup, or rivers native soup or oha, ofe akwukwo n ofe nsala that people are judging by look Instead actually tasting it. Apart from soups they have good food too.

Like I said maybe I've not yet seen the best of Yoruba foods, Ive only eaten ofada rice, ewedu, efo riro, gbegiri, Okro and stew.

I think most of the food you are calling from ondo state are foods of the ijaw people in that state

Ekpankukwo is simply seafood added to a vegetable stew wrapping grated cocoyam(mostly periwinkles) it is sweet no doubt, so yeah I have eaten it, I have eaten Owo, groundnut soup and the rest. They are just OKAY not too good. but then maybe that is just me, because I have a bias for soups made from leafy vegetables.
Besides I haven't mentioned any soups from Ondo state here like Marugbo, so I wonder where you are getting the assertion in your last statement from, lol SS people overestimate the presence of Ijaws in Ondo state. Do you know that ijaws only have slightly more than half of one local government in Ondo state? and that LG isn't exactly one of most populated ones. Ese Odo is mixed Ijaw apoi, Ijaw Arogbo and Yoruba. You can live in Akure, Ondo state for 10 years and not see an Ijaw person so I wonder how they would manage to influence what the people there eat with their minuscule presence.

scholes0:


You dey mind am?

He is simply repeating the same silly stereotypes people circulate around.

If I start to mention the names of traditional soups, vegetables and stews in Yoruba, I wonder how many he will be able to recognize. He keeps posting pictures of Ewedu and Gbegiri like it is the only Yoruba soup in the world. That Ayamashe you just mentioned, he knows nothing about it, lol.

Don't even start me on Yoruba appetizers and snacks from Asun to Gizdodo to dundun to Ipekere to Ojojo. Igbo appetizers are forest grubs and millepedes.... If you know the kind of things these people eat in their villages, you will take to your heels and NEVER look back.

don’t mind them the dumbass probably doesn’t know wat obe shapa one of the best delicacy of Yoruba especially in places like ondo, akure and the ijebu eats it a lot too. No be their fault na Yoruba wey no give them befitting reply.

scholes0:


Which truth?

Visit authentic Yoruba villages in my state and let them cook good food for you.

What most igbos don't realize that the so called signature meals in bukas or parties are just quick fixes made either for their simplicity, economic feasibility, maneuverability or ability to keep/last.
Its like eating ramen or noodle in Beijing as an expatriate there and you start complaing that Chinese cuisine is shit because that is what your scope of their food is LIMITED to. You can find good food all over Nigeria.... Even people who complain they hausas have got "no food" will still rob a bank just to buy kilishi or Suya.

them never chop authentic Yoruba village food with correct ingredients dem go dey talk ask them what Yoruba soup they know na only ewedu and gbegiri I bet they don’t even know enfinrin stew ok but they appoint themselves expert on Yoruba despite having little knowledge about what they are saying

viscerion:


I've not eaten many yorubas soups sha, but the few I've eaten are ok but not mouthwatering like others, maybe the ones I've not eaten are

dont go to Lagos to eat Yoruba food go to village where the ingredient for the soup dey their backyard and taste how well it taste. Yoruba has a lot of soup that even some other Yoruba do not know about. Ur People say Yoruba food are bad my question says who and bad for who

Moneywomen17:
them never chop authentic Yoruba village food with correct ingredients dem go dey talk ask them what Yoruba soup they know na only ewedu and gbegiri I bet they don’t even know enfinrin stew ok but they appoint themselves expert on Yoruba despite having little knowledge about what they are saying

lol, let anybody keep decieving his/herself that THIS right here is not some good ish.





Awon onirase.

I am going to make an entire thread of Yoruba cuisine from the hinterlands cutting across every state and region in our domain very soon.

9jakool:

What soups have you tested from Ondo? Have you tried Isapa? It's most notably common in EKiti.

most of dem do not know isapa oo if u ask them na delicacy in ekiti, ondo and ijebu people in Ogun love it as well. Ask them the Yoruba soup if it pass gbegiri and ewedu that person try but na abuse them go dey abuse Yoruba soup all the time despite being ignorant

Yoruba has the best soup....eat ewedu ..your life would never remain the same

These Yoruba folks insecurities wouldn't kill una ...they said and compare Igbo food , Efik and Urhobo you guys are bringing your own food . I don't get it

What is wrong with people

9jakool:


Nicely put! Ondo is famous for the marugbo soup, which isn't commonly eaten elsewhere. I like okro, especially when diced. If you like okro, then you might enjoy obe onla, the sister to okro soup. I don't know if you've had it before.

Do you know Orunla.... it has a different taste from Okra.
What is the English name?

ariesbull:
These Yoruba folks insecurities wouldn't kill una ...they said and compare Igbo food , Efik and Urhobo you guys are bringing your own food . I don't get it

What is wrong with people

Really? Which insecurities?

Did you see any Yoruba person in this thread before the tongue in cheek comment was made by someone whose sole aim was to bash Yoruba foods and/or eating habits?

scholes0:


Ekpankukwo is simply seafood added to a vegetable stew wrapping grated cocoyam(mostly periwinkles) it is sweet no doubt, so yeah I have eaten it, I have eaten Owo, groundnut soup and the rest. They are just OKAY not too good. but then maybe that is just me, because I have a bias for soups made from leafy vegetables.
Besides I haven't mentioned any soups from Ondo state here like Marugbo, so I wonder where you are getting the assertion in your last statement from, lol SS people overestimate the presence of Ijaws in Ondo state. Do you know that ijaws only have slightly more than half of one local government in Ondo state? and that LG isn't exactly one of most populated ones. Ese Odo is mixed Ijaw apoi, Ijaw Arogbo and Yoruba. You can live in Akure, Ondo state for 10 years and not see an Ijaw person so I wonder how they would manage to influence what the people there eat with their inuscule presence.

lol the ones are already claiming the ondo soup and ekiti one has ijaw. Ijaw is in one local government Ese Odo and their are two ijaw the apoi speak only Yoruba and most of them bear Yoruba name why the other ijaw still speak ijaw. The local government is shared with Yoruba like u say and the former local government chairman of the state is Yoruba agoola ajayi who is now the deputy governor and the current one is Olowu ebekwe

scholes0:


Really? Which insecurities?

Did you see any Yoruba person in this thread before the tongue in cheek comment was made by someone whose sole aim was to bash Yoruba foods and/or eating habits?

I can't remember quoting you ! You guys are petty ...most of you

Insecurities..okay Yoruba soups are the best in universe...thank you

ariesbull:


I can't remember quoting you ! You guys are petty ...most of you

Insecurities..okay Yoruba soups are the best in universe...thank you

You are pettier.
otherwise you won't be here just to come and comment about how Yorubas are clearing fallacies.
Is it 'paining' you or what?

ariesbull:
These Yoruba folks insecurities wouldn't kill una ...they said and compare Igbo food , Efik and Urhobo you guys are bringing your own food . I don't get it

What is wrong with people

take a look at why yoruba are here.

scholes0:


You are pettier.
otherwise you won't be here just to come and comment about how Yorubas are clearing fallacies.
Is it 'paining' you or what?

Why you still dey argue ? Yoruba food are the best in Galaxy