Theconglomerate:
Convince ke?Eating who up?
I go leave business come dey worry about who your imagination want marry?
E just some things weh person don big pass,like I for clear your doubt.
Goodluck with your hunt like I said,I'm out.
Enjoy.

pocohantas:


That thing wasn’t oha soup please. I don’t know what that poison was, the person was being mischievous.


I think they bought mature ones or some specie. Lol. In my learning days, I also bought a semi-hard oha and struggled with it.

This one I bought was very soft. If you shake the bunch, they will fall off.

DeeMain:


Dude, what's your problem na? Ogili/ogiri is optional for many Igbos, especially non-Anambrarians. Some will never use it to cook, no matter what. Haba!!!

sassysure:


You know ncha( that is used to eat ede igbugbu), or abacha anambra?
That is where I love ogiri the best.
Abacha anambra is very different from abacha imo or the popular abacha we see around. I'm not even good in making it though I love it very well especially one that stayed overnight( very weird me)

sonnie10:

I am a little surprised at this revelation. You mean you learned how to identify the right Oha leafs texture?
Most igbos don’t. They just know it from childhood. As children, they see how or are involved in plucking this leaf. Agreed, not everyone grew up in the village but the very skill of knowing the right Oha leaf is one knowledge that is part of tradition. You might even have observed your mother addressed this.
Honestly most igbos would tell you that they know that Oha should be soft and tender. That they did not remember ever learning it.

sassysure:

Abacha agworagwo is different. It's Sweet too.
If you love watching foodies on youtube, watch flochinyere and you will see the difference. I think she made the two. The all Nigerian recipe book lady.

merahki:



Achi is something my people don’t (didn’t) traditionally eat (even though the trees are many in my hometown). Children would pick these and use them to play games. My cousin had more than 1000 seeds once, lol. The seeds would also be sold to ndi mbana (people from outside our place).
I learnt about eating achi as a soup type from my Imo and Abia friends.
But of course everybody eats everything now, with tradition mixups (for example ndi obodo ayi traditionally don’t eat nni akpu, instead they eat nniji and nniede, even a combination of the two, but of course I know many people now eat the akpu, one can buy okpa in places far away from Agbaja land now, etc)
Back to achi, it is also cheaper than ede or egusi, and this places it automatically on the menus of many Igbo families, whether they would traditionally eat it or not. I have never eaten it but the seeds are beautiful. They look like ukpaka, but are very much smaller.
Ogili is for ede and abacha in my place, but I think there is a slightly different ogili for each. Hardened/mature oha leaves or oha’s sibling, utulukpa would be used to make ji “agwol’agwo” (my grandma used to do this).
Ogili is a must for ede and abacha in the food gospel of agbaja people.
But there are cheap seeds that my people traditionally eat- akpalata and okobo. Not many people would know these I guess. The former look like trebor sweets and the latter like black ping pong balls. I never tasted them though but I know them as home food. I have only ever eaten and do eat okra plus ogbono with ugu, and egusi with either ugu or onugbu. No other soup have I known.
My people also would cook a pounded cocoyam leaf, or mpoto ede soup. It is a very, very old, almost extinct soup type- ofhe mpoto. Maybe for ndi ozo, like something called ighu. I cant describe this one well, it somehow looks like corn flakes but I don’t know the crop it is made from. It used to be prepared like abacha but with more basic ingredients- akanwu, salt, pepper, palm oil. It was a special food, revered by ozos. Not sure if mpoto was revered by ndi ozo though.
(I know quite some traditional stuff o ).

@OP, I am sorry for derailing some, and then more, but your food is beautiful. I enjoy your food threads. I especially love that they are traditional foods . You would make a killing owning a restaurant outside Nigeria! I have read two, will look out for more.
Like you I think I onions don’t go with soup. I would not eat soup with onions at all (even if only used to season the meat).

Theconglomerate:
Convince ke?Eating who up?
I go leave business come dey worry about who your imagination want marry?
E just some things weh person don big pass,like I for clear your doubt.
Goodluck with your hunt like I said,I'm out.
Enjoy.

sassysure:

[s]Point of correction, my post didn't project so. It merely explained why to my understanding most anambra men are the way they are or ngwa men. You guys should carry your tribalistic nonsense and shift from here.
I am from anambra, u can kill yourself.
What nonsense!
And the person I directed the post to was for a reason I choose not to go into( would have developed it further if not for I too know people like you)

And yes, if not for them and aba people( check your history well beyond ipob) igboland would have been overun by the north. I speak with facts not sentiments. So, yes, with their gragra, they are still shielding us from all the parasites that want to devour us.

Ask about any riot in the north against igbo people who dey carry the reprisal attack for head? When it starts it aba or onitsha, that's when the north will know how to call their people to order. Aba is even worst.
Mtcheew.
[/s]

I love my anambra abacha, any problem with that?
That is my choice. Make your, will you?
Hian!

Osagyefo98:



Then they are cooking poison. am I even talking when most of the non igbos are culture less entities..

merahki:




Aaawww I know right?
I gave myself some major nostalgia too with the post.
You are welcome

FloraEC:

Growing up, I love abacha agworoagwo(I think that's Anambra method) the one that they make using ncha.

I prefer the fried abacha maybe because of the akanwu used in making abacha ncha

ursullalinda:



Are you from Enugu state...... I have not heard ighu from an Anambra person......I have never seen Achi before nor used it........will stick to my ede and akwu or red oil for oha soup......thanks for the info up there

ursullalinda:



Are you from Enugu state...... I have not heard ighu from an Anambra person......I have never seen Achi before nor used it........will stick to my ede and akwu or red oil for oha soup......thanks for the info up there

koning:




It's your right to love your mama Abacha. But we all know who has the original. Legend no dey the same level with Guiness. But all na stout.

pocohantas:


Damn!! Anything they eat/do is the standard. I have not met up to 7 Anambra people without this attitude.

JONNYSPUTE:
....Ndi Anambra. All Una own na him be best.

If one doesn't cook Oha soup with ogili then it is not Oha soup.

If one doesn't eat Una Abacha with ogili,then the taste is not unique.

Make Una carry cup.

Ndi ogili.

Tapout:
tomorrow u will hear pocoh.antas has signed a deal with maggi or a food production company, u go dey there dey wonder how e take happen...nice one poco wetin dey sweet me pass na say u dey represent the culture well...u be the real Nwa Mazi, Ada Igbo. No be all those ones on IG that only know how to make shawarma and egg roll

Cc: mariangeles come let's eat.

DeeMain:


Poison? I give up on you bro, no offence.

Egbe bere, Ugo bere... Onye biri, ibe ya biri.

That's all you'll get from me. Bye.

FloraEC:

Is it not the one they use mortar?
No problem, I'll check her page. Learnt how to make okpa from her website.
Thanks sis

Ebukawaylaid:


Dear Poco,
I have been following your thread, and I must commend you for your good cooking knowledge. I have learnt a lot from you, and I try to practice once in a while following your methods step by step. Thank you a lot.

However, I find your submission about Anambra men very disturbing, infact I got irritated at some point, and wondered what Anambra men must hav done to you....I know you are very intelligent and understand the danger of reckless generalisation. How can you even say majority of Anambra men are supremacist? I'm from Anambra and I'm not! I have relatives and they are not!
Again, I think you have problem with Igbo Men in general....not just Anambra men

FloraEC:
And that's how they want biafra. Laugh in mysterious power.
Fight untop soup.

koning:





ABACHA IS SYNONYMOUS WITH ENUGU. period. All Nigerians know that. What is the matter with you people. Always displaying your insecurity and complexes. Soon she will talk of "Anambra Okpa".

VickyRotex:
How did this innocent food thread turn into a cultural war?

pocohantas:


Majority are, if it hurts so much- then you change. Someone close to me saw this thread and also complaining of you guys attitude. This thread went south because your siblings couldn’t give non-eating ogiri people a break.

Yes, majority of Anambra men have the supremacist mindset. I think you people are taught that from childhood. The ones without that attitude are not up to 17% of the total Anambra population.

Thanks for replicating, I hope they turn out tastier than mine.

sassysure:

Oh, u knew her already
I don't know but I have come across such. Let me look for it and post for you.

FloraEC:

Is it not the one they use mortar?
No problem, I'll check her page. Learnt how to make okpa from her website.
Thanks sis