₦airaland Forum

goslowgoslow:
Yet na dem full Italy dey do asewo! Instead of you to praise the disciplined mother you dey talk of tribe.

Ewo.

VeryWickedMan:
Yes. Afon-bini people are very respectful and cultural in Italy.

Ouch. That was cold.

Does anyone cook okpa with ehuru?

ewa26:
em what’s more difference between ibo and uruba mai moin, who cook I pass and why do you seem to so dislike yoruba did you have bad experience with yoruba girlfriend/wife

I don’t dislike Yorubas (not that certain of their traits don’t annoy the hell out of me) and I’m not even tribalistic like that. It’s just a fact that Yoruba people have a limited range of a certain type of culinary class (and what they do cook well is often marred with too-much oil and pepper) so it’s hard to regard them too highly when it comes to overall cooking. Ondo, Ekiti and certain parts of Osun (maybe) do the soups/ofe-equivalent soup thing a bit better (and between them there might-well even be some pepper soup thrown in for good measure) and Ondo really has quite a beautiful range of stuff (from asun to one of their chief cities’ take on okro-soup) but in a more broadly-generalised sense Yoruba people are good at cooking three things and three things only: anything to do with rice, beans (including akara and maybe moi-moi) and parties (owambe/S.W.-inspired wedding menus and whatnot are quite dope, and so’s asaro; efos aren’t ever too bad) and save-for what’s irrefutably Yoruba from that list those foods aren’t really even theirs. Other than the pocketful of communities on the Eastern borderline-periphery who can string-together a pot of egusi without breaking egg-yolks (who even does that?) and don’t treat amala like it’s holy manna their soups and foods like that just aren’t good at all. Igbos and south-southerners have a much better/sturdier overall range and style of cooking.

Ayamase-lite stews are amazing too obviously but they’re not lost under the rubric of rice, which is why I haven’t listed them separately. And they’re not even generalised Yoruba dishes, not originally (nor is ewa-agoyin, which is also pretty nice).

The ideal concretised conceptualisation of moi-moi (which is rather a complex culinary concept) between both southern majorities at-least is most-accurate when it’s cooked by Awka/Nsukka/Enugu-Ezike women, Igbos residing in Britain and young-to-middle-aged women (or clever bachelors) from certain parts of Yorubaland (bleached palm oil, duck fat, M.S.G., Oron smoked/roasted crayfish, roasted ehuru/nutmeg/mace, duck/goose/chicken liver and nchaunwu can play a certain profitable role in the cooking of mai-mai, by the way). There’s not much fundamental difference other-than the fact that Igbos tend to add more crayfish (or be more likely to add it at-all, even; as for Yorubas some do add crayfish, some don’t) and possibly slightly less red pepper in favour of tomato paste.

Igbos generally have the most refined well-known way of making and eating beans in Nigeria so moi-moi is the only staple between them that Yorubas (the ones who even sabi-cook elele, because it’s definitely not all of them who seem particularly interested in it, whereas most-to-all Igbo women take mai-mai seriously, cook it pretty well and even devote Saturdays to it) can do at least just as well. Yoruba akara and Igbo akara are exactly the same (other than the fact that the Yoruba, of course, will add more flaming oil for no reason).

And look, my love-life is none of your business. Do you get what I’m saying to you there?

Are we done?

TrumpDonald2:
Somehow it is

Of course it is but it’s not a must.

Japan is a very introverted, insular country. They don’t always want interpersonal commitment like that.

Alright, bye. Let me not get mixed-up with the Uber football obsessives who roam Nairaland.

Good on you-know-who.

Shaggyswang2:
Come and remove them with your hand

No-mind him, please.

pocohantas:
True. You can try it and let us know how it goes. New recipes are created everyday.

It wasn’t too shabby. You’ve just got to try it for yourself and see how it resonates (or doesn’t) with your taste-buds. I wouldn’t go as far as adding uziza to anything rice-related (that would just be silly) but a touch of pepper soup in rice isn’t the worst shout.

2special:
Instead of you to throw away the fornication boots, you still hang am....

What do you expect him to do when Ugg boots haven’t been popular since 2009?

Opinedecandid:
PDP is the party to beat in the next election.
If you like hate it

Even in ibo kand, PDP May not need to win outrightly, but it will sure take 30-40% of the votes, despite the 'obidients' threat.

It’s Igbo, not Ibo. What the hell is it with some of you people?

Didn’t you haggle well?

Are you allergic to freshness (besides poor initial adaptation to any country other-than Nigeria) or something?

akbonus:
WHAT IS FRESH PEPPER AND ONION DOING IN UKODO? OR EPURU? AS WE CALL IT IN DELTA STATE

Give us one good reason why fresh pepper shouldn’t be there.

What kind of madness is in the air this weekend?

One way or the other it’s all love but that doesn’t mean I’m going to lie and pretend that Yoruba people (obvious exceptions-aside) don’t have some of the worst soups in Nigeria. Their ofe-and-vegetables assortment is very questionable and that’s being nice. Igbos aren’t great at throwing super-lively parties (not that they’re not still good in a subdued and ceremonial way) and Yoruba people by-and-large aren’t good at cooking except for what they’re good at (jollof rice obviously being one of the things they’re good at). Both ethnic groups (and everything in-between) are blessed in different, complimentary ways.

candygist:
No be lie, especially akwa ibom and calabar.
I went to stay with my grand mom for 3 month in my village at akwa ibom. When i came back to lagos, even my mom was shocked when she saw me. I was looking fresh and chubby with my skin shining.

I was eaten fresh vegitables straight from the farm, snails in my soup whenever it rains heavily and steady fish. No place like South south

True. Igbos and south-southerners are the best when it comes to soups and vegetable-variety. Not too sure about Yorubas, Edos and Hausas overall but for what I know Edos generally cook much better than Yorubas. The whole of Nigeria emulates ‘correct stew’ (especially where goat meat’s concerned) the way Etsako/Bini people perfected it yonks-ago. They have a very stable sense of culinary tradition. It’s probably just a case of black soup per-se not being that great. Yoruba people, Ondo and Ekiti folk (who really are rather good, and EXCEPTIONAL at pounded-yam) aside, are only really good when it comes to rice, beans-related food, certain stews and party food. Outside of that they by-and-large couldn’t cook their way out of a paper bag by their strictly-indigenous merits. (Ikokore’s nice, ’though.)

garriAndsugar:
Nice one bro.. you cook better than channah2 and

He’s still got a fair way to go before he reaches my level.

Great stuff, buddy. I like the nchaunwu (scent-leaf) addition.

You MUST seek-out support if the thought of suicide ever seriously crosses your mind. R.I.P. to the poor girl.

Anyone who’s been personally-affected by this theme is more-than welcome to send me a message, o?

Freshgrace4life:
Too bad for him , we need to change the mentality of stripping people naked at any given opportunity ... The people that you want to please now , will see your pictures everywhere ....

And the funny thing is the men who were involved in stripping him naked would swear blindly that they ain’t puffs and probably go on to strip two men suspected of having anal (while getting a hard-on at two women doing the same). Why would you be so desperate to see another dude’s balls and bum-bum if your heterosexuality is so secure?

Was there any point stripping him starkers over a bottle of red?

Is Kanu still going?

And I mean never.

Teenage pregnancies aren’t great but the lack of interest in working is more of a generalised reflection of disillusionment in the current economy than anything to do with young people themselves. Young Nigerians have never had it so-bad.

greatman247:
My friend, beautiful handwriting does not imply one is brilliant. Some dullards have beautiful handwriting too!

The contrast between relative half-wrecked indolence and preservative, pristine beauty can be a sight to behold indeed.

Some might-well regard his writing of “October” as scruffy, sef.

It’s neat-enough but I’ve seen way-neater. My-own handwriting is of no-less quality than that.

hamouston91:
You can go to Kenya or Rwanda, they are nice countries to live in.

Kim. Campbell doesn’t agree.

It’ll buy you a travel-ticket but not much more. Sorry. You’re going to have to find a way to get more money.