I just hope OP doesn’t have a spiritual wife in the mix as well. She’s not going to be happy.

Poleski:


Control your long throat. Don't eat food someone you just had a problem with gave you. It's dangerous. She could've poisoned it.

I mean, yeah. There is that. But as far as we know OP could live to tell the tale and it could’ve just been a goodwill gesture after all. We’ll see.

Ijaya123:


With the way you’re working overtime on this Yoruba matter, I can see the obsession is indeed real.

Quite understandably though, you can only be obsessed with what you aspire to be like.

No real argument but cheap jibes as a weak defense just for the sake of replying. I think that says it all.

I think we’re done here. That’s last. I hope one day you aspire to be non-tribalistic, free of the spirit of envy and capable of appreciating good soup but it’s up to you. But as far as this is concerned it’s obvious that you have nothing to say, because there’s nothing to say. You’ve been finished. Reduced to an ogbono pulp.

thisisit:
When an ogbanje girl likes you... You get gift of oha soup from her in a white plate

That’s a whole other story.

Ijaya123:


And if I may ask you, why are you having self-induced migraines over Yoruba people’s soup?
Did anybody put a gun to your head to eat it or the people who are eating it came to lodge a complaint with you?

I’m trying to understand the obsession here.

Anyway, I’m trying to understand the obsession some jealous people have with underplaying the quality of Igbo soups (like them or don’t like them; that’s not the point), so I’m adding my own. I’m taciturn in my speech and prolix in my writing. That’s just how it is.

Why are people having migraines over the fact that Igbos sabi a good soup-thickener in egusi, yam, cocoyam, ofor and achi (etc.)? What’s their own on a thread about oha soup?

Egusi belongs to Yorubas? You’re a funny one indeed. I know what you’re going to say about the word egusi specifically being passed on to Igbo only through Igala (which admittedly makes sense because it’s Anambra and Enugu Igbos who use the word egwusi dialectically the most; in some Imo and Abia tongue-nitty-gritty niches it’s called something different) but that doesn’t mean that the soup itself, whether you wan. call am, isn’t as native to Igbos as it is Yorubas, Hausas, Tivs and Ibibios. The seeds are planted, grown and cooked all over West Africa for God’s sake. No one ethnic group in Nigeria has monopoly on that but the fact remains that the various Igbo ways of making it are better-liked than most of the corresponding Yoruba ones, and argue with that all you like but you know the truth deep-down. Admit it, don’t admit it. That really isn’t my problem.
The word okra itself is derived from the Igbo word okwuru (okwulu/okwuru-npiene) but that doesn’t stop Yorubas from having their own equivalent/s, ila (the best of-which comes from, you guessed it, Ondo), or much of Old World tropics and places between Africa and India using it for centuries before the more universal name for it happened to be christened by one particular language. Does that mean Yorubas didn’t know ila until the name okra/okro went mainstream? Likewise, the whole of Nigeria knows ogbono as just that (Edos and some Igalas value it more than most Igbos; at least one Umuzocha, Awka, village has ogbono as its prized staple and as far as I know that’s the extent of its value beyond the fact that it’s just a convenience-thickener that pairs well with okro) but in Yoruba (at least one particular dialect) it’s called apon, yet it ogbono was being talked about as exclusively an Igbo soup you’d probably be in here reminding us that it’s called apon in Yoruba and was used among you people before the name ogbono per-se became mainstream. Some ignorant Yoruba people with a very myopic, tribal self-aggrandising way of seeing Nigeria even claim ogbono as their invention, forgetting that the very name literally comes from Igbo and that most Nigerians are talking about Igbo ogbono when they talk about ogbono, not apon-trash.

I’m trying to understand the obsessive jealousy here. What I’m also doing is stating it as it is rather than letting my thinking be biased by sentient tribalism. I’m not that kind of person but that Igbos have more variety of traditional food and soups than Yorubas there’s no doubt, even if you try so hard not to admit it or are the kind of person who’d re-elect Tinubu over Obi. I’m not just saying that because I happen to be Igbo.

Gin’s calling my name now so buh-bye. If you still want to find something to argue about, just know that you’ll be arguing with yourself and that is not the sanest way to spend a Friday evening. Nor am I the sort of person to get into a silly tribal argument with. I fight fire and brimstone and I win, because unlike some I actually know what I’m talking about. And I’m not looking through a myopic insular lens to big up any one tribe. I’m way beyond that. I’m very anti-tribalism but I’m also anti-wilful sentient ignorance.

And don’t you dare claim as purely Yoruba an egusi that you’ve learnt from Igbos to cook with ugu of all vegetables (Igbo word for a green vegetable which doesn’t even grow further West than Delta State). Tribalism won’t kill us-die (TWKUD) but it’s to the detriment of Nigerians’ awareness of stuff in general. Always looking at everything through a very insular tribal point of view.

Jeon:


How is using broom [never been used on the floor ]to cook unhealthy or abnormal?

In Edo, broom is also used to stir soup or fry Garri to avoid them from burning.

That better-not be where the witch-stereotype comes from. Black soup is sha lit (from a health-perspective anyway), and so’s their dried stew made with more groundnut oil (I feel like Edo people have a very particular way of making stew, and it’s very correct) and kpomo.

As for the broomstick shiz, what if you ingest a splinter? And in any case, do you not think that someone somewhere in Oyo hasn’t used it on the floor at some point and picked it up to stir emergency ewedu (at the very least)? What’s wrong with an actual whisk?

Ijaya123:


Let me help you ignorance. Yorubas don't stir ewedu with broomstick. It is pounded with whisk, traditionally called 'Ijabe' or done with blender.

Do you also know that:
Ewedu is called Rama in Hausa, Malukhiyah in Egypt, molohiya in Isreal, krain krain in Sierra Loene and mrenda in Kenya. Ewedu is used to produce soup (taushe) or mixed with kuli kuli (groundnut cake) to form a dish known as kwado in Hausa. Ewedu is good for weight loss because of its low calorific content and it helps strengthen the immune system, fights off stress and heart disease. Ewedu is a folk remedy for aches and pains, dysentery, enteritis, fever, dysentery, pectoral pains, and tumors.

Hope that helps.

They use broomsticks. Not all but more than is non-concerning. You know they do.

I know all about the variations of what Yorubas call ewedu (heck, it’s a thing in Nsuka). But the Yoruba way of making it is by-far the worst. Stick to the stew part of it if you’re not going to cook the greener stuff properly. No-doubt the leaves are healthy enough but that doesn’t amount to as much as it could when the general standard of cooking it among S.W. Nigerians is very poor. One can survive on onugbu, afang, Ekiti egusi (even) , Delta egusi pepper soup or, indeed, oha indefinitely but with ewedu you’d likely die of malnutrition after under a week.

Let’s be real. Ewedu isn’t a soup. Not a rightly-called one or one that looks appetising in the least. It just looks like someone’s puked up that extra-green fried rice that that vlogger cooked up the other day, mashed it to a pulp and added stone. The way it’s made, notwithstanding the general health benefits of the leaf itself, just isn’t nutritious or palatable to the average Igbo man or woman. The more east-southerly a Nigerian’s origins are (starting from Osun and ending in southernmost Akwa Ibom), the higher the standards they tend to have when it comes to soup. Ewedu (the way it’s made by Yorubas who do it) might be okay for some Yorubas, Hausas and Edos but for a Calabar person or Anambra Igbo who’s used to akpu and onugbu-egusi/ukwa nni-ji and ofe oha, it simply won’t do. Not good enough and not by a long osu-chalk (which is better off used for some okazi-and-ugu egusi-binding). You know it isn’t so why are we even having this conversation?

No-doubt Yorubas are good at cooking rice and a few other things but when it comes to soup I’d only single out Ondo, Ekiti and chunks of Osun as being anything close to good. The rest are utterly hopeless.

Mrnairalandd:
That yeye disgusting soup… Why do Igbos put coco yam or pounded yam in their soups? Unhealthy

Why do Yorubas stir ewedu with broomsticks? Is that healthy or even normal?

Is ewedu even soup?

Oha di uto, o.

Narcissists are everywhere. You can’t avoid them altogether, unfortunately.

And how exactly is this apon soup cooked? Is it fit to be considered anything like real-deal ogbono (better known to Edos and certain Igalas besides Igbos and whoever-else has a grip on ogbono)?

Congrats to the guy.

It’s never too late.

Ghana jollof’s alright but for real, for real, it doesn’t even begin to come close. For all the cheese omelette, shito and anchovies shenanigans some people do on top of it, it doesn’t have half the potential or innate gidi-gidi-bang. Issa solid 5/10 from me.

Half of them need to stay back or at least be banned from vlogging about JAPA struggles. We don’t want to hear it. The Onuoras, Ijaw sailors, single-mum aunties and Bolades who migrated everywhere between Scotland and Australia between the 1930s and 90s faced much worse hardship to be met with but they just got on with it and made and contributed to rich Nigerian communities. And they acclamatised with the world/uwa. These latest JAPA anyhows aren’t worth the ground they walk on. Whether it’s red-sanded or snow-coated. Let them rest and stay where they are. They are not the quality of migrants that sacrificed and preserved a lot as recently as a couple of years ago, to be honest. It’s like a case of the most defective of the Europeans getting shipped off to America/Canada and Australia (as was the case in history) but not realising where they are and not making an identity for themselves. Latest ndu Japa seem to think that Nigeria’s the only country in the world. I’m not saying every single Japa migrant be like that but it’s a very concerning number. Very concerning. And they have, like, such a myopic view of the world (allow the California valley girl intonation implied in this sentence, because that’s, like, totally not how Probz talks).

KeenD:
Man must wak. Being a public figure doesn't stop you from enjoying eating Akara

StainlessCup:
things like what? You forget we almost produce nothing here in Nigeria.

We produce Abakaliki rice and Ofada rice (the good brands of local rice; local Anambra rice is trash). Oron (Akwa Ibom) crayfish. The truth is Nigeria has so much resource-richness.

marlow1962:
Nigerian minimum wage can't even buy their local bag of rice (what a very big shame).
Nigerian citizen will continue living in hell until they stop praising their slave masters, but for now let tribalism do his thing, when everybody is done insulting themselves over these punks politicians who don't give a Bleep about you, them we can talk business.

20kg rice doesn’t come cheap, let-alone t’50kg bags that are generally sold for Naija.

dc23:
Take note that Cassava was introduced from Brazil to Africa or West Africa by the Portuguese. That means no cassava meal can be classified as NATIVE

Somehow. But abacha and akpu might as well be.

Garri’s neither here nor there. Why’s anyone trying to claim that?

Looks like nchaunwu is an alternative to clomipramine/paroxetine for fellas what cum too quickly. Okay. We see you, effirin. We love you, ntong, and not just for ofe akwu and a certain kind of stew.

Nice.

Is it not Igbo and English? b, c.

Hausa, Yoruba and Igala have also been spoken by various members (on my mum’s side) but that’s different. When you have to flee to Idah or Bauchi during the Biafran war and fall-out of it, you’re going to pick up at least a bit of the local lect. Coupled with the fact that my grandma (maternal) was from Umuzocha (the Awka village that has the most Igala connection, or at least one of the most), so she was already inclined to speak Igala as well as Igbo. English not so much. She wasn’t so good in English but she was okay.

jannzy82:
Not exactly made with ice, but the hot port is also an excellent sort-of wine cocktail. Source: https://thesmartcookiecook.com/recipes/hot-port-drink-recipe

I adore port.

Oh, God.

RedboneSmith:
Y'all are just way too touchy for your own goods. 🙄

Touchy? That’s one way of putting it.

SmartyPants:


Egusi is eaten and prepared in different ways all over West Africa. Try and travel so you won't be so limited in cultural awareness.

In Gambia/Senegal they eat theirs with rice and call it supa kanja.

If you claim it originated from your tribe, no problems but what is the evidence for that claim?

Supa kanja sounds like a vibe.

BeigJawnson:



Lol... Just be careful. Yorubas own Egusi... And Egusi is a loaned word into the Igbo language...

Tackle my post bit-by-bit or go. Give me a solid counter-argument if you want to make it stick. Saying something you want to be the case out of tribalistic loyalty doesn’t make it true. No matter how many times you say it.

vannessa7:


Vitamin A deficiency in Yoruba land?!!, What do you think is in the palm oil you people hate so much, the nmanu, being quiet and laid-back coupled with not being egotistical has made the likes of you to undermine us a great deal, because no one is blowing Yoruba horn you lot think we have no horn to blow

I will not reply you again

Argue with the researchers. It’s there in print. Sentimental love for amala and stinky green hogwash won’t change that. Yoruba soups with one or two eastward/Ondo-lite exceptions are trash. So chill, you jealous cretin. Missing out on periwinkles, seafood, snails, onugbu, ukazi, uda, ugu and okporoko is your loss at the end of the day. Continue eating ewedu with nothing else but pepper and kpomo if that’s how you wanna do but don’t pretend it makes a balanced diet.

Igbos are more prone to disease? Show me the research, researcher. Idiot. Vagabond.

BeigJawnson:



Hear you .... There is nothing like egusi apkurupku in Yoruba.... Use your head not anus

You hear me, yeah? Sound.

vannessa7:



Unfortunately I couldn't read your tribal prejudice induced come back to the end, the premature wrinkled and broken down faces of your people is enough evidence to prove me right, I honestly made that post hoping I might help some igbo women because I know how a woman with premature wrinkles might feel, now imagine a diet that wreck havock on your skin what it is doing to your inside simultaneously,
You sighted the case of Yoruba praising igbo food and I can tell you that is because Yoruba has always and will always be laid back, we don't prove or chest beat until you call us out like you normally do. Go to obalende in Lagos and many part of Lagos island and see igbos chowing down ijebu egusi and Amala. Isn't that what they are doing at that Amala day?
I have travelled round your place and there was a time I felt stranded when my work took me to an internal village and all the food I could get was akpu and garri, I developed muscle before coming back then I understood why your people are typically short until you started traveling out of your enclave. Your land does not grow much food nor support livestock thus one of the reasons for cannibalism, thank God for transportation you now have access to meat if not you lot will still be all midgets. It is not possible for Yoruba to cook like you because we have easy access to protein right from before transportation unlike you that you have to pick all sorts of things to make your soups tasty, that's why hausa soups are even more watery than Yoruba soups , when you have quality protein you don't need to pick so many trash to make your food have some taste and as for vegetables every other regions have more vegetable than south east, vegetable that grow on its own everywhere in south west and the north.

The north are the healthiest because they have most fruits, livestock and grains, it is almost like paradise the way food grows in the north, and that's why they are the tallest, I've been there so I know, watermelon,cabbage, lettuce, yams,beans rice, wheat,etc. Yoruba also have varieties of foods, it is only your region that is food challenged and that's why you recorded so much casualty during the civil war.

You ask what food has got to do with stroke, that's enough for me to know the class you belong, no intellectual will ever ask such question, I am an analyst and a researcher, if I find anything good about food from other places I adopt it, I don't care about tribe and that's why tuwo is a staple in my home, is it fufu or garri which is all igbos have that I will go for, I don't even eat eba again and I stopped eating fufu which you call akpu a long time ago, I will rather take yogurt for fermented foods than smelly fufu

Your citations are Nigerians doctors and Nigerian websites while tomatoes and ewedu are foods attested to by health professionals all over the world. Amala and tuwo are foods with low glycemic index recommended for diabetics and anybody who wants to reduce sugar.

My conclusion, you are free to continue on your over hyped diet while I stick to mine, igbehin lo ma ye oloku ada ,( the man with a dull cutlass will only understand at the end) to every Mallam his kettle.

Hyped, over-hyped, whatever. Your pro-Yoruba/Hausa, anti-Igbo bias is showing clear as day so don’t talk to me about prejudice. You can vegetables and crayfish (where appropriate to use) trash at your own health-risk. You want to use 10k Naira for kpomo for ONE little soup instead of proper assortment and balance, that’s on you.

Who told you Igbos don’t cook with tomato (a fruit that’s originally from the Americas and not at any Nigerian’s mercy to directly claim)?

You’re a researcher? You’re a bloody biased one.
Yoruba people no-dey suffer apoplectic fit? Vitamin A deficiency in all those poor ndu-nwata (clearly)?

vannessa7:


Your inherited insecurities always making you people vile, must you lie to make a point. Many of you are very ignorant and I think I need to tell you a bit of truth today. On the health scale igbo food is the poorest, the soups you boast about and brag about that makes you age faster than your age, a 50 years old looking like 70, the igbo cuisine that makes you people develop various sickness, have you not notice most cases of cancer, kidney disease, etc afflict igbos most, if you Google most Yoruba food you will stop eating igbo food, our ofe nmanu that you love to hate which is tomatoes soup is a super food, google is your friend, an article on tomatoes I read even said anyone who doesn't eat tomatoes is in trouble already, tomatoes repair cells,
when I saw Mr Ibus news I said this might be another result of igbo food.

Amala is made from yam and everyone knows yam is healthy, it's just grounded dried yam. Go and google ewedu benefits and you will ask yourself what you have been doing without eating it all your life. Yorubas generally use tomatoes in our egusi, our vegetable soups etc, that is why our iya Rainbow looks 50 at 80 years old, go and look for her birthday video.
I have toured igbo land and I know your land doesn't produce good food thus the need to pick various brick a brick to Concort a soup, snails, periwinkle, leaves etc but we don't need all that because we have wholesome foods and meat which gives us all the nutrients we need. I have talk to some igbo women in my area with broken down faces due to igbo food, you know they are not old women but their face is that of a very old women,I asked one of them her age she said 54, I told her she even look older than my 82 years old mom. I encourage her to eat tomatoes and she thanked me, I told her to Google it very well. tomatoes is use in facial treatment and spa to reduce wrinkle imagine it inside you everyday, go and google it and other Yoruba food before condemning, I married an Edo man and he love egusi so much but I always put real tomatoes and peppers inside the egusi very well not the powdered pepper igbos use. Most times empty barrel make the loudest noise.

Google’s our friend, yeah? I’ve taken you up on that and here we are:

A Consultant Gastroenterologist with the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Dr. Olufunke Adeniyi, has said that south-eastern soups are the most nutritious in Nigeria.

According to Adeniyi, South Eastern soups are usually prepared with rich vegetables and often cooked with little or no oil making them more nutritious and healthy compared to other traditional soups known to other parts of the country.

She said this at a one-day fortification workshop organised by Nestle Nigeria in Lagos.

Adeniyi said, “South-Eastern soups are very rich in micro and macro nutrients. Their soups contain a lot of leafy vegetables and so most of their children are not really micronutrient deficient.

“However, this is the challenge to those in other regions. For instance, parents in the South West need to improve the quality of food their children eat as a way of correcting nutrient deficiency.

“At least 25 per cent of Nigerian children suffer from vitamin A deficiency, the commonest cause of blindness in children under five years. Also, Nigeria falls into the zone that has severe iron deficiency anaemia.

“We thought iodine deficiency was not an issue, unfortunately, we are seeing some degrees of iodine deficiency. Recent figures show that 20 million babies are born per year with mental impairment due to iodine deficiency despite all the fortification that is still going on.”

The Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé Nigeria, Mr. Dharnesh Gordhon, who was represented by the Manager Corporate Communications, Dr. Samuel Adenekan, assured Nigerians that the company would not compromise its fortification policy which, he said was essential to the growth and development of children.

Adenekan said, “We have been tackling dietary deficiencies in Nigeria with our fortified food products. We are also committed to various initiatives to address the issue of malnutrition in the country especially among children and their mothers.”

Want a source? With pleasure: http://www.aka-ikenga.com/2015/12/south-eastern-soups-are-most-nutritious.html | https://9jalegal.com.ng/south-eastern-soups-are-the-most-nutritious-expert/

Is it Nairaland backing you’re looking for? (You can thank the Google for this one, also.) https://www.nairaland.com/2796034/south-eastern-soups-most-nutritious----expert

There you have it, my dear.

Want some anecdotal comments served to you on a calabash platter to stop you scrolling through?

“One does not require mirror to see what he/she holds in the palm. If u are a lagosian, then u must have seen how yorubas and other tribe frequent igbo restaurants to enjoy igbo delicacies,why the contrary is case in yoruba run restaurant. To be candid and sincere, in all my years in lagos I'm yet to see an igbo person walk-in to a yoruba restaurant to eat any of their delicacy, while most yorubas i have come across have all confessed how they have fallen in love with igbo delicacy. Me, personally I'm yet to test any yoruba food. Food will have to appeal to ur sight first before u Desire it, which yoruba food does not, infact, it is irritating to an average easterner”

“I can confirm this. Typically SE and SS foods minus Edo are pretty much the same, very nutritious evident in how physically strong our men are. There is a reason why Yorubas, Hausas and some Edo look malnourished because their foods are not nutritious. Though the Yorubas and Hausas who live in the East and regularly eat eastern foods tend to be bigger and stronger in appearance. Several yrs ago, my good friend went to serve in Osun, he came malnourished, lost all muscles. At the time we couldn't figure out why this happened. However after staying just 2 weeks in Calabar, he gained his muscles back and looked more healthy. Eastern foods are very nutritious. Again, all Eastern/Biafran foods are pretty much the same.”

Will folk-medicine with Igbo herbs do for some things, instead of wearing egusi necklaces as a juju accessory? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dewb.12330

Want to hear what a core Ibadan woman with tribal marks has to say about the whole thing? Listen to her (polygot interviewee).


And what’s stroke got to do with food? Are Nigerians actually this senseless?
Igbos not traditionally believe in motility rehabilitation in your world? Okoye, Emmanuel Chiebuka et al. “Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the reintegration to normal living index into IGBO language among individuals with mobility disability.” Journal of patient-reported outcomes vol. 3,1 40. 12 Jul. 2019, doi:10.1186/s41687-019-0139-9

What about geriatric melancholia? Mgbeojedo, Ukamaka Gloria et al. “Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) into Igbo language: a validation study.” Health and quality of life outcomes vol. 20,1 22. 5 Feb. 2022, doi:10.1186/s12955-022-01928-8

Fancy a chirpy blog about it? https://okofiablog.com/health-benefits-of-eating-popular-igbo-foods/

Want to hear the word about oha soup specifically?

“Diarrhea Management:
Oha leaves contain zinc, which supports a healthy immune system and helps manage diarrhea.
Constipation Relief:
The fiber in oha leaves aids digestion and improves gut health.
Anemia Prevention:
Oha leaves provide iron and vitamin C, crucial for red blood cell formation and anemia prevention.
Joint Health:
Manganese in oha leaves supports cartilage formation and joint health.
Heart Health:
Potassium in oha leaves promotes normal heart function and blood circulation.
Muscle Cramp Reduction:
Magnesium in oha leaves acts as a muscle relaxant, reducing cramps.
Brain Function:
Glutamic acid in oha leaves supports brain function as a neurotransmitter.
Muscle Mass:
Oha leaves can aid in building muscle mass due to cysteine content.
Blood Pressure Control:
Low sodium and high potassium content in oha leaves help regulate blood pressure.
Eye Health:
Vitamin A in oha leaves supports better vision and a strong immune system.“

Are you so tired of trying to make a convincing case for egusi that you’re now going to come out and face ora soup, hm?

Another? https://healthguide.ng/igbo-foods-in-nigeria/

Waawa rundown? https://enuguonlinetv.com/2023/08/28/top-15-food-in-enugu-state-with-photos/

Their word on egusi? “Ofe Egusi is a popular Nigerian soup made with egusi seeds (pumpkin seeds), which are known as agushi in Hausa, ofe egusi in Igbo, and efo elegusi in Yoruba. It is a staple food in many parts of Nigeria, and is especially popular in the southeastern region of the country, including Enugu.”

Additional Igbo take (beyond mgbaloti-egusi, onugbu-egusi and the egusi sprinkled with ugu that you guys have adopted):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH70DxfvduY?si=sydWgw518PEHVqr4

Need particularly diabetes-friendly recommendations? https://recipes.africanvibes.com/15-african-foods-suitable-for-diabetic-patients/ edikang-ikong, plantain porridge, ukwa and stuff from other countries got a mention but nothing like broomstick-stirred ewedu.
And why’s that?
I can’t imagine.

Do Yoruba people cook egusi with ogbono (Igbo name; if any other ethnic group has claim to it, it’s Edoid ones)? Do they grind egusi with osu to improve the texture? Do they even know what osu is? Isn’t that what egg-yolks are used for among many Yorubas (nonsense)?

Yoruba people used to cook egusi without palm oil? Try Delta egusi-pepper soup. Try egusi ocha (a Delta Igbo egusi).

You invented egwusi for where? Ebe? Is that place on planet Earth or as a matter of fact anywhere this side of the solar system?

Ila wetin (the range of Yorubas who cooked anything like good okra originally is limited to Ondo people, not even Ekiti this time)? Okra literally comes from the Igbo word ọkwụrụ. Common old-world plant but the fact that its common English name is derived from the Igbo language should tell you something.

Sorry. Akpu and onugbu, semo./ukazi, pounded yam + ofe nsala >>> amala and ewedu any time; any day, anywhere. This is Mr Probz you’re talking to, not some semi-illiterate vagabond somewhere. You are not going to win this argument with me. Try me if you want but I’ll finish you and that’s a hill I’m prepared to die on.

And listen, stop and listen. This is free knowledge you’re being given. Stuff you probably already kinda knew deep down, unloath to admit it or not. From Ngor-Okpala to Umuahia to Agulu to Nsukka, one blind Igbo person can cook better egusi soup than 80 Yorubas with 20-20 vision and you know it. Only Ondo, Ekiti and certain parts of Osun begin to come close when it comes to knowing how to cook proper egusi. I’m not even going to compare you guys to Calabars/Akwa Ibomites. But when you people come up with anything like afang or onugbu, let me know. Come and find me and I’ll be there with a bottle of coke. But the fact remains that any Yoruba (minus Ondo/Ekiti, some of Osun) who cooks good egusi does it with some Eastern influence or generally just learnt it somewhere else. No-doubt Yoruba people are good at cooking rice but we’re talking about soups here and with few exceptions you guys aren’t even zero but -1. And I know that you know that you don’t have. No shade and one love but when it comes to soups and all that, leave that for SE folk. Hapu ofe for those who can actually cook them well.

BeigJawnson:


Not an actual definition right? But if the table turns around against you, and you defended with a definition from google, you won't say it is an individual comment. Just go and sleep. You have nothing to defend.... Yorubas invented egusi soup...

If you’re going to tell lies, at least do it convincingly. Ewu.

Start by going through this in your own time, and I don’t want to hear another word from you until you’ve finished. https://www.fao.org/3/i0370e/i0370e13.pdf


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUYRpN11jVk?si=1cXAkms-4gjdEPRc |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD3fNIdnvOg?si=gNrf368euxFXI7wj did Yorubas invent egusi-akpuruakpu? Any Yoruba even know what that is? When did an Abia State delicacy that’s literally as grassroots as it gets become a Yoruba soup? This boy, are you okay?

femi4:
I just told you the correct name. Same way you called/misspelled boli (roasted plantain) as bole, miss pronounced Aṣọ̀ ẹbi as Asebi and spell MoinMoin as moimoi

In yoruba land, these names don't just exist, they have source and meaning where they are derived from. Hope you know that Yorubas exist outside Nigeria

No. You told me a dialectical variant.

Who strongly associates boli/bole with anywhere outside Port Harcourt? Do they have utazi-spiced bole + fish festivals in Ogbomosho?