Learning Bytes
One of the things that Africans detest is finding insects playing around in their homes. Some people have a strong hatred for insects. Some other people have a form of phobia for them. A few other people are simply indifferent about them until they are destructive.
Whichever category you fall into, I am sure that nobody wants to come back home to find roaches in their food or ants in their clothes.
Hi there, people! Let's talk about the present reality of our shopping experiences; physical and online shopping. Here, I will share how the dynamics of physical shopping have changed and how to take advantage of the increasingly digital-physical hybrid approach everyone is adopting!
It’s no secret that spices and seasonings are an absolutely essential aspect of any recipe, and without them our dishes would be left bland and lackluster, missing that extra burst of heat, sweetness, or depth of flavor.
You aren't a bonafide Nigerian if you do not know what Crayfish is. Crayfish is one of the staple Nigerian spices. Nigerians would even sometimes incorporate ground crayfish into the first solid foods of their babies because of the high level of nutrients it contains. Crayfish can be added to virtually all Nigerian meals. Rice, beans, eggs, stew- just name it.
Everywhere you turn these days, there would be advice that you should eat healthy. An advice that a particular disease can be prevented by our diets. An advice that you should feed well. But we all know how difficult things are these days! We want to feed healthy but where is the money? We are still being paid the same salary in 2023 (when garri is now probably 500 naira per congo) as we were in 2019 when Garri was 80 naira per congo!
The truth is that steamed foods are alien to the African or Nigerian culture. I sat down to think about at least ten foods that Nigerians steam but I could only come up with Moinmoin and Ekuru and some veggies (and that’d be for babies though). What would Nigerians want to steam actually? Pounded yam or Jollof beans? Fried Rice?
