Weird Food Combinations
We Africans have the weirdest food combos sha. The other day, I went to the African grocery store to buy some yams, salad cream, garri and illegal i.e. not-usually-allowed mede mede (junk food) like chin chin and plantain chips. Anyhow, as I was standing in line, I perceived this fantabulous aroma coming from right behind me. Seriously, it was this strong, deep inside Isale-Eko buka-like aroma. I turned around to look and it was this dude eating from one of those syrofoam to-go boxes with the different compartments. I looked closer (nosey rosie that I am) and saw that he was eating agoyin beans. I was about to turn around to pay for my stuff when I noticed something unusual or out of place - in one of the compartments, there was a steaming peeled boiled egg on top of a small serving of spaghetti. What???? Agoyin beans with spaghetti and a boiled egg. Who eats that? How unusual.
It totally reminds me of a time I was in the Law buttery in Lag. (I don't if that's how to spell it or why a cafeteria is called a buttery). Back then, the Law buttery was the place to go if you needed something to eat between classes. Anyhow, I had just ordered my usual 1 fried rice, no meat, no nothing (I was a vegetarian then) and this girl comes up after me and orders 1 amala, ewedu, and 1 egg. First of all, you had to say 1 or 2 to indicate how many helpings you wanted. Secondly, this girl was about to eat amala with a boiled egg??? Now that's serious.
I really shouldn't be one to call what people eat weird. For lunch I had yam, stew and broccoli. Gotta get something green in there. LOL.
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posted by Gbemi's Piece @ 1:25 PM
10 Comments:
It is not weird. I love boiled eggs with everything. I have a cousin who thinks just like you. She confessed to me recently that she wished she had grown up in my house. I am quite adventurous when it comes to food. Growing up,we ate a lot of food from different tribes, all thanks to my mum who is the same tribe as my dad, go figure.
i have seen someone mash a boiled egg into egusi 4 real ooo.i wish there was somewhere to get agoyin here in leeds tho.i miss the stuff.
Pounded yam, egusi and fried plantain.
My favorite dish at lagos bukas
I love mashing eggs as my protein into any soup that draws. Although i was once surprised to see a friend eat moi-moi and dodo. her response to my confusion was "is it not beans and dodo?
it sounds like while both of you were vegetarians...only she was getting her protein
I love amala and boiled egg ooo with obe ewedu.....that's some good stuff........
Naija here I come in December!!!!
Brocolli, cauliflower and hot peppery meat stew.
PS. Moringa was used in ancient egypt. Saw it in the newspaper and remembered your Mum :)
I had a friend who had that same fetish for boiled eggs...imagine eba and egusi soup with boiled eggs...talk about one man's meat. I still have a horrid memory of when we were younger and my brother eating eba and ewedu with ketchup. The stew was taking a while to get done and the dude was a hungry monkey...watching him eat that ruined my appetite for the rest of the week, but he was loving it...again talk about one man's meat...
Wow, boiled eggs seem to be the thing.
@Anon 1.43, That's cool that you were exposed to different foods as a child. I was too - my mom would try recipes from Maggi Kitchen with Funmi something.
@Flame - I wish I could get agoyin here too. I shoulda asked the guy where he got his from. My amebo didn't reach there.
@Naapali - That's a first. I haven't heard of that combination before.
@Anon 12.17 - There are other sources of protein for a vegetarian diet besides eggs - any kind of legumes, soy, or nuts. I'm sure I met my quota back then.
@Omolabake - That must be the good stuff because that's exactly what my friend there was eating.
@Kemimamalopes - Sounds like my kind of thing. I'll try it out. So, Moringa's making the news these days? My mom would be pleased.
@Jola Naibi - You're right, one man's meat... I can't believe you didn't eat for a while because of what your brother did. He couldn't wait for the stew so he improvised - how typical of boys!
I once saw a man wolf down pounded yam with shredded beef n green pepper sauce oh!!!
And my dad told me of a classmate of his who ate/eats eba and salad.
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