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Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 10:37pm On Mar 12, 2009
why dem no advertise the hat with one okoro or Okafor with big head like Ikomi or asha? cheesy cheesy cheesy
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 10:39pm On Mar 12, 2009
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by asha80(m): 10:41pm On Mar 12, 2009
I wu onye ara grin

But are those caps for real undecided
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 10:42pm On Mar 12, 2009
Yes naw; wetin dey unreal about it?. Dem get plenty of them for ariaria Aba especially Enyimba FC cap and shirts.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Hauwa1: 12:02am On Mar 13, 2009
that is Akara in that pix just that it is/was deeply fried or the person dey NL and forgot it. also maybe the person used high instead of medium fire while frying it. the first set of akara i made last saturday looked like that as it was burnt wink

Puff puff would have been shiny. so it is not puff puff but akara in that pix.

Aloy, same here if my mom make ogbono soup for you eh,  kiss kiss
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 12:08am On Mar 13, 2009
Aloy, same here if my mom make ogbono soup for you eh,
Ehhhhn, you sabi make onugbu too?
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Nobody: 12:09am On Mar 13, 2009
It looks like puff puff to me. Akara is usually flatter than puffpuff. Those ones look round like puff puff. undecided
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by MrCrackles(m): 12:10am On Mar 13, 2009
Chei Aloy wetin be dat? shocked shocked shocked
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 12:13am On Mar 13, 2009
Onugbo na bitter leaf soup. Na Anambra folks dey choppam well well. It tastes better than ofe owerri.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Nobody: 12:14am On Mar 13, 2009
osisi why now? I see the ugba, ofe ukazi and pepper soup now i want to go back home.  cry
Anyone who hasnt eaten ugba has never eaten food.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by asha80(m): 12:17am On Mar 13, 2009
Onugbo na bitter leaf soup. Na Anambra folks dey choppam well well. It tastes better than ofe owerri.

U dey yarn cigar.

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Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 12:23am On Mar 13, 2009
U dey yarn cigar.
Na true naw, ask Osisi.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 12:24am On Mar 13, 2009
osisi why now? I see the ugba, ofe ukazi and pepper soup now i want to go back home.
Anyone who hasnt eaten ugba has never eaten food.
You don't need to come back home. Ask karamammod your wife to prepare it for dinner. Ugba can be romantic.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 12:44am On Mar 13, 2009
as we call it back home
kpof kpof grin

Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Hauwa1: 1:00am On Mar 13, 2009
akara is not flat lol. only if you use ''manage oil'' to fry it then you get it flat smiley

akara is roundish, wink at least the ones i have seen in the north and around. the ones i make are not flat wink

yes Emeka, i can make ofe onugbu. that soup good if your belle get hold up
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by MrCrackles(m): 1:02am On Mar 13, 2009
*Hauwa*:

akara is not flat lol. only if you use ''manage oil'' to fry it then you get it flat smiley

akara is roundish, wink at least the ones i have seen in the north and around. the ones i make are not flat wink

yes Emeka, i can make ofe onugbu. that soup good if your belle get hold up

So the soup nah like traffic calming measure cheesy
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Hauwa1: 1:06am On Mar 13, 2009
grin grin

a real good ofe onugbu, i mean a good one (not corner corner ofe onugbu), that is freshly harvested bitter leaf, wash it yourself and blend right away will really clean your belle for you, grin i mean business.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Nobody: 1:07am On Mar 13, 2009
I know akara is not flat like pancakes o shocked but when compared to puff puff it's flatter.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 1:24am On Mar 13, 2009
Ile Omugwo

This is an age old Igbo custom.
When a woman is pregnant and her due date approaches, her mother comes in to stay with her for the birth and at least 2 months post-partum.
Her mother (the grandma) bathes the baby, does all the cooking, and also bathes the new mother helping her massage the necessary areas with hot water.
A special delicacy the woman eats at this time is[b] ji mmiri (mmili) oku  uda i.e yam peppersoup[/b] with 2 special spices called uda and uziza
In Anambra area, it is called ofe nsala,  a very light thickner( e.g a piece of mashed yam) is used and is usually eaten with pounded yam.
The soup is filled with dried fish (mangala), stock fish (okporoko) and sometimes beef.
It is hot hot hot and the hot pepper and uda and uziza they say is expected to help the woman's body heal from the stress of childbirth.


The new mother is not expected to lift a finger during omugwo or go outside.
she just eats and nurses her baby and others take care of the chores
and she cannot have sex with her husband during this period.
How wonderful,how forefathers knew even before medical science about postnatal.
Most of us put on weight at omugwo grin

I didn't have the luxury of my mom being with me at Omugwo.
I struggled by myself cry cry
and my man cooked the ji mmili oku with uda and uziza and okporoko and brought it to the hospital each time with plenty of left over at home and he did a good job.

Traditionally,after the mom leaves,the mother in law then comes to stay for her own omugwo visit.
Women whose mothers are bereaved usually have an aunt or older sister do the omugwo.
when the visit is over,the grandma or whoever did the omugwo goes home with new wrappers,blouses and a lot of other goodies because it's assumed that the new baby has ruined all her wrappers with urine and feces.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 2:16am On Mar 13, 2009
One of the most romantic songs ever
especially the ending @ 3.50
gives me goose bumps
onye mbu n'obi.onye m bu n'obi meaning the one I think of or the one I have in my heart
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Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Hauwa1: 2:21am On Mar 13, 2009
LOL, i really love those period of my mom given birth. i enjoy the soup with her. my mom eat hers with pounded yam. no eba for her at all. it is all yellow yam poundo  grin with the terribly hot pepper soup.

i have been looking for uda and uziza for my goat meat pepper soup but can't find it here. any idea? i don't know the english name and am tired of having to describe it to those ghana store owner. that seed is great, osisi don't forget aligator pepper too.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 2:24am On Mar 13, 2009
Hauwa which part of anioma is your mom from again
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 2:25am On Mar 13, 2009
*Hauwa*:

LOL, i really love those period of my mom given birth. i enjoy the soup with her. my mom eat hers with pounded yam. no eba for her at all. it is all yellow yam poundo grin with the terribly hot pepper soup.

[b]i have been looking for uda and uziza f[/b]or my goat meat pepper soup but can't find it here. any idea? i don't know the english name and am tired of having to describe it to those ghana store owner. that seed is great, osisi don't forget aligator pepper too.

You may have to order it from an Igbo owned african store.go online some will mail it to you.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Hauwa1: 2:29am On Mar 13, 2009
for real? do you have a website for me? or i just google or yahoo search uda/uziza?
thanks.

osisi dear, i will call you to talk abt that on phone o grin.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 2:38am On Mar 13, 2009
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by osisi2(f): 2:39am On Mar 13, 2009
*Hauwa*:

for real? do you have a website for me? or i just google or yahoo search uda/uziza?
thanks.

osisi dear, i will call you to talk abt that on phone o grin.

I don't have any,I heard some african stores in California mail things to people after payment
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Ikomi(m): 4:50pm On Mar 13, 2009
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*Hauwa*:

i have been looking for uda and uziza for my goat meat pepper soup but can't find it here. any idea? i don't know the english name and am tired of having to describe it to those ghana store owner. that seed is great, osisi don't forget aligator pepper too.

Go in there and tell them you want Zauzi you might be lucky they would understand what you want. Turning things around abit could bring you some luck.  wink
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by presido1: 5:14pm On Mar 13, 2009
Hauwa i need ofe onugbu or ogbonu from you, do it FedEx as soon as itz ready.

Osisi anyday ma daughter get pikin na me go do the omugwo, u women don cheat us many times and i will deffinitely change the trend. This tin don too much.
Ikocrazy shee u go support me grin grin grin

Hauwa am waiting for ma soup ooh.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Ikomi(m): 5:46pm On Mar 13, 2009
presido1:

Ikocrazy shee u go support me grin grin grin

If the child drops of your hands while your staring at preety girls or watching football, isi na owu Ikomi.

Anyway gaaa mere Aloy.Emeka omugwo. Ha si na nwuye ya muru ejima.  undecided
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by Hauwa1: 7:39pm On Mar 13, 2009
thanks Ikomi will try that out wink.

Presido, really i wish i can Fedex ofe onugbu and ogbono to you. i like serving guest freshly cooked soup/food not frozen ones.
the problem also is my food can make you forget your lady and i'm not a home breaker biko nu grin

anyone seen nollywood omugwo? that was indeed funny thing abt you guys grin
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 7:45pm On Mar 13, 2009
Anyway gaaa mere Aloy.Emeka omugwo. Ha si na nwuye ya muru ejima.
Onye bia meerem omugwo?. My mother in law dey on board.
Re: Showcasing Igbo culture by AloyEmeka9: 7:46pm On Mar 13, 2009
Osisi,
can you cook ofe nsala and ofe ejula?

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