Do you know the quantity of cholesterol in egusi can kill you in a short time?. eat okro and stop eating too much egusi.

Funny enough . . . . i cooked egusi today n i loved it
If God says its egusi that will kill then i will die by eating egusi if not i wont no matter how much i eat it

Aloy.Emeka:

Do you know the quantity of cholesterol in egusi can kill you in a short time?. eat okro and stop eating too much egusi.

Eat it once in a while.

Not healthy.

For once I agree with "Aloy"

As long as you walk it off after a heavy egusi and fufu meal I think you fine, most folks in Nigeria under go physical activities daily so they fine, not like people like me who just seat around my @ss all day.

an average nigeria man is crazy abt his egusi soup. i like eating egusi but not crazy abt it. i just love to cook my delicious egusi soup for friends who asked me to. can't remember the last time i ate it.

ummm, too much of everything is bad, we should jut take note of that and enjoy life. okra is nice.

i'm cooking egusi tonight . . . have a taste if you wish. cholesterol ko . . . cholera ni.
Oyinbo don blindfold them. Our mothers ate plenty of egusi in the olden days . . . they lived longer than we do today.

Its egusi for moi oo. . . .till death part us i guess!!

living long is overrated

It's about living a healthy life.

lol @ david abeg eat jo my brother. roch weather calls for better food. make sure you use poundo with it.

davidylan:

i'm cooking egusi tonight . . . have a taste if you wish. cholesterol ko . . . cholera ni.
Oyinbo don blindfold them. Our mothers ate plenty of egusi in the olden days . . . they lived longer than we do today.

u dey mind them
i love egusi ijebu the most. . . . yum

ThiefOfHearts:

living long is overrated

It's about living a healthy life.

they werent living unhealthy lives either. They had NO tylenol, no need for regular medical checkups and most of them were far stronger at 70 than many of us will be at 50.
The problem is not cholesterol, it is the processed foods you all eat today.

Processed oil, hamburgers, fries (guilty as charged!), inorganic (and tasteless) chicken . . . why wont America be so obese?

We're not living in the same environment as they are.

We don't know why the egusi did not hurt their health neither do we know what factor turns on/off their genes.

What works for them might not work for us.

No wonder naija women dey robust this days. Keep feeding on egusi and ponmo.

First time, I agree with TOH about egusi. Moderation plz!

Egusi soup:
shaki, ponmo, dried fish, mangala, tinko, crayfish (the small whitish ones), prawn, smoked fish, oxtail, beef, cowleg/bokoto, why dem not go robust?



wonder what brother David is using for his own soup, maybe plain sef  poor student! na condition make crayfish yansh bend 

Let him get a yansh first.

Nobody likes a pancake

They didnt have tylenol but they did have "herbs" (agbo". Stop making them out as super people. The amount of Nigerians in Nigeria with diabetes and cancer is alarming. You jsut dont know that cos they rather say "awon ota lon se won"

Nutritional Information for Egusi Soup (made with beef only , no palm oil & 2 or more cups of spinach/ greens)

Amount Per Serving (1 cup)

Calories 758
Calories from Fat 459
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 51g 78 %
Saturated Fat 14g 70 %
Cholesterol 306mg 102 %
Sodium 860mg 34 %
Potassium 1706mg 48 %
Total Carbohydrates 16.9g 5 %
Dietary Fiber 4.8g 19 %
Protein 60g 120 %
Sugars 7g
Vitamin A 167 %
Vitamin C 70 %
Calcium 24 %
Iron 117 %
Thiamin 35 %
Niacin 174 %
Vitamin B6 59 %
Magnesium 91 %
Folate 106 %

For kicks _{coz it looks tasty too}, I will cook (egusi) this meal and present it.

Question:  For dry fish can one use red herring/salt fish coz i don't think they sell  "dry fish" in NY, but I stand to be corrected

epi:

For kicks _{coz it looks tasty too}, I will cook (egusi) this meal and present it.

Question:  For dry fish can one use red herring/salt fish coz i don't think they sell  "dry fish" in NY, but I stand to be corrected

By salt fish you mean the one used inmaking Ackee & Salft fish. If it is then it's the right one now. Dried salt cod. you basically prepare it the same way you would if making Ackee & Salft fish  (soak overnight,  etc etc, )

Any African/ West Indian grocer should have it. I think you can get it in Europen deli's/ fishmongers as well ( the portuguese call it baccalà, (sp).

AMAKAONE:


Calories                                   758
Calories from Fat                   459
                                                           % Daily Value *
Total Fat                                     51g   78 %
Saturated Fat                             14g   70 %
Cholesterol                                306mg 102 %
Sodium                                       860mg   34 %

Rofl and this is WITHOUT palm oil.

MrCrackles:

Fuc.k that, it wont stop my mama from whipping up Egusi Vegetable's for me this weekend!

Brash will only die early if it has been destined

ok, ok, we know you're a mommy's boy na!

haba!!

750 Calories from the egusi alone?!  

That means one cup (WITHOUT oil) contains as much calories as a 6 inch pizza.  

Egusi till I pai jare. 

PS - this is without counting the carcinogens that may be in the smoked crayfish and other stuff in the food.

Death by Egusi!! 

debosky:

Death by Egusi!! 

should be on the tombstones of most Nigerians

who are these yeye people hating on egusi?     

Statistic or no statistic Egusi is one the best things to ever happen to Nigerian cuisine . . . coupled with spinach and pounded yam, there is no taste that can rival it

AMAKAONE:

By salt fish you mean the one used inmaking Ackee & Salft fish. If it is then it's the right one now. Dried salt cod. you basically prepare it the same way you would if making Ackee & Salft fish  (soak overnight,  etc etc, )

Any African/ West Indian grocer should have it. I think you can get it in Europen deli's/ fishmongers as well ( the portuguese call it baccalà, (sp).

thanks and I will definitely share pics. I will cook it, let my family eat it first then tell them it's a Nigerian dish.  I am so excited and I just can't wait to try it. I picked up my palm oil and egusi .

JeSoul:

  who are these yeye people hating on egusi?     

Statistic or no statistic Egusi is one the best things to ever happen to Nigerian cuisine . . . coupled with spinach and pounded yam, there is no taste that can rival it

*pukes on you*

hi

JeSoul:

who are these yeye people hating on egusi?

Statistic or no statistic Egusi is one the best things to ever happen to Nigerian cuisine . . . coupled with spinach and pounded yam, there is no taste that can rival it

Nobody is hating on egusi.

We're just telling y'all to use it in moderation

*Toyinrayo:

Nobody is hating on egusi.

We're just telling y'all to use it in moderation

Amen to moderation . But it doth seem like the poster is advocating obliteration

ThiefOfHearts:

*pukes on you*

Poor gurl. You're missing out on one of the best things in life

I love my mommy's egusi soup. yummy!!!!  

But I haven't had it in a while so this doesn't apply to me. I eat it once in 2 or 3 months, lol. It's been longer this year.

JeSoul:

Amen to moderation . But it doth seem like the poster is advocating obliteration

Are you minding Aloy.Emeka and TOH. . . .they're egusi haters.