Street food can be very cheap and delicious, however, some persons avoid it like a plague because they fear that it will make them sick. Do you know that you can still savour and enjoy without falling sick? Jumia Food, Nigeria's no 1 food ordering platform, discuss ways you can do this.

Eat as the locals do

If you’re on the hunt for some tasty street eats then first have a look around to see where the locals are eating. If there’s a huge crowd around a particular spot, you will know for sure that the food will be great. The locals know which stalls are safe and where you can find the most delicious food. Always avoid the stalls with no queue and no customers.

Only eat what is made in front of you

There are generally two types of food stalls; the ones where the food is already prepared and waiting for you, or the ones where it is cooked right in front of you. Always choose what is cooked right in front of you. That way you know it’s fresh and therefore less likely to be contaminated and full of bacteria, especially in hot and humid destinations.

Follow the crowds

When it comes to street food, you have to follow the bandwagon. If you see a big line up for a certain street vendor- join it. Especially if the lineup is mostly locals. It’s pretty much a guarantee that whatever is being served is fresh, safe, and tasty.

Bring your own utensils and sanitizer

It’s also a good idea to bring your own set of utensils so that you do not have to use the ones every other person have used. Just endeavour to thoroughly wash and clean them. If this isn’t possible, then carry some antibacterial wipes to clean down the stall or restaurant utensils before using them.

If it doesn't taste right, don't continue

When it comes to food, it does not taste right, you should desist from eating it. Don't just eat because it smells good, that doesn't necessarily mean it's not going to be harmful. Food could appear on the surface to be perfectly fine and still be riddled with illness-causing bacteria.

Source: Street Food: How to Avoid Getting Sick

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dont eat outside simple

That abacha up there is tempting.
Gaskiya I miss Asaba



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Nonsense! Person wey moto go jam him head no go allow am to sleep for house
What will be will be.Stop all these Dos and Dont’s

If crowd plenty, e mean sey den get big god and baba don do am, food plus na like yahoo plus.. People go just de like am for no reason.. Jokes aside, as a bachelor I depend on mama put, there are long term side effects of these foods, cook at home, the amount of salt and flavour damages organs long term, none is clean enough when you look closely, hands used to handle hard to pick food like spaghetti and dodo is used to wipe sweat and collect cash,talking about sweat, do u know why pounded yam is a bit salty?, lemme not spoil ur meal

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I should just eat because the locals are eating it abi? Thank you very much

This is pure nonsense.

The best way to avoid getting sick as far as street food is concerned is understanding...

1. Your allergies (If any).
2. Know the source of water and other materials the food was made with.
3. Know your body: Just because people eat it doesn't mean you should too.
4. AVOID STREET FOOD totally as most are prepared in dirty environments.

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Iranu

Iya dele, gimme beans & bread jare

Some food are better gotten from the street. e.g roasted plantain, corn, suya etc.

Abacha

This topic is really for me, and those of us who eat out alot.. Click like if you are always scared when eating out at some places

Carry a pack of tetracycline and flagyl

Just use a capsule of tetracycline and 2 tablets of flagyl immediately after eating...you're welcome

Some of these people that wash rice with "White Maggi" should be arrested. That is food poisoning

You say all Men are dogs, but when you have a son, you wanna call him King....No my sister.That little nigga is a puppy.

I should eat miyan kubewa with tuwon cinkafa because the locals up north, are queuing in numbers to buy it from maman Buhari? Is that so

Severe hunger can make one eat against his will

NLbully:


You dey rap??

lol.... Wasn't intentional

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If you are buying your ingredients at the market to bring them home to cook,you will eat and be satisfy.Methinks some of these mamaputs add ingredients in their food that will make customers not to eat bellyful.After eating,some minutes later, you start feeling hungry again.

This one na thread for 'ajebutter'

Inside the stomach of an ajekpako, there is a compartment that is immune to disease


We dey eat anything for anywhere

Ipob do pick up garbages In the dustbin to eat because of the high rate of hunger in the Yeast

Sanchez01:
This is pure nonsense.

The best way to avoid getting sick as far as street food is concerned is understanding...

1. Your allergies (If any).
2. Know the source of water and other materials the food was made with.
3. Know your body: Just because people eat it doesn't mean you should too.
4. AVOID STREET FOOD totally as most are prepared in dirty environments.

All water are from boreholes.Nigeria doesn't have a portable drinking water.We provide water for ourselves.

Avoid roadside noodles especially those aboki selling noodles. Don't say I didn't warn you

Op,dis wan wey you dey talk na for person wey get money and wey no dey hungry.




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gift01:
Avoid roadside noodles especially those aboki selling noodles. Don't say I didn't warn you

ah ahhhh why you wan spoil market for us nah??

Nigerians die daily without knowing what killed them.

The sanitary conditions of some of these street vendors is such that they might as well be cooking in toilets.

Just last week, I ordered for some snacks from someone I normally buy from, buy my intuition seemed to be angry with the woman, and I was challenging her subconsciously that is she certain of the conditions in which she prepares her snacks. But because I was hungry anyway, I ate some of them.
From the next day, I start having headaches, running stomach, weakness, body pains.
I take Panadol extra, symptoms reduce & return again.

Until I saw a doctor yesterday who prescribed full antibiotics, now the symptoms are not there today.

Nigeria, being a shithole means a lot of food we eat outside are straight outta shitholes.

Macrichie01854:

This scam is old now