FOOD=DELICIOUS

The food here is high-quality.  Just about everything is fresh.  Organic, natural, chemical free…blah blah blah. That is how Nigerians live.  You go to the market to buy your fresh lamb, chicken, watermelon, beans, vegetables, whatever…then you go home, prepare them and as my host dad says, “Bon Appétit!  Unlike America, Nigeria has a food culture.  They have many common dishes.  A few of them are dodo (fried plantains), egusi (vegetable) iyan (pounded yam), jolof rice (rice), efo (vegetable), eja (fish), adie (chicken), akara (fried bean cake), ewedu (green slime that resembles some sort of Bill Nye science experiment gone wrong), eran (meat), suya (grilled spicy meat), and a whole lot more.  In short, each meal is tasty, fresh, and filling.  As an Oyinbo, (white person) it is common for Nigerians to charge us more for our food. So far, I have only had one semi-confrontational meal, but my friend argued her way through to the appropriate price.  It is a popular view held among Nigerians to believe that ALL Oyinbos are wealthy...haha, everyday is interesting. More to come on the subject of being an Oyinbo in Nigeria.

Here are a few pictures of common Nigerian cuisine: YUM (when not too spicy)

                                               Joloff rice pelu adie (rice with chicken)

                                              white rice peul iyan (white rice with goat) *REALLY SPICY

                                                      dodo (fried plantains)

                                                        egusi (leafy vegetable)

                                                              cabbage (cabbage)

                                        ice cream  *made with REAL sugar* It's not as sweet, but still refreshing