Check out some of the foods Nigerians eat that disgusts people from other parts of the world:
1. Insects (grasshoppers)
This is really irritating; it takes serious courage seeing insects of different types and sizes land on someone’s skin. Discovering people actually roast and boil these insects and garnish some foods with them is shocking.
Cricket is eaten wildly by many people in Nigeria. They are roasted and snacked on from time to time. Another insect people eat is the big flying termite. These are seen during rainy season and are trapped by lighting up a bulb. The bulb or fluorescent attracts the insects and they fall on the ground. These insects are called ‘Esunsun’ or ‘Shinge’ and are spiced according to individual preferences. Eeeewwwwww.
2. Snakes
Seeing the creepy reptiles is enough to freak some people out. Nigerians actually enjoy killing these organisms and eating them. Some describe the flesh as being close to fishes. Imagining the slithering movement of this reptile would make many people choke on the flesh. Meanwhile, this is some people's 'suya'. Enjoy.
3. Rice and Okra
Rice is eaten by most people in Nigeria; however, Nigerians have a way of combining foods. These foods become so irritating at the long run. Okra is known as draw soup to many. Yet some people prefer to mix rice and okra together. No matter how well dressed the food is, seeing the mixture would make many people throw up. For some people, it is rice and 'Ewedu'.
4. Blood meal
Some people in Nigeria also eat blood meal. Blood meal is made from boiling blood to a point where it coagulates. The shocking thing however is one can never be sure of the source of the blood. It is inhuman that we have to kill domestic animals we raised by ourselves but having to drink their blood is off-point.
5. Frogs
Seeing the big eyed amphibian is enough to make some people have goose pimples all over their bodies. However, seeing these animals dried, roasted and hawked about is irritating. People eat them openly and even drink the cassava flake 'garri' with these frogs. There are certain animals that would make one freak out, running into a frog is definitely one of them.
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