Food and food preparation is an essential part of Igbo culture. In some cases, an Igbo host offers special food to his guest as a sign of warm welcome. There are some foods that are particular to the Igbos, and are prepared in a particular way. Other foods are prepared and served on special occasions. Among the Igbos, the most common meals are “fufu” and “ofe”. Fufu is prepared from cassava and eaten with any kind of soup. If an Igbo person eats any other food for dinner that is not fufu, he will say that he has not eaten and is still waiting for his food. Other common foods includes yam, plantain, cocoyam, maize, etc and occasionally rice. They eat a lot of vegetables grown in their farms and gardens. Most Igbos are hunters and fishermen, so their foods also includes meat and fish. In Igbo land, the food habits have changed as a result of their contacts with the western world. A lot of Igbo restaurants now serve western foods as well as the traditional foods. In this unit, we will take a look at the different types of Igbo foods and how some are prepared.
Objective
At the end of this lesson, learners should be able to: 1. Identify Igbo foods 2. Know how to prepare some Igbo foods 3. Know the names of Igbo foods
Introduction