In my last blog post, I wrote a story about crazy delicacies
BALLS
. I got some wild reactions, so I decided to follow it up with this new post.
This time not on crazy delicacies but about BALLS.
Yes, balls but not the kind of balls you are thinking about…nah not the nuts.
And I don’t mean soccer balls either.
I mean balls that are eaten or rather swallowed everyday in Nigeria and in some other African countries.
Yes we do eat balls for breakfast, launch and sometimes dinner. And we eat it like nothing else. In fact the common denominator as far as food is concerned in Nigeria is the balls.
Every tribe eats it.
In fact these balls are the staple food in Nigeria.
It is usually eaten with soup, a semi liquid made from vegetable and other condiment.
Are you still wondering what these balls are?
Let me spare you the trouble.
BALLS are made when one eats Garri, a processed product from cassava.
Garri is made into a semi solid when hot water is mixed with it, this semi solid is what forms the balls when rolled with the fingers.
All you do is roll your ball, scope a little soup with it and swallow.
Down your throat it goes.
For first timers, it feels like you are swallowing stone but nahh , it’s the best meal for a lot of people over here–myself include .
I have heard of the story of a young man who went to the US with his balls and was thought to be attempting suicide when he started swallowing them balls for lunch one afternoon.
His neighbours even called the cops saying-my neighbour is attempting suicide, he keeps swallowing some form of stone.
Have you ever had BALLS in your life? Do you have similar food in your country?
please ,Let’s talk.
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