Thursday 19 December 2013

Dish of the day: Beans






Ingredients: 600g pre-boiled beans, 6 medium tomatoes, 3 heaped tbsp crayfish, 12 beef meatballs, 6 garlic cloves, ghost peppers, onions, salt, maggi, thumb-sized root ginger
Tip: fried fish can be used instead of meatballs.
1 - Blend ginger, garlic, 1 ghost pepper and half onion
2 - Combine the mixture with half a cup of water and add salt and maggi to taste
3 - Add to the meatballs and cook in a sauce pan for 10 mins
4 - Separate meatballs from the stock and fry them in shallow oil until brown
5 - Stir fry the onions and tomatoes in a pot for about 10 mins or until the tomatoes start to dry out
6 - Add the meat stock to the pot, cook for a further 10 mins
7 - At this point another ghost pepper or more maggi can be added as required
8 - Put in the beans and meatballs and stir occasionally until the consistency begins to thicken
9 - Stir in the crayfish and cover for about 5 mins
10 - 300ml of hot vegetable oil can be added at the end if desired

This serves 5-6 people. Can be eaten with plantains, rice, yam or puff-puff


Wednesday 11 December 2013

A Letter From A Mother In Ekona To Her Son In The US



Dear Bate,

LETRA FROM EKUNA

Thank you for the money you juss send. We be glad witham plenty. All man be get e share. Ya sister Scola don finally move da belle wey some taximan give e, so that yi massa go fit take yi back for marret.

Ya Aunty Martha use e own go bail e pikin Ndifor save e from going to ngata.. Yi and yi girlfriend don go Douala yi di do Sauveteur, e woman di work for night for downtown Akwa.

Ya brother Mbella say e want use e own make kwalli for go or na Swaviet Union or na Russia or na Jamanee o. If any small ting remain, yi go make marret for yi girl pikin Bih wey yi be 7months pregnant, make yi no bring disgrace for family.

Ya ora big brother Ndifor don enta Kondengi juss yessaday. Dem lie for yi head say, yi be tiff for place wey e be di do washnight. We be give yi share for warder make them no give yi morning time reveille with beating. Mbamba Eposi say Ndifor don begin Gay, so I glad say at leasse e dey happy for prison.

Tomorrow, I go take your 13yr old Small brother Essomba wey you never ever meetup am go put yi for Bostal instutute. Some policeman call yi say juvenale dalinquasi, because e catch yi and e boy pikin di do bad ting with themselves. Ha boy pikin fit do bad ting with yeself wey girl no dey dey? Anyway, I don use yi own money buy blanket, even though some chef patron for dey say I get for buy yi extra vaxsceline.

Ya Pa take yi own finally go marret, bring da yi old Akwara for house wey yi hide yi for Baboutti kwata, di cause me problems all these years. People say di woman don catch dat bad sick, I say yi sweet! If yi die sep sep yi go leave me and ya papa alone.

As for me, I no get me any problems. But I be give all ma share for some boy wey dem say yi be money doubler. I glad plenty because yi sabi teach bible. Yi sef don do plenty miracles for kwata. Any woman wey yi go for yi house yi pray for yi, wan time so belle don enter. Na so woman dem di glad for glad because dier massa dem no go drive them for house say dem no fit born. Hmmm, dat boy say e wan marret me. I lek me yi ya! E di make ma heart cold small. Yi only fault na say e di smoke banga and drink plenty. I say and so?

I say eh, Bate? Na witch ting wey some kongossa reach we here say you don see Whatman woman wey yi wan marret you? Abeg, no bring disgrace for dis family oh! You dong forget say you leave ya fiancee Nancy for here withi belle? Yi finally born lass year twins.

Well, ashia for cold ma pikin. Hmmn, you don learn big book oh! So now you don get High degree for Stress and Mental Psychosis. I glad plenty say you get plenty cargo. Bills, mortgage, insurance, overdraft and debts. You be rich man oh!! We no greedy for ask say make you send we some. I hear say money for dat sai na only for tree sep dem dey grow. Ya own fine ma pikin.

Since you no lack you noting, we go send you prayer ya?

Ya Mammie
Mammy paulina

Sourcehttp://prgoretti.wordpress.com
Comment: Couldn't help reposting this, too funny

Pineapples and limes



Source: http://kanegon-rock.tumblr.com/post/

Comment: So in case you don't know the joke: there's this joke about a chief who catches 2 thieves and for their punishment he asks that each of them should go and pick a fruit of their choice and bring back to the palace. One thief brought a lime and the other brought a pineapple. The chief then said "As your punishment you need to insert the fruit through your backside and then you're free to go . . .". Well I suppose we can imagine what happened next :)

Why are guys so dumb?



Source: http://laussieh.tumblr.com/

Barack Obama managed to save his skin





Source: Bruno on Facebook

Monday 2 December 2013

Dish of the day: Okra Soup


























Commentoxtail, ginger, garlic, scotch bonnet pepper, salt, maggi crevette, onions, egusi, tomatoes, onions, okra, crayfish, vegetable oil, palm oil

Lies women tell


Man: My darling are you're really a virgin?
Woman: Yes my dear, I swear on my children's lives

UFO Encounters or Man-made Hoax

 Sources: http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00679/crop404_679706c.jpg and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle

Comment: So crop circles are generally described to be geometrically intricate designs found in fields / farms that seem to have appeared overnight. The top image is apparently a coded representation of pi to the 10th decimal place! Many attempts have been made to explain their occurrence and most people seem to have settled for the fact that they are man made hoaxes especially after  Doug Bower and Dave Chorley admitted to using drawing boards to replicate these phenomena. However I still wonder about the Saucer-Nest case in Australia. Is it too much of a stretch to say that some of the earlier recordings might not have easily been done overnight by a group of humans ?

. . . I am always ready to die

Source: Youtube

Comment: Damning reminder from the FAA about the risk of crashing when travelling by air. After watching this video, I almost changed my mind about going on holiday. But then again, what is life without having to bear risks ?

Soweto Gospel Choir


Comment: Amazing experience at the Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. I was there and I was blessed indeed. The concert featured songs like: swing low, many rivers to cross, asimbonanga, shosholoza, bridge over troubled water, one love, njallo, this little light of mine

Thursday 28 November 2013

"You should be arrested for killing my erection!"


Source: MaximBady on Youtube

Comment: I literally choked on my laughter. This guy us so mean but I couldn't stop laughing.

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Dish of the day: Chicken Korma














































Chicken Kormablack pepper corns, scotch pepper, maggi cubes, low fat natural yogurt, diced chicken breasts, cumin, coriander, chilli powder, turmeric, double cream, plain flour, cloves, caster sugar, cardamom pods

Comment: This is just my version of chicken korma dish, i'm not claiming to be an expert on Asian cuisine. Enoy!

Change the vatican


Sourcehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25102720

Comment: I have to say this is a really bold step that pope Francis has made
As a catholic myself, I believe that old traditions need to be eradicated and the catholic church needs to steer away from the love of money and power

Legalise it, and I will advertise it


Sourcehttp://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/26/legalising-cannabis-norman-baker_n_4345693.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

Comment: So apparently MP Norman Baker who is currently the "crime prevention minister" is suggesting that cannabis should be legalised?
I'm not sure why this is funny, but I wonder what Peter Tosh and Bob Marley will have to say about this.

Makaraba



Sourcehttp://www.aphroden.com/the-makaraba-an-artistic-form-of-african-expression/

Comment: This is an interesting article from the writers at Aphroden.
Before now I never knew what those hats were called.
Talk less of what they mean 'scrape'!
Visit the link for more details on this story

Violence Against Women


Source: Daily Sun

Comment: Please say NO to violence against women. Be it emotional, physical or psychological.
Those men beating her up in the video and laughing about it, how were they brought into existence?
Isn't it by means of a woman? Please share to sensitize others.
Thanks

Saturday 23 November 2013

Poisson braisé (Roasted Fish)



Source: Je wanda magazine

Cameroon fruit market


















Source: love-k-meroun

Fruit salad
















Source: http://mensway.tumblr.com

La vie de famille


Source: C Le Lait on Facebook

Muammar al-Gaddafi



Source: Je wanda magazine

Il n’était peut-être pas noir, mais il était la preuve que l’africanité n’a rien à voir avec la couleur de peau. De la gandoura au boubou en passant par la thoab bédouine, Kadhafi portait chaque fois qu’il le pouvait, son amour pour l’Afrique