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Food Of the Ibo (Igbo). Sai. What did they eat?. Yams Plantains Typical meals: soup or stew, and vegetables with meat Shrimp. Shrimp http://www.thereformedbroker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gulf.jpg. Plantains
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What did they eat? • Yams • Plantains • Typical meals: soup or stew, and vegetables with meat • Shrimp Shrimp http://www.thereformedbroker.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/gulf.jpg Plantains http://multiculturalcookingnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/plantains-on-the-tree.jpg yam http://www.nataliedee.com/053005/a-yam.jpg
Recipes • Isu • Dodo • Chinchin • Obe ata • Iyan Obe Ata http://naijan.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/obe-ata-nigerian-recipe.bmp
Dodo-Fried Plantains • 4 ripe plantains, peeled and sliced • Vegetable oil, for frying • Salt, for flavor Dodo http://foodjamaica.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/platanosfritos3.jpg
Chinchin • 3 cups flour • 1 cup butter • 1 egg • 1 teaspoons baking powder • ½ cup water • ½ cup milk • Sugar • Vegetable oil Chinchin http://food.fienipa.com/system/files/Chin_Chin_468756103.jpg
Staples • Dodo • Yams • Kola nut • Alligator pepper • Maize • Shrimp Alligator pepper http://www.celtnet.org.uk/images/alligator_pepper.gif Kola nut http://migrationstoriesofnigerianigbo.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/kola-nut1.jpg
How was food gathered? • The Igbo tribe gathers the fruit of the palm tree to use for palm oil. Palm trees in Africa http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=african+palm+tree&view=detail&id=2151D0157CB886E448637354F92C305CC5054838&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR
How was food farmed? • The Igbo economy depends on root-crop farming. • Men clear the land and plant the yams • Women plant other crops Root-crop farming http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=farming+yams&view=detail&id=C2333CA8AFD7226B12CD44469AAD4EED2396C94A&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR
How was food hunted? • Fish • Shrimp • The Igbo are primarily farmers so the only hunting they do is fishing. Shrimp http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=shrimp&view=detail&id=2FEC4D3DB70F902AE798AB56E88F5F8C999DDE92&first=1&FORM=IDFRIR
Cooking • Use Firewood and palm fruit waste • Tripod • Cooked by women • Clay pots http://thecompassedge.net/archives/firewood.jpg http://www.afrocookbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/African-pot-cooking.gif
Works Cited • "Igbo People." The University of Iowa. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/people/Igbo.html>. • "Igbo - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major Holidays, Rites of Passage, Relationships, Living Conditions." Countries and Their Cultures. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.everyculture.com/wc/Mauritania-to-Nigeria/Igbo.html>. • "Igbo Tribe of Africa: African People and Tribes." African Adventure Safaris, Tour Africa Safaris to Namibia, Botswana, South Africa. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.gateway-africa.com/tribe/igbo_tribe.html>. • "African Tribes - Ibo - Igbo Culture." African Safaris, African Tours, Africa Holidays and Africa Travel Guide. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://www.africaguide.com/culture/tribes/ibo.htm>. • "Igbo People." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 27 Mar. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo_people>.