Ìpanu – “Kẹ́nu ma dilẹ̀ ni ti gúgúrú, gúgúrú ki ṣe oúnjẹ àjẹsùn”: Snacks – “Popcorn is eaten to keep the mouth busy, it is not an ideal night meal”.

Oúnjẹ òkèlè ni Yorùbá mọ̀ si oúnjẹ gidi.  Ni ọ̀pọ̀ igbà oúnjẹ òkèlè ni oúnjẹ àjẹsùn, ṣùgbọ́n ìpanu ni ohun amú inú dúró ni ọ̀sán.  Àwọn ìpanu bi gúgúrú àti ẹ̀pà, bọ̃li àti ẹ̀pà, gaàrí àti ẹ̀pà àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ ni Yorùbá njẹ ni ọ̀sán lati mu inu dúró ki wọn tó jẹ́ oúnjẹ alẹ́.  Ẹ ṣe àyẹ̀wò àwòrán àwọn ìpanu wọnyi ni ojú iwé yi.

Bọli – Roasted Plantain.  Courtesy: @theyorubablog

Bọli – Roasted Plantain. Courtesy: @theyorubablog

ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

Solid food are what many Yoruba people regard as the real food.  On many occasion, solid meals are eaten as diner, but snacks are eaten as stop gap in the afternoon.  Snacks such as popcorn and peanuts; roasted plantain and peanuts, soaked coarse cassava flour and peanuts etc are eaten by most Yoruba people in the afternoon as a stop gap between lunch and dinner.

 

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Originally posted 2014-10-31 17:33:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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