“Ẹ̀gẹ́ ò lẹ́wà; lásán ló fara wé Iṣu” – “Cassava has no attraction, it only resembles yam in vain”Originally Posted on January 14, 2014, last updated on January 14, 2014 and reposted on March 5, 2019

Ẹ̀gẹ́/Gbaguda/Pákí fi ara jọ Iṣu nitori àwọn mejeeji jẹ oúnjẹ ti ó wọ́pọ̀ ni ilẹ̀ Yorùbá ti wọn ńkọ ebè fún lati gbin. Wọn ma nwa wọn lati inú ebè ti wọn bá ti gbó, wọn ni eèpo ti wọn ma ḿbẹ.

Ẹ̀gẹ́/Gbaguda/Pákí ni wọn fi ńṣe gaàrí, bẹni wọn lè ló fún oriṣiriṣi oúnjẹ miran bi wọn ti lè lo iṣu, ṣùgbọ́n oúnjẹ bi iyán ati àmàlà mú iṣu gbayì ju ẹ̀gẹ́ lọ. Fún ẹ̀kọ́ yi, ohun ti a lè fi iṣu ṣe yàtọ̀ si, iyán àti àmàlà ni a fẹ́ sọ. A lè fi iṣu din dùndú, tàbi se lati fi jẹ ẹ̀wà rirò/epo/ẹ̀fọ́ rirò/ọbẹ̀ ata, tàbi fi se àsáró́/àṣáró.

Àsè tàbi àpèjẹ Yorùbá ayé òde òni, kò pé lai si àśaró/àṣáró ni ibi àsè igbéyàwó, ìsìnkú, àjọ̀dún àti bẹ̃bẹ lọ.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION

Cassava has no attraction, it only resemble yam in vain.

Cassava resembles yam because the two are types of food that are common in Yoruba land as they are planted under the heap of earth. They are dug out of the heap of earth at maturity and both have skin that are peeled.

Cassava is used for cassava flour and can be used for other various meals just as yam, but meals like pounded yam and yam flour turned in hot water has made yam more popular than cassava meals. For the purpose of this writing, the concentration is on other meals derived from yam rather than pounded yam. Yam can be eaten as fried yam/yam chips that can be eaten with stewed beans/palm oil/stewed vegetable/stew or prepared as yam pottage.

Menu is not complete in the modern day’s feast/celebration/wedding, anniversaries etc., without yam pottage on the menu.

Originally posted 2014-01-14 23:23:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter