![]() ![]() And visitors won't find a traditional restaurant here that doesn’t offer at least one ofada stew-related dish. Visit any Yoruba-dominated region in Nigeria and you are bound to see bankers and mechanics alike sitting in crowded bukas and sweating it out over hot plates of amala, ewedu, or other homegrown favorites. The Yoruba saying “Oun t'a óję l' àgbà oun ta o se,” which directly translates to “what we eat is, on the hierarchical scale, superior to what we do” is a testament to this. Each of the three major ethnic groups in Nigeria have their own traditional cuisines, but the Yoruba near-obsession with food is simply legendary. From jollof rice and pounded yams, to pepper soup and all the other abundant and diverse local soups, there are classic Nigerian dishes for every home, regardless of where one lives. It’s time for everyone outside of West Africa to know more about Nigerian foods. Subscribe to the podcast on one of these players: iTunes As Max noted in the podcast, that’s great for smaller fisheries. The tuna sandwiches at Subway may or may not have any tuna, much less seafood, in them. Īs it happens, tuna and canned fishes are in the news this week. We discussed the non-accidental creation of the tuna melt, the difference between lunch counters and delis, and why lunch counters were the perfect places for civil rights protests. So naturally Max was the one to talk to about, well, all of the above. ![]() We almost got the famous tuna melt (the very one pictured above), but ordered a whitefish melt instead and watched the counterman go quietly wild with rage. ![]() Three or so years ago my friend, the writer Max Falkowitz, took me to Eisenberg’s for a taste of old-fashioned New York lunch counter food and attitude. ![]()
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