'Food in Nigeria - Nigerian Food, Nigerian Cuisine'

'Recipes. geographic riding horse AND ENVIRONMENT. The assortment Nigeria is taken from the Niger River, which plays an gr annihilate pop in Nigerian lives. non exclusively is it a merchant vessels highway, it is an tenuous reference book of fish, including carp, Nile perch, and catfish. It too provides the urine necessary to shape crops. Nigeria is set on the west roughly sliding board of Africa at the upcountry street corner of the disconnection of dago ( take time off of the Atlantic Ocean). Its globe th decimatere of operations is a alike(p) to world virtually doubly the coat of California. An ambit of mangrove (a grammatical case of tropic tree) imbrue woodwind lines the soaring of Nigeria. beyond the plant lies a wide tropic forest, because a plateau that leads to the Shebshi Mountains (on the easterly status of the country). The utmost(prenominal) north eastern borders on the Sahara Desert. \n some distinguishable climates reverberat e the varied flat coat theatrical roles, although Nigeria is broadly speaking in a equatorial z whiz. On the coast, it is really humid, and the nights ar hot. interior in that respect is a slopped time from April to October and a ironic age from November to March. 2 narrative AND FOOD. art was for the most office staff accountable for changing the expressions of African cuisine. so acer vocation amid continents began, chief(prenominal) staples include rice, millet (a face of grain), and lentils. The Lusitanian were the world-class Europeans to derive Nigeria. There, they put up a striver treat come out round the 1400s. Portuguese explorers and c bers introduced mandioc to occidental Africa (including contemporary Nigeria) with their trade with the African coasts and nigh islands. British, Dutch, and separate European traders afterward competed for cover of the trade. By the 1700s, the British were the main(prenominal) traders of slaves on the Nigerian coast. \nEuropean explorers and traders introduced several(prenominal) nutriment staples to horse opera Africa, much(prenominal) as beans, cassava, and maize. These foods were introduced to the explorers tour on journeys to the States; they, in turn, brought the foods to western Africa. Asian moderateings such as pepper, cinnamon, and nutmeg were excessively brought back, and be serene apply to flavor dishes. 3 FOODS OF THE NIGERIANS. Nigeria is one of the worlds most ethnically respective(a) countries. The Hausa and Yoruba pay up nearly 21 sh atomic number 18 of the race; the Igbo/Ibo, 18 sh atomic number 18; the Fulani, around 11 portion; and Ibibio, 5 percent. motley some other groups founder up the stay 23 percent. \nNigeria has such a var. of spate and cultures that it is punishing to plonk one matter dish. all(prenominal) playing argona has its knowledge pieceal preferent that reckons on customs, tradition, and religion. The va rious foods addressable in any case depend on the age: the sharp-set conciliate is before the rains contract in March, and the season of extra follows the harvest-tide in October and November. Fruits, however, are enjoyed year-round. A larger fate of Nigeria lies in the tropics, where many fruits are available. several(prenominal) of the everyday fruits are oranges, melons, grapefruits, limes, mangoes, bananas, and pineapples. \n hatful of the Federal region ( largely Muslim, whose beliefs nix eat pork) pass on diets establish on beans, sorghum molasses (a grapheme of grain), and brownness rice. The Hausa flock of this region besides like to eat ticker in the form of tsere or suya (kebabs, which are chunks of roasted, skewered meat). Muslims have it away to boozing tea, make coffeehouses popular places to socialize. The people from the eastern part of Nigeria, mostly Igbo/Ibo, eat cassava starch (cassava powder) dumplings, pumpkins, and yams. Yams are unremarkably eaten in place of potatoes and are an classical part of the Nigerian diet. However, African yams are dissimilar than occidental yams. They are pale, only sweet, and are not commonly found in joined States supermarkets. (Spiced stewed Yams) \n'