Food Of the Ibo (Igbo)

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What did they eat? Yams Plantains Typical meals: soup or stew, and vegetables

with meat Shrimp

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Recipes Isu Dodo Chinchin Obe ata Iyan

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Dodo-Fried Plantains 4 ripe plantains, peeled and sliced Vegetable oil, for frying Salt, for flavor

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Chinchin 3 cups flour 1 cup butter 1 egg 1 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup water ½ cup milk Sugar Vegetable oil Chinchin

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Staples Dodo Yams Kola nut Alligator pepper Maize Shrimp

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How was food gathered? The Igbo tribe gathers the fruit of the palm

tree to use for palm oil.

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How was food farmed? The Igbo economy depends on root-crop

farming. Men clear the land and plant the yams Women plant other crops

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How was food hunted? Fish Shrimp The Igbo are primarily farmers so the only

hunting they do is fishing.

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Cooking Use Firewood and palm fruit waste Tripod Cooked by women Clay pots

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Works Cited "Igbo People." The University of Iowa. Web. 27 Mar. 2011.

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"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>.