I am writing this post in response to the contest by the great 
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let me briefly introduce you to my town by the name ABEOKUTA meaning;
to seek refuge under the rock.
It is a town which is well known as the capital city of a well known state in Nigeria; OGUN STATE. the name of the state was coined by the ancient dwellers of the town who gave the city its name because of the event that took place then. I know you might be wondering what was the event that took place that brought about the name of this town, well let me give you a little hint about the history of the town:
The town was discovered by a very brave hunter in the year 1830 who led the Egbas from the Oyo dynasty after series of issues arose in the Oyo dynasty. When the place was discovered, it was filled with rocks, and of most importance was the OLUMO ROCK. A war broke out after the people had settled down in the town in the year 1851. God so loving the people, gave them the wisdom to hide under the largest rock in the town that is the OLUMO ROCK.
Those who tried to destroy them were unable to locate them not knowing were they hid. Till the war came to an end after a period of two years, the Egba indigenes were under the rock maintaining their living and doing everything that needed to be done there. They even created rooms there for shelter. I was able to know all this because i went on an excursion to the Olumo rock and the tour guide explained everything to me.
The paramount ruler of my town who is also the paramount ruler of all the Egbas is known as
the Alake of Egba land whose real name is Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo.
More things you need to know about my town is the presence of the well known tourist center that is Olumo rock
and apart from this, you also need to know that the major work of the people of my town is farming.
the latest statistics which was released by the ministry of Agriculture revealed that my town is the highest producer of Cassava; a major staple food in the country.
The following are also agricultural products which are produced by farmers in my town and they include:
Rice
Yam
Corn [maize]
Palm oil and kernels
Cotton
Fruits and vegetables
Cocoa and so on.
Now back to business; following the title of the contest which is a tour around my town. I was able to take videos of my town while i was on bike with my Infinix note three phone. I used the back camera which is 13 mp and also the bike was running at a minimum speed of 40km/hr. I am unable to upload some because they got corrupted. Enjoy watching the videos
There is the need for me to also make you know about the food we eat in my town and they are
Efo riro and Eba
To make the Efo riro, you can either use efo tete (amaranthus) or you use efo soko (celosia). you will also need the following ingredients
1)meats and fish. it is preerable to use beef ffor the meat and use smoked fish
2)0.2 litres of palm oil
3)500g Efo Shoko
4)five tatashe peppers
5)two tablespoons ground crayfish
6)two red onions
7)two small stock cubes
8)three tablespoons locust beans (iru)
9)Salt
ater getting the necessary ingredients, follow this steps to prepare the efo riro
Cut the leafy vegetables that is either the amaranthus or celosia.
grind the pepper, dice the onions and add the ground crayfish.
add beef, stock cubes and some of the onions and cook till all the meat and fish are well done. Set these aside.
In another pot, pour the palm oil and heat it to about 20 degree Celsius. Once hot, add onions to it and you will love the sound it will make.
Add locust beans, crayfish,maggi and salt and stir very well.
Add the cooked meat and fish
Add the vgetables, stir very well, cover and once it heats up again.
after about 10 minutes of heating it up again, take the pot rom the cooking gas and enjoy. note tghat stiring is very important because that is where the nam,e of tghe soup is coined rom efo riro meanming
vegetable which is stired very well
To make the eba is the easiest. all you have to do is to boil water at 100 degree Celsius and add garri to the water and stir well with a stick which is made for this purpose and you are done, enjoy while hot.
RICE AND STEW
To make rice and stew, you need the following ingredients
1)rice
2)water
3)salt
4)pepper and tomato with onion
5)maggi
Description on how to make the rice first,
put water on fire and allow to boil to around 30 degree celsius
rinse the rice and pour it in the water
add salt to it
allow to cook for about 30 minutes and it is readyb to serve.
for the stew, all you need to do is to
grind pepper
pour about 0.2 litre of palm oil into a pot and put on fire
let the palm oil boil for just a minute and add tghe pepper to it
add a teaspoon of salt to it
add maggi to it
you can also add meat, fish and bolied egg to it if available
let the mixture cook for about 20 minutes and it is ready to serve
the picture above is me eating the rice and stew i cooked
BEANS AND BREAD
This ood is beleived to be consumed by those who engage in hard works like tghe bricklayers because it gives a lasting strenght. i know you might want to try this
normally bread will be made by thosew who make it, unless i want to go to google to copy thge process of bread making.
for the beans, all you need is
1)1 litre of water
2)750 gramms of beans
3)0.4 litres of palm oil
4)teaspoon of salt
5)onion
6)pepper
The procedure involves
remove dirts from the beans
boil water at 30 degree celsius
rinse the beans and pour into the boiling water
slice the onion into it
add salt to it
allow to boil for 30 minutes then add pepper
add palm oil to it
allow to cook for extra 15 minutes. your beans is ready, all you need to do is just to look for bread and enjoy it with a cold drink/.
let me upload the pictures of other foods that will make you salivate.
also check out smoked fish and fried fish
let me also upload images talking about activities in my town
Am wary of the act that there is no time again and that the contest will soon close, i would have loved to upload more pictures. Thank you for your time.