Its so funny recalling those days when we didnt bother about using spoons or forks to eat anything.Even rice was loaded with hands and transfered to the oral cavity for normal mastiaction and onward deglutition....Mien the "stew" knew nothing like tomatoes and the water component would flow down the elbow as you scoop the "delicacy" .Other foods also were treated the same way.Did anyone in the house ever eat with bare hand?No forming Europian or American here,abeg.

i dont eat rice with bare hands and i don't know anybody who does, and it is not a matter of forming. the nature of rice makes it difficult to eat with bare hands since they are grains but i might eat the meat with my hand since the way we tend to slice our meat is big and with bones. it will be foolish trying to tackle cow leg with any form of cutlery. so the best bet is to dig in with ur hands. however, i find it absurd when people eat swallows like eba, pounded yam, akpu, amala, etc with fork.

^^^^ YOU BE correct townboy maybe wit silver spoon stuff...Not only that You have never practiced it but you also have never seen such....I never even knew about eating cowleg until my few year ago! kudos

rice is not what nigerians generally eat with hand in their homes and it has nothing to do with silver spoon. and even if u go across mama puts/restaurants from villages to cities, i doubt u will find anyone eating rice with hand.

The only kinds of foods i eat with my hands are mostly swallows...though back in the days,i used to see a few people eat anything and everything with their hands.
They call it "sibi Olorun" and say its sweeter to eat with the hands

ezotik: rice is not what nigerians generally eat with hand in their homes and it has nothing to do with silver spoon. and even if u go across mama puts/restaurants from villages to cities, i doubt u will find anyone eating rice with hand.

I just saw some children doing it now...I also recall watching almajiris doing same in Jigawa state....I mean that you have neva seen it does not mean that ppl dont do it.I believe you 'll see it someday.

I didn't as a child but I do now, jollof and crayfish /prawn and shrimps rice ONLY
Home cooked, as-e-dey-hot for kitchen. I try not to let my boys catch me lest they become infected too.

intrepid: I just saw some children doing it now...I also recall watching almajiris doing same in Jigawa state....I mean that you have neva seen it does not mean that ppl dont do it.I believe you 'll see it someday.

lol, children and beggars?

i thought this was an adult discussion.

Who is this bushman using big words to sound smart .

Using your hands to to eat rice add to the taste of rice which make it delicious compared to the use of spoon.