I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT OUR FORE FATHERS USED IN PREPARING SOUP AND THE REST OF THE MEALS BEFORE MAGGI , SALT AND OTHER SPICES WERE INTRODUCED..... ANY THOUGHTS .

lf you are igbo then u should know traditional spices such as uziza, ehuru, uda, ogiri etc and many still use it in cooking.

..I heard they use locust beans (iru) majorly....They also use leaves like Efinrin to give it a nice aroma....

I can say , it is what we give to our taste buds from the begining it adapts to . I can't Imagine eating a soup without maggi .

They use iru (locust beans) salt and onions....

majekdom2: I can say, it is what we give to our taste buds from the begining it adapts to . I can't Imagine eating a soup without maggi .

Without maggi? l was fortunate to grow up with my mum cooking soups wit traditional spices.

Species like oshosho, uziza, ulima, ehuru, uda, ogiri etc were used then and are stil being used (learnt frm my mum)...especially for soup. I also heard dat thr is a particular tree they cut †ђξ sticks, leave them τ̲̅ȍ dry, then they burn them and use the ashes τ̲̅ȍ cook. Serves as maggi/salt. Even i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ koma hill when †ђξ missionaries discovered then, something abt charcoal/ashes was shown on telly as their spice

DuchessLily: Species like oshosho, uziza, ulima, ehuru, uda, ogiri etc were used then and are stil being used (learnt frm my mum)...especially for soup. I also heard dat thr is a particular tree they cut †ђξ sticks, leave them τ̲̅ȍ dry, then they burn them and use the ashes τ̲̅ȍ cook. Serves as maggi/salt. Even i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ koma hill when †ђξ missionaries discovered then, something abt charcoal/ashes was shown on telly as their spice

I wouldnt mind I have a taste of food made from those spices .... u should invite me or perhaps I invite you , just to get some training on how to cook with them.

majekdom2: I can say , it is what we give to our taste buds from the begining it adapts to . I can't Imagine eating a soup without maggi .

U̶̲̥̅̊ think so, but not really. If U̶̲̥̅̊ eat food/soup prepared by my mum or any other person gifted i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ cooking wtout maggi but wt oldies spices, U̶̲̥̅̊ wouldn't even knw †ђξ difference. U̶̲̥̅̊ go chop lick fingers

majekdom2: I wouldnt mind I have a taste of food made from those spices .... u should invite me or perhaps I invite you , just to get some training on how to cook with them.

haahahahaha...mayb I will invite U̶̲̥̅̊. But with permission frm my hubby.. hehehe

DuchessLily: U̶̲̥̅̊ think so, but not really. If U̶̲̥̅̊ eat food/soup prepared by my mum or any other person gifted i̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ cooking wtout maggi but wt oldies spices, U̶̲̥̅̊ wouldn't even knw †ђξ difference. U̶̲̥̅̊ go chop lick fingers

lols .... u are from the east right? ... invite me for a meal sometime .... am good guy *wink*

majekdom2: lols .... u are from the east right? ... invite me for a meal sometime .... am good guy *wink*

She said with permission from her husband....so write an application!

Hmmn. True talk.

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I can still do without maggi even now....
enough stock fish, dryfish and crayfish in the soup plus meat and you won't know the difference.
but I don't know if I cn do without salt.

I make vegetable sauce and my stew wit crayfish and enough meat when I can afford it and dam maggi and other spices,..

the natural spices are even healthier.... void of msg and preservatives that are casinogenic....

ogili ( igbo) or iru(yoruba) or locust bean(english) is also good.