I think this is "acha"
Quite nutritious

I think they have it in Republic of Benin. They use it for kuuskus it's not bad tho

Nothing wey poverty never do person, something poverty fit make person lose sense... One day person go soak white sand call am eba, na because say man broke make am talk say women too like money... Pray make your money long to solve all the problem wey money fit solve, problem wey money fit solve no be problem.

Rice na rice, that thing wey you post na that thing. It can't be compared

mariahAngel:
This is fonio.



What more could we ask for? 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Processing acha is a little difficult to make it commercially viable fo now

how much is a 50kg bag

Chai! Them don dey find rice alternative, I remember when I still a kid, people don't eat catfish, they see it as suffer head, now catfish is gold,


Now this will replace rice, o ma se o, iya ma je niyan dudu o.

adisabarber:


Processing acha is a little difficult to make it commercially viable fo now

I can imagine. Considering how very tiny the grains are.

Are you based in the north?

mariahAngel:


We never see food chop belleful, na to feed fowl?

😁😁 No mind the werey

My mum grew up in the north and used to cook something like this for us.

It takes like ages and special technic to was (the stone hidden inside this thing eh

She calls it Acha...I don't know if it's same thing

I don't even like short grain rice talk more of this tiny thing.

No instead we substitute APC government, they are the reason why rice isn't readily available.

Ay oh!
Hunger come make the common man in Nigeria dey eat bird food!
I wonder what birds would now eat!

Xmen149:
My mum grew up in the north and used to cook something like this for us.

It takes like ages and special technic to was (the stone hidden inside this thing eh

She calls it Acha...I don't know if it's same thing

It is.
Very nutritious something.

imagrg:
Ay oh!
Hunger come make the common man in Nigeria dey eat bird food!
I wonder what birds would now eat!

Make birds go look bush for now.
Man must first chop.

APC renew shege pro max very soon they will tell them to eat grass

Any food rich in protein and fiber I embrace with open arms?

Abeg where can I find it?

The only problem I may encounter is my wife.
She will assume I no longer want to be buying rice anymore

This is evidence that we are moving backward

Rice itself is a substitute for yam and other traditional carbs. So, if we're looking for a substitute for a substitute, what happens when things get worse? We look for a substitute of the substitute of a substitute?

Instead of them to start protest, them wan substitute rice. Suffering and smiling.

This makes sense rather than be pouring money into rice, a product the country lacks comparative advantage in.

I present to you acha in Hausa

It can't replace rice abeg.

Can't imagine eating this on Christmas or new year or Easter days, abegi e no go make sense.

How chicken head or lap go even look on it or roasted goat meat?

No matter how e be, we go dey chop rice.

Shoodboi:
Rice itself is a substitute for yam and other traditional carbs.

I don't agree.

So, if we're looking for a substitute for a substitute, what happens when things get worse? We look for a substitute of the substitute of a substitute?

We'll keep doing what we have to do to survive.

Apus:


I like this fonio for it's protein and fiber composition. Maybe a replacement for oatmeal.
E go belleful hungry man like me be that. Will give it a try very soon.

I think I'd read somewhere that UN and UNESCO etc favour it in their humanitarian programmes because it is high in fibre and is vital to quick intervention when faced with kids suffering from malnutrition.

Is this different from cous-cous?

mariahAngel:


We never see food chop belleful, na to feed fowl?

No matter the package it's can't out shines Rice

"If it's not Panadol, it can't work like Panadol"

As am reading this am eating rice honestly

A paint bucket is more expensive than the same measurement of rice. I bought 3wks ago for 9k per paint bucket at mile12 market. No way it's a cheaper substitute for rice mbok.

mariahAngel:
This is fonio.



What more could we ask for? 🤷🏽‍♀️

Pictures' source: Google

Looks like couscous....if it happens to be couscous I rada stick to rice.

mariahAngel:
Ways it can be cooked.

So, what do you think people?
Can you replace this with rice for the mean time?
Would you be willing to give it a try? I sure would.

No, we can't. Because they can't get the sand out of it. I don't know what's wrong with our people. If it's oyinbo now, they will find a way to process it without sand, but not here. They will package it full of san-san, seal it and start selling.

I'm rambling. I know.