LocalFARMERS:
Caterpillar meal

AntiChristian:
Ayanma!

Yuck!

Feels like vomiting...

Well, people eat termites and then this!

When will someone eat cockroaches?

Caterpillar is Butterfly larva!

Almaigaa:
Delicious meal. I don eat this Caterpillar before. It taste yummy and crunchy

Efuaye:
In Nigeria or Chinese hotels?

HomoDroid:



Nope - It's actually SILKWORM, a Highly endangered specie!

LocalFARMERS:
This Caterpillar delicacy is loved by many. It is an intercontinental meal. It is consumed by People from around the World. From Africa, Asia, Europe etc. Within Africa, it is a special meal in West African, Central Africa and East African Countries.

This is an expensive meal in Most 5 star hotels in Nigeria and abroad. A plate of this Caterpillar delicacy is in hundreds of thousands in Hotels like Nicon Hiltop, Sheraton, Protea etc. For local consumption, this Caterpillar is also expensive. During the season, a Mudu goes for 10k upward. At this period of it's scarcity, a Mudu goes for over 50k

This is majorly found and consumed in Kaduna, Niger, Benue, Taraba, Adamawa, Nasarawa, Kogi, Kwara, Calabar etc




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBPEEovAQSU

Efuaye:
In Nigeria or Chinese hotels?

Almaigaa:
Delicious meal. I don eat this Caterpillar before. It taste yummy and crunchy

SporaD8:

My mom use to buy it in bulk when coming back from the village.
She'd cook efo-riro with it and I would painstakingly remove them all and throw away before eating the vegetables.
One day, I mistakenly crunch one still left in the efo... Oh my gosh! it taste so yummy and delicious!
Since then, I can't seem to have enough of it.
it's a pity I don't know where to find it in Lagos market.

YoungBlackRico:
Definitely not all parts of Yoruba, even those two states you mentioned, I've lived in their capitals and I have never come across anyone eating this thing

Konquest:

@YoungBlackRico,

I appreciate your insightful feedback here. It confounded me as well that such a cuisine exists among a few Yoruba individuals or communities (but it seems from some posts here that some older folks in the rural communities from back in the day ate that caterpillar dish as can be deduced from the posts of two different NL posters here who gave credit to their grandmothers for cooking the caterpillar-based soup which they both said tasted good). More insightful is that folks in the Middle Belt, South of South and South Eastern states also eat this caterpillar delicacy.

They even individually gave multiple Yoruba names (up to 3) on this thread for this butterfly larvae (caterpillar) delicacy. As an OG who likes to sample cuisines from a variety of cultures while traveling internationally, It's interesting to discover that more food varieties exist in multiple regional locations in Nigeria and indeed around the world.


All the best.

Wawelexy:
Not surprised if it's in China... Those creatures can eat anything

Jungleluv5:
Even in yoruba land it is called monimoni it is eating here too very delicious

99thEnemy:

Stop making me salivate

jacoik:
We call it egu in Igbo language.. I think, it comes out every 5 years. It's not a yearly thing

sweetkev:
Igbos really suffered during the civil war. No wonder they eat anything. Even wall geckos.

Bayoreigns:
I can’t wait for the protest to start. Any Nigerian youth sitting at home on that faithful day is a wasted entity that has allowed poverty to occupy its vessel. Enough of all this rubbish. We need our country back and we must achieve it.

LocalFARMERS:
Caterpillar meal