Short Poems about Ibibio Delicacies

Every tribe has its culture and their type of delicacies. Hate it or love it, food is a way of life of any tribe. 

Ibibio delicacies are to showcase the rich delicacies of the Ibibio’s of the South-South region of Nigeria. The Akwaibomite to be precise. Poem about Ibom Connection, Our Centre of Peace

If you love good food or you are a chef, make these foods one of your choice preparations. 

Blessed people of a blessed tribe

Him whose strength is a symbol of her delicacies

Celebrated in their diverse sumptuous meals

That other tribe seems to envy with pride.

Great descendants from Usayedet

I tapped into the strength of your love

My mouth couldn’t resist a taste of your strengths 

No wonder they say you have the key to a man’s heart.

For the sake of posterity I shall unveil your secrets

That others who seeks wisdom would benefit

For the efficiencies spiced in your delicious delicacies 

Are lessons whose aroma prolongs life.

If you must learn their guided secrets

Then tapped your feet to her traditional coronations, 

Let your eyes witness their Usoro Udo

For there, gathering of Ibibio delicacies are on display

As an old-maiden unveiled their efficacies to the body.

Afang Soup – Weekend’s special

Prepared from shredded afang and water leaves

Spiced with fresh pepper and assorted ingredient  

That a plate served is a call for another.

Edikang Ikong – Everyday blood tonic

Cooked in combination of pumpkin and water leaves

For him who seeks revitalization, a sure recommendation

Now a global recipe served in major restaurants around the world.

Abak Soup – Aroma of our old-maidens

Made from cooked oil palm fruits,

With addition of Atama leaves,

Her traditional strength is arose, 

She is a major test a maiden must pass

If truly she must be certified fit for marriage.

Efere Etike – Sample of a spider net

Spiced from Okro Fruits and pumpkin leaves,

A quick drop feeds a hungry stomach

But be careful or else you stain your cloth.

Efere Ikon – Yellow mixture

That extract from the melon seeds

An addition of bitter leaves

Gives a bitter-sweet taste

That puts vinegar to shame.

Afia Efere – Holder of traditional ceremonies

That chilly combination of spices served with pounded yam 

Now makes her the toast of traditional ceremonies

Surely, an august visitor would always remember you.

Iwuk Ukom – Nine months evidence  

Cooked from unripe plantain and pumpkin leaves,

Served with a splash of palm oil

Sure energy booster, the men folk knows thy reward

For you set the tone of laugher that puts Vigra to shame

Now our maidens could coin sweet names…

Ekpan Nkukwo – Replenisher of our nursing mothers

From the tubers of coco-yam and coco-yam leaves you are made,

An addition of periwinkles swells your aroma

For you revitalized the body of our nursing mothers

And restore their shapes for all eyes to see.

Iwuot Ebot – Pride of fun seekers

You’re our local salad made from goat head,

Your chilly smell is an appetizer that runs our nose

Surely the ladies knows thy worth

For no fun is complete without a taste of you…

How could I forget you – Iwuk Edesi

The joy of our hinterland children

Our own local jollof rice you are,

For in combination with crayfish

And palm oil, you are cooked

That what they missed in fried rice,

Are the health strengths they harbour in you.

How my journey is about to end

But I can’t go without giving out our appetizers

That would holds down the heart

As our revitalizing delicacies smokes from the cooking pot.

Edita Iwa our appetizer made from cassava tubers would do,

Do not forget Ukana seed, a gift from Ukana tree,

Who would forget Ibong, our own African Kola

For he who brings him, they say brings life.

The little our hands could touch we have learned

Let him that must know, knows

For no one tree makes a forest our wise elders would say

The Ibibio are blessed, for their delicacies are their pride

If you must have the key to a man’s heart

Go learn this secret “Good cooking”.