This soup is one of the most popular soups in Nigeria .It is made with different kinds and parts of meat plus including sea food . .Edikaikong as a soup is not just tasty and healthy, it also plays a serious and important role in our society. It has the power to unite people from all tribes and religion, old and young,male and female .
This native Efik soup contributed immensely to the development of the Efik women and girls ....most of them graduated from kitchen to bedroom ..sorry...main room .I call it the wild soup... because of it's bush nature, counting from beef to kpomo, periwinkles to stock fish, bush meat to snail ...ORISHIRISHI joor oooh .
To cook edikaikong soup,you must be a trouble free person...you must be humble and ready to protect it till it is done.Women who fixes fake nails are not qualified to cook this soup.Men with pot belly are also banned from hanging around the kitchen when this soup is on fire. People living in face me - i face you apartment do not cook this soup in the public kitchen, they cook it right inside their room, to avoid neighboring long throat . This is to tell you how precious this native soup is.
One disadvantage of edikaikong is that "it attracts unwanted visitor ,people hardly say no to edikaikong and almost everyone knows the features of this soup. The second disadvantage is that, it causes over feeding in some long throat people.
Edikaikong has also caused many trouble from different angles, especially with women .A lady told me that she almost lost her husband to her friend just because of this soup.The main issue that i am yet to find out is the argument that broke out yesterday in a food house along oduduwa street .And as far as Kitchen thingz is concerned ,i must get to the truth of the matter not the root, because if i get to the root ,' the matter don die be that"
This argument lasted for about three good hours ,involving people of different tribes and religion, people were allowed to call a friend.Actually i was called by a friend who knows me and my ways with food . .This argument was about the name EDIKAIKONG and how it came about.
none of the men involved in this argument shares the same origin with the soup.I was surprised to see an hausa, yoruba and a Ghanaian arguing about Edikaikong soup.The yoruba and the Ghanaian men were against the hausa man who said that, the name Edikaikong was taking from the word EDDY CAN,T COME.
According by him , Eddy went to Akwa - Ibom state for business , there he met an Akwa ibom woman and settled down with her. As an only son , his mother did not support his moves, insisting that her husband should go to Uyo and force him back home.She even threatened to commit suicide if she did not see Eddy .
Eddy's wife was the only one at home when his father arrived, she welcomed him as usual and gave him the necessary attention as a father in-law in the making,She also told him that Eddy traveled on a business trip and will not be back for a week. After that, she fixed him with a warm bath .At that time his mission was beginning to gain k leg .She served him a native edikaikong soup with fufu. As he was bouncing on the meal ,his wife called from home to find out how far with his 'operation bring eddy back' .. all he answered was ----EDDY CAN,T COME! .
NOTE ! I CAN,T SAY HOW TRUE THIS STORY IS UNTIL I FINISH MY KITCHEN THINGZ INVESTIGATIONS.
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