Somalis and their “fish phobia”

[AarHawd_7]

Fish is a poor man's meal.

Same goes for chicken bro

 

[Western4Life]

Go to the taboos on eating fish section here. Somalis are in the first mention.

 

[BenInHer]

might just have fish tonight

 

[darklight]

I would argue HA has higher IQ than Harti but northern Somalis in general are all the same from Awdal to Nugaal because why are these regions more peaceful and developed than other parts of Somalia?

petty ass nigga

 

[Karim]

Warning: please stay away from fish food while visiting Somalia. the massive amounts of illegally dumped radioactive nuclear waste in our ocean are poisoning the seas and devastating the local population. Fish consumers back home are more likely to get cancer and other deadly diseases than animal meat consumers.

 

[MARAQ DIGAAG]

This almost extinct Cushitic tribe in Kenya is entirely reliant on fish. They have developed a number of disease due to over consumption of fish.They were originally a proto Somali or lost Rendille tribe.

 

[Pastoralite]

This almost extinct Cushitic tribe in Kenya is entirely reliant on fish. They have developed a number of disease due to over consumption of fish.They were originally a proto Somali or lost Rendille tribe.

I think there’s also another cushitic tribe called yaaku where there’s only 11 pure members left and the rest mixed with the nilotics and bantus a moment of silence for all our fallen cushitic siblings

 

[Yaquub]

I was talking about this with my cousin the other day and it made us generally confused. We have the longest coastline in Africa and the majority of Somalis live on the coast, yet we do not have a single “fish dish”. At sabs, we eat meat and chicken but never fish. Even the Xabesha and Sudanis don’t eat fish. Why? Was one of our ancestors swallowed by a whale that led to a hatred of fish?

Question for the philosophers

Prophet yunus syndrome.

 

[Blade1]

But McFish is still the most popular order by Somalis at McDonalds?

Because it's halal duh

 

[Blade1]

Why fish when we have so much meat.
You have to work and provide for your animals to be able to eat them it sows your hard owning and have money.
Alhamdulliah Allah gave us the sea with the best and more varied amount of fish so all you needed to do was just fish but it's not as tasty and filling as meat.
My favourite is lamb

 

[Pastoralite]

I think there’s also another cushitic tribe called yaaku where there’s only 11 pure members left and the rest mixed with the nilotics and bantus a moment of silence for all our fallen cushitic siblings

nvm it’s 10 people left that can speak the language, idk how many pure yaakus are left, luckily they’re teaching students the yaaku language to prevent it from going extinct

 

[.279]

This dish called Mukbasa is popular in djibouti

 

[Yaquub]

Why fish when we have so much meat.
You have to work and provide for your animals to be able to eat them it sows your hard owning and have money.
Alhamdulliah Allah gave us the sea with the best and more varied amount of fish so all you needed to do was just fish but it's not as tasty and filling as meat.
My favourite is lamb

Providing fishermen with more jobs will improve our economy. Yet we have lots of ppl not doing anything. Let them work for a fishing industry and the gdp will go up and unemployment will decrease.

 

[Molotoff]

I don’t get it. You guys have been blessed with the longest coast line in Africa, and you refuse to enjoy the fruits of the sea. Serbia would kill for a strip of a coastline like yours (and they did, but failed).

Fish is cheap, healthy and delicious. It could be a great source of income for Somalia if you only took advantage of it. No shame in being a fisherman, it is a noble occupation, one of the oldest. So you say that people in Somalia are to proud to eat fish, even at the cost of starving?? That is insane.

 

[Oortcloud]

We eat fish every friday in my house and fish is must for every married man as it is aphrosiastic .chicken is different because poor Somalis can't afford to buy it.
Imported chicken cost 2 dollars while local chicken is around 6 dollars.that is a lot of money back home.

 

[Oortcloud]

Dont worry we are licensing fish companies to fish In our waters legally
They make profit and we make money
Win Win

 

[nine]

I'm not into chicken or fish I'm too Geeljire

 

[Inquisitive_]

The oceans are heavily polluted especially around Somalia were nuclear waste was dumped, it's a great blessing in disguise our people don't consume it upon masses.

In places like Bari were it is consumed, there is a high rate of deformities in children as a result of all the toxic poisons in the fish as well as different forms of cancers.

As for those in the diaspora the situation is equally as bad, most of the fish consumed is the highly poisoned farm fish, if you care anything about your long-term health you would stop this.


Must watch documentary for those consuming fish in the diaspora.

 

[HIGH PRIESTESS]

I don’t get it. You guys have been blessed with the longest coast line in Africa, and you refuse to enjoy the fruits of the sea. Serbia would kill for a strip of a coastline like yours (and they did, but failed).

Fish is cheap, healthy and delicious. It could be a great source of income for Somalia if you only took advantage of it. No shame in being a fisherman, it is a noble occupation, one of the oldest. So you say that people in Somalia are to proud to eat fish, even at the cost of starving?? That is insane.

Dude, please don’t underestimate Somali pride

Also, we don’t eat fish because historically our people were inland nomads who depended on livestock for food. Despite building coastal cities, we still stuck to our diets of meat and milk. Culture is very hard to shake off.

 

[abdiwarrior]

Somalia don't eat fish but can eat porcupine s