why do so many somalis say that our food is imported

[pirater]

Every somali dish is borrowed.

we have nothing of our own.

Still remember the day I found out that Malawax is not even a Somali dish buts it’s French. Somalis have no unique dishes. Don’t think I’ve ever eaten malawax ever again, my teenage years were ruined smh

It’s actually a Yemenite Jewish dish

yall are a bunch of self haters.

 

[Hamzza]

yall are a bunch of self haters.

They are not self haters. Most of our food and dress is imported.

 

[Bundasliga]

They never give credits to Somalis .

Every culture relied on spices or vegetables that were imported & now are part of their national dish .

Nobody would say pasta & pizza isnt Italian, because tomatoes aren't native to Europe lol

 

[Periplus]

It’s sad that Somalis see a dish similar to another country and immediately assume that we copied it.

Yes, dishes like baasto or bariis iskukaris are very clear cut copies but other dishes are most likely coincidence or originated here.

 

[BenInHer]

It’s sad that Somalis see a dish similar to another country and immediately assume that we copied it.

Yes, dishes like baasto or bariis iskukaris are very clear cut copies but other dishes are most likely coincidence or originated here.

Sxb most is foreign. Even rooti the loanword comes from india. Biryani fasulia sabyaad baasto bariis etc.

We got most of our seasoning or taught it during colonial times when britian controlled aden and flooded the place with indian/pakistanis, as well as their spices. They taught the yemenis aswell.

 

[pirater]

Sxb most is foreign. Even rooti the loanword comes from india. Biryani fasulia sabyaad baasto bariis etc.

We got most of our seasoning or taught it during colonial times when britian controlled aden and flooded the place with indian/pakistanis, as well as their spices. They taught the yemenis aswell.

because we didnt have the concept of bread then. we had sabaayad, kimis and muufo, not bread. sabaayad is somali. if rice isnt somali, then rice is not indian or arab, its only chinese.


we can be influenced by other groups but to say most of our food isnt natively somali is absurd

 

[pirater]

They are not self haters. Most of our food and dress is imported.

no it isnt. youre the biggest self hater on this site

 

[Periplus]

Sxb most is foreign. Even rooti the loanword comes from india. Biryani fasulia sabyaad baasto bariis etc.

We got most of our seasoning or taught it during colonial times when britian controlled aden and flooded the place with indian/pakistanis, as well as their spices. They taught the yemenis aswell.

Maybe but you do know Somalia has been a spice/seasoning trader for centuries since the Greco-Roman period.

So maybe we borrowed the dishes but Somalis always had access to spices since the time of Isa AS.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Sxb most is foreign. Even rooti the loanword comes from india. Biryani fasulia sabyaad baasto bariis etc.

We got most of our seasoning or taught it during colonial times when britian controlled aden and flooded the place with indian/pakistanis, as well as their spices. They taught the yemenis aswell.

No

Far older, Ancient ports in the North-East of Somalia were selling spices to the ancient world. Bosaso was called Mosylon, Hafun was called Opone by the Greeks, etc.

Look up Periplus of the Erythrean Sea.

 

[BenInHer]

because we didnt have the concept of bread then. we had sabaayad, kimis and muufo, not bread. sabaayad is somali. if rice isnt somali, then rice is not indian or arab, its only chinese.


we can be influenced by other groups but to say most of our food isnt natively somali is absurd

We were taught it, and not the founders.

Tell me a spice locally grown that all qabils add to their dishes.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

We were taught it, and not the founders.

Tell me a spice locally grown that all qabils add to their dishes.

The ancient world thought Somalia had the best Cinnamon in the world, thanks to ancient Somali traders selling it out of Ports in the North. That's why Puntland area was called "The Cape of Spices".

Obviously not grown locally, but they convinced the world it was.

Periplus of the Erythrean Sea.

We're not passive consumers or adopters of anything.

 

[BenInHer]

No

Far older, Ancient ports in the North-East of Somalia were selling spices to the ancient world. Bosaso was called Mosylon, Hafun was called Opone by the Greeks, etc.

Look up Periplus of the Erythrean Sea.

Cinnamon which we got from india.

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Cinnamon which we got from india.

Pre-Islamic Somalis were wild lmaoo

 

[𐒁𐒚𐒒𐒂𐒘𐒂𐒗 𐒎𐒚𐒗𐒗𐒒]

Cinnamon is not native to the hornView attachment 238211View attachment 238212

I know.

Somali traders got Cinnamon from Asia, and convinced the world the best Cinnamon was found in the Horn. They called us, the "Cape of Spices". Truly, one of the best scams in history.

 

[Hamzza]

no it isnt. youre the biggest self hater on this site

We invented only Oodkac

 

[Mount23]

Fckin brainwashed, tryna make it seem like Africans stole everything

Its the opposite, everything they learned was stolen fron Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia, Nubia etc.

 

[nambarA]

We invented only Oodkac

That also has been imported, most probably from Asia.

It isn't only food, even Qaraami music style has been imported.

 

[OffTheDome]

yall are a bunch of self haters.

You’re obsessed with Somalis! Open your eyes bud smh

 

[pirater]

We invented only Oodkac

whos to say we didnt invent malawax too. or sabaayad. or suqaar

 

[Sol]

I know.

Somali traders got Cinnamon from Asia, and convinced the world the best Cinnamon was found in the Horn. They called us, the "Cape of Spices". Truly, one of the best scams in history.

These waterbased geeljires travelled all the way to China to sell giraffes as mythical rare creatures