“If you can eat it, you can pound it” – Mercy Johnson teaches her daughters how to pound yam [Video]

Veteran movie star, Mercy Johnson causes a buzz on social media as she shares the adorable moment she teaches her daughters how to prepare and pound yam.

The thespian who wants her daughters to learn to cook shared a video of her oldest daughter pounding yam as she instructed her on how to do it properly.

Mercy Johnson daughters pound yam
Actress, Mercy Johnson.

In the video she could be seen hailing them as ‘Uromi babes’ while motivating them to continue when they got tired.

She said that if they can be able to eat the delicacy, they should as well be able to prepare it.

Sharing the video, she said … “Uromi babes. If you can eat then you can pound”.

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Check out some reactions…

Big Nelson said: “Na real woman Mercy Johnson be, this is the first time am commenting in your page. This one sweet me. Girls we see the days nor know wetin be this ooo. Them go think say na only Banga seed

Imade Momodu noted: “Esan oyeee. Thanks for encouraging them ooo”

Caroline Nweke wrote: “So this fight among senior and junior sister dey everywhere”.

silverand_tiles_sanitarywares: “She said awwwwnnnn am so proud, talk true say you dey laugh Purity inside your mind. The hand might pill off after this ooooo.”

thephenomenal_girl: “See the way you grabbed the pestle. E dey body.”

bignelson_1: “Na real woman mercy Johnson , this is the first time am commenting on your page .. this one sweet me .. Girls we see the days nor know wetin be this ooo . Them go think say na only for banga seed.”

akaehor_miracle: “You see that cooler by the side,Omoo that cooler too hot oo,I enjoyed using it when growing up.”

barbieodion7: “Ahh I will never forget the day I was called to pound I grew some hand muscles.”

tos_collection_: “I once tried this, three days after,I still dey feel pain in my upper arm.”

officialblessingoj: “That year wen we dey show ourselves for boyfriend parents house I pound one day for good one week headache no green go. Now now e don turn fight for someone who couldn’t even lift the pestle o.”

motease44: “That’s right Mercy they need to know where they come from and that the struggle is real. Good job girls.”

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