How to Peel Green Bananas
Though they are not native to the Caribbean green banana is one of our staple foods. So much so, it is hard to imagine a kitchen without them
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Green Banana Porridge Recipe
At home or abroad porridge is heavily featured on Jamaican breakfast menus. Cornmeal, oatmeal, peanut, banana porridge or hominy we love them all. For some a bowl or mug of this warm sweet nutritious goodness with a couple slices of buttered hardough bread or a few Excelsior hard crackers is all it takes to get through
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Green Banana Dumplings Recipe
Is Green Banana dumpling a Jamaican or a Caribbean food? I’m not quite sure. Maybe it’s a ‘country ting’ a description reserved for things found only in the Jamaican countryside. I have no idea. What I do know is that one of my favorite relatives would make such a delicious meal of brown stewed fish with
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Green Bananas, A Favorite Caribbean Staple
Bananas have the distinction of being both a fruit and a vegetable. Green bananas are considered a vegetable. They are a staple ingredient in African, Polynesian, Asian, Spanish, and Caribbean cuisine. Ripe bananas are a fruit that’s familiar to just about everyone on planet earth. In Caribbean cuisine green bananas are used to make a variety
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INSTACART: DEAL OR STEAL
The Cost of Comfort If you live anywhere in the United States, chances are you have heard of and probably used Instacart. The personal shopping service began as a grocery shopper sometime in 2012. Since then Instacart has expanded its footprint to include wholesale clubs like Costco, pet stores, and pharmacies among others. My own
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Ackee & Saltfish Recipe
Ackee & Saltfish just might be my favorite food. I’m not saying that just because it happens to be the national food of my birthland, Jamaica. I love Ackee and saltfish with rice, dumpling, food, roast breadfruit, hardough bread, whatever it’s served with I’m eating. Ackee which hails from West Africa has a creamy texture
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Fish Tea Recipe, Jamaican Fish Soup
Fish tea, as we Jamaicans call it, is unlike most other Caribbean soups. Fish Tea is a light refreshing soup that has a thin broth, a few root vegetables, fresh herbs and fish. Most other Caribbean soups have a thick stew-like consistency. Use any whole fish or fish filet to prepare this refreshingly delicious soup.
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Mannish Water – Goat Soup Recipe
If I had to choose a favorite soup, mannish water would undoubtedly be the one. Not for the faint of heart. The main ingredients in this reputed aphrodisiac are goat’s head, tripe and testicles. Yes! You read that correctly. A male goat is required to make authentic Jamaican mannish water. If you’re not an adventurous
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Boiled Dumplings Recipe (flour and cornmeal)
Just about every culture’s cuisine around the globe includes at least 1 variety of dumplings. This is especially true for Caribbean cultures. In the Caribbean, we fry, boil and roast various dumpling concoctions of innumerable varieties. I can still remember the time many many years ago when I dared to make soup without dumplings. My
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