Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS".
Tags: black, black pepper, cloves, coconut oil, codfish, escoveitch, fish, garlic, Jamaican, link, milk, oil, onion, pepper, potato, recipe, saltfish, scallion, season, seasoning, spinach, sugar, sugar cane, sweet pepper, sweet potato, taste, texture, thyme, tomato, treats, veggie, veggies, vinegar, water
Sugar Cane Skewered Saltfish
Sweet potato Escoveitch/Wilted Spinach
Ingredients
8 oz soaked salt fish in milk and water
(completely submerge for 48 hrs).
One 6-inch piece sugar cane cleaned, and cut into skewers
llb sweet potatoes peeled and sliced
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Mar 15 2009
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Tags: beans, black, Dutch pot, fish, garlic, garnish, ingredient, ingredients, instruction, instructions, Jamaican, oil, peas, pepper, plant, plants, recipe, rice, rum, saltfish, sauce, seasoning, snow, sugar, vegetable, veggie, veggies, water
Saltfish in Blackbeans and Garlic
Ingredients
1 lb re-hydrated salted fish
4 tbs blackbean and garlic sauce
(can use fresh)
garlic chopped and fermented black
beans soaked
3 tsp red rum
3 tsp white sugar
1 tbs veg oil
Mar 15 2009
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Advice & Tips.
Tags: calories, diet, dishes, fat, food, gravy, ingredients, nutrition, protein, recipe, sauce, seasoning, Thanksgiving, turkey
Slow Cooker Thanksgiving Turkey
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Prep Time 15 min.
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Cook Time 8 hrs.
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Serves 12
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Nov 18 2008
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Tags: computer, family, food, friends, gift, happiness, holiday, internet, joy, link, meal, menu, online, party, seasoning, Thanksgiving, turkey, vegetarian
Save Money on Your Local Holiday Meal
5 great ideas to green your feast while on a budget.
By Karen Berner
Holidays can be stressful on the budget when it comes to coming up with just the right gifts, party fare and general meal planning for family gatherings. Here are some easy ways to make your holiday meal as green as possible while helping you stretch that organic dollar, leaving you more time to spend with family and friends.
1. Find Organic, Green, and Earth-Friendly Food E-Coupons
Yes, they’re out there. Finding coupons for your favorite organic foods online to use at your local market is easier then you think. Here are 10 websites that offer printable, organic food coupons and those that will send you coupons by mail:
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Nov 17 2008
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Tags: African, age, alcohol, anxiety, bamboo, beaches, beef, birth, birthday, Bob Marley, British, Caribbean, chicken, Chinese, color, colors, culinary, dance, depression, diet, dreadlocks, drugs, Englishman, era, fire, fish, flame, flavor, flavors, food, foods, force, French, fruit, fruits, herb, history, indian, influence, ingredient, ingredients, island, ital, Jamaican, jerk, land, liquor, meat, mountain, music, pain, paradise, pasta, patties, period, race, rasta, rastafarian, recipe, reggae, rivers, rum, seasoning, secret, secrets, shellfish, smiles, Spanish, stress, style, sugar, teeth, time, treats, tropics, vegetarian, veggie, war, water, worries
Mention Jamaica to any non-Jamaican and immediately he or she will respond Bob Marley! Reggae music! No problem man! Or Jerk cooking.
Is Jerk the name of a dance? Maybe!
Is jerk the name of a person? Maybe!
Then what is jerk?
Jerk seasoning is made up of various herbs and spices. Jerking is using this seasoning on various meats and cooking slowly on medium heat. The term herb is also used to describe “Jamaica Ganja” a potent illegal weed, or illegal substance or drug. Jerk was a method used by the maroons to prepare wild pigs in their fight in the hills of Jamaica against the British.
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Oct 19 2008