Saltfish is just that, salted, dried fish, usually cod fish. Saltfish is the most important ingredient in Jamaica’s national dish, Ackee and Saltfish. You can find this salted fish in Caribbean, Italian and Asian markets. Choose pieces with white flesh, rather than yellow, with the skin still attached. Saltfish should store, wrapped airtight, in a cool, …
Definition: Ackee
(Image: Kaiton/Flickr) “Mommy what’s that?” “It’s ackee kk…” “Mommy what’s ackee?” These were the little questions my 4 1/2 year old daughter, asked me the morning I made Ackee and Saltfish for Christmas Day breakfast. Ackee is a red pear-shaped tropical fruit that contains poisonous seeds inside. No joke, the flesh of the ackee can …
Definition: Parmigiano-Reggiano
Parmigiano-Reggiano or otherwise known as parmesan cheese is a hard granular cheese, cooked but not pressed, named after the producing areas of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena, and Bologna (all in Emilia-Romagna), and Mantova (in Lombardia), Italy. Did you know that only cheeses produced in theses areas are the only ones allowed to be labeled as …
Sweets Spotlight: Candy Canes
(Image: bookgrl/Flickr) Did you know that these delicious, sweet minty sticks of pure sugar began as a simple little white stick candy for children to enjoy. It wasn’t until the mid- 17th century that candy canes spread all throughout Europe, which at the time were used to decorate Yule trees and other food items. In …
Produce Spotlight: Sweet Potatoes
(Image: kthread/Flickr) It’s fall and its this time of year sweet potatoes are everywhere. Especially with Thanksgiving coming around, there is no other vegetable that is used more than the sweet potato. Do you have a special sweet potatoe recipe that you would love to share with us? if so please do at the end …
Definition: Chives
Are the smallest in the onion family. They are referred to only in the plural, because they grow in clumps rather than as individual plants. Chives are excellent in savoury omelettes, and may be chopped and boiled with potatoes that are to be mashed, or chopped fresh and sprinkled, just before serving, on mashed potatoes, both …
