Jamaican brown stew chicken is a sweet, tangy, sticky Caribbean chicken recipe that is made all the time in Jamaican homes. I had always wanted to learn how to make this dish so I sweetened up my uncle to teach me. It was so easy, I find that I make it for my family all …
I love my heritage. I love where I come from. Even though I wasn’t born in Jamaica I grew up there and feel a very strong connection to my mother’s home land. My family used to spend Christmases in Jamaica and every morning when we would wake up the kitchen would be smelling so delicious. …
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, …
(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 …
Hardo Bread or Hard Dough Bread is absolutely positively DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!! If you have never had hardo bread then, YES you are deprived… (Just kidding) 😛 But seriously… you need to try some STAT! Hardo bread is a staple food item that can be found in EVERY Jamaican household, whether in another state or country. Hardo …
Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee is not only the best coffee in my opinion, but the tastiest. It is grown in blue mountains of Jamaica, hence the name, between Kingston to the south and Port Maria to the north. The blue mountains are some of the highest mountains in the Caribbean rising up to 2,300 metres …
