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 …
Yummy Questionnaire: Jen Schall
By day, Jen Schall works in the IT field as a systems analyst and database developer, however at night she is the fabulous food blogger extraordinaire at My Kitchen Addiction. Please welcome her to ThatsSoYummy this week.
Rib-Eye Steaks marinated with Fennel and Rosemary
If anyone knows me you know that I am NOT a big red meat eater. Actually I stopped eating red meat or should I say steak years ago due to dancing. I don’t know why but every time I would eat steak I would just feel very heavy and uncomfortable. So I decided to just …
Christmas Eve Dinner chez Moi
Christmas has come… and Christmas has gone…. already! Can you believe that… That the year 2009 is practically over in just a few short days. (Sigh) Wow! That’s pretty amazing if you ask me. No more purchasing of the gifts, wrapping of the gifts, and last but not least opening of the gifts. I am …
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 …
