cassava/ yuca - july

Greetings!  uploading pics,

...before i lose them on the flash drive!. Enjoy & Remember to Experiment...~  keep it spicy ~~peace nadine

above, alt. tvp substitutes fine ! bob's red mill or now brand [ i also get bob's brand of channa flour] great for rotis & kofta.

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small island, vast cuisine  -Various reviews of  bajan style food.

Both My Mom & Nana had "sweet hands". [they could throw down in the kitchen]

I come nowhere close to their skill, in cooking.

 

We like our spice, peppers & variety,  it's a synthesis 

of west african, caribbean,english  & taino cooking styles.

flying fish, shredded pickled codfish, with peppers & tomato salad on toast or crackers  in the mornings{<--My Mom's favorite, like buljol or kippers]   christophene au gratin with cheese & breadcrumbs

Cou -cou, excellent fish cakes, a lot of seafood ( that's right down my Husband's alley ) yam fritters & stuffed crab, stuffed plantain to stuffed snapper!  really big on sauces,   --cakes, sweet breads & pastry too. They loooove  tea, good rum & mauby [a recipe is somewhere on this blog, archived]

 

The choice hot sauces is closer to trinidad's [matouks calypso, or bajan lotties] 

 

here are a few links to explore in barbados other than  oistins [but oistins is still big  fun!].

view the best pics  of bajan restaurant cuisine , [ really nice site,  if you can handle it!)  http://www.flickr.com/photos/chennette/378028817/in/set-72157600084278693/

 

10 best barbados eateries -  from cutters to cou cou" - http://www.10best.com/Barbados/Restaurants/Caribbean/index.htm

 

http://www.thegapbarbados.com/sweetpotatoes/index.html  & 

http://www.cnn.com/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/9705/barbados.nightlife/dining.html

ACCRA BEACH RESORT - http://www.accrabeachhotel.com/

 

lotties yellow  pepper sauce  - http://www.lottiesislandflavours.com/index.htm

matouks yellow calypso - http://www.tearsofjoysauces.com/store/catalog/product_16485_MatouksCalypso_Sauce.html

 

My Mom loves cooking with " mustard oil"  straight up... [ use sparingly, it can be toxic ]

 

other links

boca's site - http://www.bocaburger.com/product.html

a good "no meat" loaf * - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1155151520

delicious "spiced zucchini patties/empanadas *" - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1152107385

other spiced balls * - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1155047144

a good article  - local chef deemed best in the world 2007 [  LaurelAnn Morley] - http://www.barbadosadvocate.com/NewViewNewsleft.cfm?Record=32094

an interesting book by the same  bajan chef - http://www.atlasbooks.com/marktplc/01804.htm

a bajan "spice mix" by sophie beckles -  http://www.swaymag.ca/barbados.html#recipe

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music

 keziah jones  -

http://www.keziahjones.com/

http://www.myspace.com/keziahjones

http://www.marcellosendos.ch/keziahjones/

http://www.delabel.com/keziahjones/

Kaysha - on dit quoi !  [ isn't that kassav's,  jacob desvarieux  in the video? ] -- luv  the guitar, sounds like -Diblo Dibala -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURHUUbIZQU&feature=PlayList&p=31C0B594B97C0544&index=6

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great international soccer this weekend [in baltimore]

cameroon, israel, brazil, italy, mexico, korea, ethiopia, & 15  more countries.

http://www.golocaljamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1178627974/17

http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/custom/live/bal-li.out26jul26,0,941963.story

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above ..vegetable patties click to enlarge !.

ingredients are different, but follow the basic recipe here..

 http://www.go-localjamaica.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=recipes;action=display;num=1152107385

until next entry walk good !