To be honest I don’t know where the name originates from but I’ve grown up knowing ‘salt fish fritters’ (as Jamaicans call it) as Accra. Could there be a link to the Ghanaian city, Accra? If you know, do enlighten me. Culinary history is intriguing! Whenever my...
We sometimes have heavy breakfasts in the Caribbean, but then it is the most important meal of the day. One of my favourite breakfast dishes as a child was fried breadfruit and salt fish buljol. (Bujol is best described as a salad made from salt fish, usually cod, and...
One of the well known and best loved dishes in Trinidad & Tobago is callaloo. It’s normally takes pride of place as part of a Sunday meal. Some families include crab others include salted pigs’ tails. Every family has their own way of doing. However,...
Apart from Callaloo if ever there was one dish that could sum up Trini culture it would be pelau, I think. My British and American readers may notice that it looks different to the pilau rice that they are familiar with. Trini pelau is like a half-sister to the...
Every once in a while I miss my Trini curry. I experience serious curry tabanca1. If you know me, my weakness is a good curry chicken dhalpuri roti, or GOAT, yeah curry goat too! Anyway, hubby and I got our hands on some Mauritian dhal puri roti skins. The Mauritian...
I didn’t believe in Santa as a child. Like everywhere else, Trinidad has the usual Christmas carols, Christmas pop songs but we also have our local Christmas music known as Parang. On street corners during the festive season, there would be men dressed as Santa...
