What's Cooking In Jamaica
So we finally made it to the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial & Food Show after many years of promising ourselves to attend. Dubbed by some as ‘the Caribbean's premier agricultural event, this year was it’s 65th staging. The three day event featured parish farmers markets with displays of Jamaican agricultural produce - both organic & non organic, areas in which one could find livestock & pets on show, exhibits focused on greenhouse farming, farm products & equipment and a food court stretch. Here's some of what we captured! Brands On DisplayJamaica Producers St.Mary's Chips, Mount Pleasant Chocolates & Buzz Honey were among the many Jamaican made products being promoted at Denbigh 65. Eats At DenbighJust some of the eats that were on sale at Denbigh 2017. |
Ingredients 8 oz wet sugar 1 pint stout 2 oz honey 2 oz pancake syrup 1 oz molassses 3 oz melted butter 1 tbsp vanilla 1 tsp cinnamon powder 1 tsp grated nutmeg 1 tsp salt | Dry ingredients 12 oz cassava flour 4 oz whole wheat flour 1tsp baking soda 1tsp baking powder 4 oz raisins Procedure
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We are a little late in posting this, but thought we would anyway as our holidays festivities extend through New Years Day. Nothing beats the sweet aroma of ham baking for the holidays! Ham, like Sorrel is a traditional part of our of our our Christmas/New Year holiday fare for those who can afford it. Below is Chef Damion Stewart's recipe for preparing a Guava Glazed Baked Ham topped with pineapple slices & cherries. |
8oz Butter 8oz Brown Sugar 8 Eggs 16oz Whole wheat Flour 6oz Bread Crumbs 1tsp Salt 2tsp Baking Powder 1tsp Baking Soda 1 Cup Raisin 1 Cup Prunes 1 Cup Currants 1 Cup Shredded Coconut 1 Cup mashes ripe Banana 2 Cups Red Label Wine | 1/2 Cup Rum 1tsp Grated Ginger 1tsp Cinnamon Powder 1tsp Nutmeg Powder 1tsp Mixed Spice 1tbsp Vanilla 1tsp Almond Extract 1tsp Rosewater 1tbsp Orange Rind 1tsp Lime Rind 1tbsp Lime Juice 4tbsp Browning ½ Cup Cashew Nuts |
BOSTON in Portland - home of Jerk - Fish, Chicken, Lamb, Lobster | PORUS - for the sweetest fruits |
MOUNT ROSSER - for finger-licking good Roast Yam or Roast Sweet Potato served with + Saltfish. | SCOTTS COVE (border of Westmoreland & St. Elizabeth) for some of the tastiest Fried Fish + Bammy & Conch Soup |
HOLLAND BAMBOO for the succulent & delicious Curry Goat @ Musso's
| MIDDLE QUARTERS - for spicy nice Pepper Shrimps & Janga Soup
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The Breadfruit Tree comes from the Mulberry Family which is all related to the Chataigne Tree and Jackfruit Tree. It can grow to heights well beyond 85Ft. It is Native to the Malay Peninsula and grows torrentially along the South East Asian Countries, Polynesian states straight down to the Tropical countries in the Caribbean. It thrives on a sunny and warm climate and therefore shuns frost inhibited zones. Breadfruit is one of the highest-yielding food plants, with a single tree producing up to 200 or more fruits per season. As mentioned before, it is a staple food in many tropical regions. Before eating breadfruit, it is mainly roasted, baked, fried or boiled. When cooked the taste is described as potato-like, or similar to fresh-baked bread (hence the name). The fruit is available mainly from June to November, but some trees may mature at other times during the year. The fruit itself may look a little daunting at first view but never the less it should not intimidate or ward off one’s intention to get familiarized with it. In the green stage, the fruit is hard and the interior is white, starchy and somewhat fibrous. When fully ripe, the fruit is somewhat soft; the interior is cream colored or yellow and pasty, also sweetly fragrant. The seeds are irregularly oval, rounded at one end, pointed at the other, about ¾’’ long, dull-brown with darker stripes. In the center of the fruit fruits there is a cylindrical or oblong core, in some types covered with hairs bearing flat, brown, abortive seeds about (3 mm) long. The fruit is borne singly or in clusters of 2 or 3 at the branch tips. |
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