I have never seen most of these let alone try them. Most are not on the menu.
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I have never seen most of these let alone try them. Most are not on the menu.
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Ackee and Calaloo is the best ................ only Ackee and bacon is better
Slightly under ripe fruit are also enjoyed with salt & pepper or hot sauce...we eat our June plums this way.
Other items I enjoy...
Blue Draws...solid pudding with corn, green banana, sweet potato or yam, spices and sweetened
Run Dung...fish dish made with thick, savory sauce made from coconut milk
Gizzada...a tart with coconut, sugar, nutmeg
Bammy...cassava bread
Festival...slightly sweet flavoured dumpling made with flour & cornmeal
Grater cake...dried coconut, ginger and often rose water
Coconut Drops...dried coconut with vanilla, nutmeg & ginger usually
Cosmos restaurant has Red Pea soup with pig tail that I adore...but not often found.
Stew oxtail most anywhere.
I don't know how the above dishes became favourites...I couldn't even eat chicken with bone in it 15 years ago...had to get over that also! :o
Bnewb, thanks for the tip on the June plums. The first time I had them many years ago in Green Island, I thought the were called "Juke" plums because of the little spikes in them.
Regards,
Bob
Bob...those spikes are something else...interesting fruit! As the fruit ripens those spikes ripen and disappear into the fruit.Quote:
Originally Posted by rjonsun
We have wanted to try Blue Drawers and Manish water. Anywhere to get them in negril
Run Dung??? Autocorrect victim, Bnewb? Personally, I love Run Down, but shy away from Run Dung!
You're right about Cosmo's having some great soups and I always order up the Oxtail Stew. The texture of the fatty bits is sublime. Some of the bakery treats are available from "Bready" who beeps his scooter horn and shouts "Bready, Bready" as he hawks his treats. --Marblehead
had mannish wata one time in negril, but cannot remember where....but it was mad good
Lmao Marblehead...no autocorrect.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marblehead
It's actually called Run Dung or an old term Dip and Fall back Run Dung. Probably changed to Run Dun or Run Down for the very reason you would "shy away from" it.
A cold red stripe with 3 shots of graces hot sauce.
Good question, Living.Quote:
Originally Posted by Living_the_Dream
Mannish water is usually made for special events...I'm sure someone must make and sell it around town. I would ask the smaller cookshops...especially ones that regularly offer goat as a menu item.
Blue Draws/drawers (others names according to Google include Duckanoo or Tie-a-leaf) again are usually made for special events. If you have friends here or maybe ask a hotel worker that you've become friendly with, if they make them or know of someone that would.
Not weird but not widely served in the tourist areas:
Run Dung is the best. My dad makes it all the time but my favorite kind which he can only make while in Jamaica is Breadfruit Run Dung -- it's made with young breadfruit and salt fish.
Chocolate Tea --- basically hot chocolate but it is grated raw chocolate
Cornmeal Pudding -- with the slushie on top
I have yet to try blue drawers but it is on my list of have to try.
The little cook shop out front of Whistling Bird had Mannish Water last week. Not everyday, but it was there a couple times. Good and cheap!!!!
Jack fruit, Star Apple, and lion fish. Love them all, these 2 fruits are really messy to eat but well worth it.
Yummm to the breadfruit Run Dung!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamerican71
What is the "slushie on top" of the cornmeal pudding?
You drizzle some condensed milk on the pudding just before it finishes baking and it creates a soft top. I have no idea if this is a Jamaican thing or if it's just the way the recipe was passed down in our family.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bnewb
Jamaican family recipe! :D Sounds great!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamerican71
I had Chef Teddy's goat's head soup (which I believe is mannish water) when Teddy's Hideaway was at the cliff hotel that shall not be named. I was really enjoying it until parts of the anatomy began to reveal themselves and my wife started to lose it...
we had tripe at our Ja familys house near Sav, soon come
I love guinip. Funny - some Jamaicans told me they are not a big fan of it because it gets stuck in their teeth.
canned corn beef....... i was a little drunk and such and in one of those half bar half store places and saw it ....i thought of "corned beef on rye" instead it looked like dog food with the gel n the side and something that captain cook took to tahiti on the bounty.....needless to say i did not eat much but my friends loved it...i also dont eat things like goat testcles when the goat is butchered but i have seen them cooked.....what about custard apple? those are good
How bout some tin boom? Mackeral and dumpling.
Real bammies... oxtail stew... conch soup... curried conch... all delish...
Tripe... tasty, but always a bit chewy.
Escovitch Fish
(heavy on the Scotch Bonnet)
:)
I search for great pumpkin soup mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Canned Corn beef -- also Bully Beef. It's delicious cooked up with some onions, sweet pepper, a bit of jerk seasoning and ketchup for color. You then eat it with water crackers or hard dough bread - yummy! Also you can mix it right out of the can with some mayo, sweet pepper and onions and spread it on bread for a sandwich. It's very similar to deviled ham that is sold in the states - different taste but similar look.Quote:
Originally Posted by redground
Chicken Foot Soup was delicious!
chicken foot is one thing I just can't muster up enough nerve to try.Quote:
Originally Posted by VVHT
Miss Brown's Magic Mushroom Tea, Miss Gloria's Ganja Banana Bread........
Chicken foot soup sold by somebody pushing a cart in Red Ground.......it was AWESOME......
Banana bread? Where might I find this? Was it good tasting?Quote:
Originally Posted by johng
~Moose
Hey Moose,
Unfortunately Miss Gloria is no longer with us but her Ganja Banana Bread recipe might live on. Her Grandson Barry Allen runs Barry's Rooms
https://realjamaica.org/listings/barrys-rooms
on Negril Beach. Gloria ran Gloria's Sunset Cottages and her Ganja Bread was delicious and robust!!! Barry is a cool guy so check him out your next visit to Negril Beach.
Ok this probably doesn't count for weird, but it was something I've never seen where I live, so I'll just drop it here.
The Nyammings platter at Pushcart has Curried Chicken, Curried Goat, Oxtail and Bushman Stew, each with a different kind of rice that accompanied it, all on one big probably 12"x12" platter for about $19, if I remember right. I liked it all, the oxtail was nice and tender, the goat kinda surprised me, it was a very dark colored meat, but was really good. If you want a nice mix of different types of food, I'd recommend it.
~Moose
PUSHCART!!!?Quote:
Originally Posted by CosmicMoose
I hope Quality doesn't read that...
:cool:
dried peppa shrimp. Was in a small package in a mini mart. Very good but I wasn't sure how you're supposed to eat them, so I just at them right out of the package like jerky.
Can you get Durian fruit in Ja?
Unfortunately, yes you can...holding nose!! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by frankk
what is Durian Fruit.....is it that stuff that jamaicans call stinking toe....lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Bnewb
Haha Summer...Durian isn't called stinking toe but it should be!Quote:
Originally Posted by Summer
Not my pics....but...
This is Duran...
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This is stinking toe...
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Here is some info on Durian.. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian. It does smell bad (like what is scented in natural gas) but taste is interesting - Taste is like a soft creamy nut with hint of fermented onion, but more complex than I can describe. The durian nut is good and it is also used as flavoring for ice cream and candy.
I was just joking because I thought it was unique to Southeast Asia.. But I would love to have some in ja.
Where can I get it?