I have a nice, productive breadfruit tree just off my verandah in Accompong Town and I had a whole lot of breadfruit from it. When the breadfruit are young, slicing them up and boiling them like a potato seemed to be best. After awhile, when the juices start to ooze from the fruit while growing, we would either boil them or slice and fry them. As they get mature, it seemed that roasting them was best. I would be interested in hearing with others think about that.
In my town, breadfruit is a kind of currency. When you want to repay a favor, you let a person bring a long stick over and pick one or two and (at the same time) have them get a couple down for you too! One thing I noticed, the wood is quite brittle and will snap off in a good wind or a heavy foot when climbed.
Mango season and Breadfruit season are a staple of the Jamaican economy as not much of the harddough bread is bought during that time.
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