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    When our local Pete's Fresh Market opened on Roosevelt Road in Oakbrook Terrace (western suburb of Chicago, IL) I was excited to see the selection of Walkerswood products including my favorite jerk sauce that I'd been bringing back from JA. I brought in a label from a can of ackee I brought back from the HiLo - they looked at it curiously and said they would look into stocking it. This weekend, I found it on the shelf! Some saltfish from Caputo's and I got me some Jamaican Breakfast to tide me over until Feb!

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    How much is one can of Ackees in Oakbrook Terrace?

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    $10/can - I think I pay around $6US for a can at the HiLo so I will stock up again when there. In the meantime, nyam! This is rapini not calaloo, a biscuit not Festival and -4F (-20C), but you know, you make do...
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    One of our housekeeper/cooks called "tinned Ackee"...slow poison!

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    That seems really expensive for ackee.

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    Nice looking plate!

    Have you ever been to the Caribbean Festival in Rock Island in August? Yamaka My Weekend. Good jerk and more there.

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    That's about what I saw it for in Rockford IL. Not so much demand in Rockford.

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    Not if you add in the airfare to JA to get it from there!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Papa Georgie View Post
    One of our housekeeper/cooks called "tinned Ackee"...slow poison!
    Much prefer fresh off the tree but trapped here... Even off the tree if it is not ripe or was forced open, the ackee is pretty darn poisonous, and death is not at all slow...

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    The tinned ackee doesn't taste as good as the correct ripe ackee you get on site. But I can say same about any other vegetable or meat I get on site - Jamaican food tastes more fresh and wholesome to me.

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