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[TiCtOc]

my number at seastar is 503~4256
I feel bad because one year seveen posted her phone number I think it was quiet not too many boardies in time but we had never spoke and I remember reading it thinking and knowing she has loadsa friends here she would not want me to call she didnt even know me I was sat at samsara at the time on their computer but my husband had swine flu or something and my son was here and we left the girls at home wish I would have called now and said get up here and made some plans!
Anyway I know a couple of you need to contact me so there it is.

[smith744]

food/meal *suggestion*(s)

1/2 cabbage
small piece of yam
hand-full of rice
1 '.hand.' green-bananas (or a couple of large plantains)
hand-full of flour <<< make dumplings
a Chubby soda bottle, filled with cooking oil
water
1-tablespoon of salt
wood-fire
2-pots

use your culinary-imagination & creativity
IF you can't figure-out what to make (with above),
just ask somebody(s) ---ANY-body(s)--- to help you & prepare the meal(s)

[Marko]

food/meal *suggestion*(s)

1/2 cabbage
small piece of yam
hand-full of rice
1 '.hand.' green-bananas (or a couple of large plantains)
hand-full of flour <<< make dumplings
a Chubby soda bottle, filled with cooking oil
water
1-tablespoon of salt
wood-fire
2-pots

mi have had variations of this and it's quite good..........and inexpensive

you can a hire a cook too in Negril.........
just ask around and you'll find a lady more than willing to cook for you and/or family.....
when mi had the cottage wi had Miss Elizabeth come 5 days a week to cook lunch and dinner for us.......
plus she cleaned and washed da clothes and did odds and ends for us lazy travelers...........
cost mi around $100US a week for Miss Elizabeth plus groceries........
it was a great deal and a lot cheaper than eating out......and boy could she cook.........nuthin betta

Cool Runnings, Marko

[smith744]

you can a hire a cook too in Negril.........
just ask around and you'll find a lady more than willing to cook for you and/or family.....

i've *found*
that some of the BEST-cooks
are the men

generally, ANY-male above the age of 15-years-old can cook

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
i haven't been following this thread too-closely
but the *husband*..??... is he Jamaican..??.. ....living ON-island..??..
...if-SO:::>> he CAN-cook fi sure, believe DAT

you have NO-problem

enjoy your trip

in my limited experience(s),
in-Jamaica,
eating & getting & making a meal is NOT a problem
..the stuff is cheap & good & nutritious::: food is a minor $$$-concern:::: it's the ea$y-part of a vacation/visit/trip

the booze & party-ing is what will wreck your budget

and::::>> IF the vacation-er is the '.go-to.'-person for all things financial,
well ______ ______ _____ _____

:-(

[irieworld]

there are also many variations of Smith's recipe--depending on what you have to throw in the pot--other veggies, fresh thyme.--cook up some fish or chicken on the side. Having a local cook for you is a good idea--and agreed--I have not yet met a JA man who could not cook up a great meal. That said, it sounds like your kids are insatiable.

[davevols]

I don't know much about Searstar lane, only seen it in the dark from the shuttle-

But would it be improper to ask about renting the outdoor cooking area in someones yard?
Pay them for firewood, a couple of pots, and use of the space.

[booger]

[QUOTE=davevols;24136]I don't know much about Searstar lane, only seen it in the dark from the shuttle-

And I was with you on one of those treks. LOL.

[Patty Sather]

Ahhhh tic... you are still rocking that sarong......

[TiCtOc]

The first begging phonecall home for money has began LOL we do not have an answer as yet but there will be a couple different phonecalls to follow.Do not think you can come here and survive on your fishing unless you are a fisherman or woman!That plan is failing me miserably!
I still do not have booked or paid for anywhere for mon- fri next week I am sooo crazy it is peak season christmas time things are booked solid what am I doing?OMG LOL I am hoping to sort this situation out very soon, probably going to stay at some cottages if they have space for me and of course if I have money otherwise those tents at roots bamboo were looking good LOL move over!
Anyone heard from midiri/fud since he got back?
Anyone know if there is a boardie staying at seastar other than yetta and tawnee coming and me as I am pretty sure someone else said they would be here and I have forgotten who it was

[TiCtOc]

I am back!
I had a few failed plans the last couple of days the kids were not there for the soccer game and then today something else happened the kids had to leave so did not happen again. I will try again next week for the soup kitchen while I am down on the beach end.
The pool party failed the lady I was meeting must have gone late but I felt rude just sitting there with my cooler and all the kids wanted to do something so I was not sure where she was,so we headed to canoe hoping to try the yummy breakfast but after the messing around trying to find my friend for a pool party we were too late for breakfast so I had packed cheese sandwiches in the cooler but the bread somehow got wet so yes you guessed it back to a cafe for yes you guessed it fried chicken and fries all round!
We took the fishing rod and cooler with the idea that we could eat and drink almost FREE and catch lots of fish for dinner that idea of mine turned out to be an epic fail LOL first of all I have never used a cooler before so everything got loaded in and guess who gets landed wih carrying the heavy old thing? ME.I can imagine a cooler being excellent just for myself yeah I would LOVE a cooler full of bottles of rum and pepsi and I wouldn't mind carrying it but carrying it for a family of five and then the bread got soggy it was a major disaster I remember thinking DISASTER ALERT who's idea was this!?Annoying thing which ended up useless.
so got the kids a soda at canoe then we walked down to near the roundabout for some food , came back and got our fishing rods out.We have fished only once before and caught a couple of small fish not much was in the ocean where we last fished it seemed empty so we thought we would do great in Jamaica we always see a lot of fisherman with great catches so we all headed to the pier the walkway thing in front of canoe ate our food there and TRIED to fish.We had Clarols son with us from seastar and he said he could fish so he fished and actually caught one, he was the only person to catch anything we tried for hours,we could see lots of small fish but apparently our hooks are too large for them so we need to buy some smaller ones.He caught a puffer fish I think it is called.So I asked Kirby could it be eaten but never shown him it and he said yes pick out the bones/spikes and steam it. So after our epic fail of an attempt to feed my family on our catches of the day we packed up our things the puffa fish included to take back to Clarol!She laughed at it and said it was too small and everyone was laughing at my GIFT i brought for her LOL she said it was still alive but none of us knew how to kill it she said she wanted to put it back in the water I am too afraid to ask the outcome of the fish!
On the way to getting a taxi what do I see?
The one love bus it was the bar crawl
Nope can't join in no definately not can't shan't won't!
Then twisted my own arm took the kids home my husband stayed with them and I got a bit of cash and headed back to the bus.Now I did not realise at the time but I had started drinking at 3.45pm lol that is a LOT earlier than usual usually I would drink around 9 or ten pm and I was drinking OP
So me dancing on the empty bus alone to NO music to the webcast camera while everyone was at the bar should have given me a clue how drunk I was getting! but alas I didn't catch my own clue!
So drank a bit more then a bit more.Met misako and her friend and Tom h and his friend and some other boardies and enjoyed the bar crawl then of course we need the afterparty and the party after that.I should have gone back to my hotel I was steaming drunk and it was unplanned I was not dressed for the occassion and the epic fail of my fishing trip had me in a *****ing moaning mood even though I was happy to be on the bar crawl and having my rum!
So went down to toms friends hotel with a few of us and I vaguely remember talking lots of crap! about anything and everything I should have told myself to shut the @@@@ up but I was too drunk LOL
We all had lobster it was great! I have never ever tried it before and always wanted to try it and it tasted just like I imagined.It was so coolI got to try lobster yay!
Wish I would have kept my mouth shut though not sure if everyone is still my friend today!I remember asking where am I? LOL
but of course the night was young so we all headed off to roots bamboo.I forgot they charge in on a wednesday now.The place was quite empty I do not rate the place anymore at all especially on a wednesday they say mondays is free but I prefer coral seas on a monday nice people nice music not tried the monday roots.
So Tom and his friends left and we stayed for a while.I remember dancing with my sunglasses on about 2am so no-one could see my eyes rolling!
I was still having fun though
Had a crazy arguement with my husband later and it was over absolutely nothing I said I couldn't get the sheet and I think he must have been dreaming and thought I said something else and just went crazy.Nuff about that
Today is a new day
I guess I was feeling a bit moody because we never caught no fish!
It was still fun though an unplanned fun day!
Have to go in a good mood and dressed properly next time!