I like to bring back shot glasses for friends.. There are all different types, and many of them are a buck a piece.. Coffee is also ALWAYS a big hit as are key chains.. Just depends on what you want to spend...
I like to bring back shot glasses for friends.. There are all different types, and many of them are a buck a piece.. Coffee is also ALWAYS a big hit as are key chains.. Just depends on what you want to spend...
Great Thread guys! very interesting....
Yup, Irieworld ...... you found the best hot sauce in the world!!!!
Something else I like to pick up in Jamaica and bring back, is a newspaper .... not necessarily the Gleaner or Observer .... but even one of the smaller ones from the various Parishes (like: The Mirror). I like the sensational headlines, and it's always interesting to my friends/family at home to read the police reports, the incidents of people being "chopped". Or the letters to the editor, imploring people to 'Stop Peeing in Public', or the OpEd pieces: like the Diary of a Ghetto Priest entitled 'Ganja: We will regret it". Lot of times, I'll scan these articles as jpegs and used them as jewel covers for CDs that I make for friends, etc.
Jerk chicken spices from roadside restaurants. When home, i put them in sealed "tea" glass containers and they keep for the whole year. It's not a retail item, so you have to talk to the chef and negotiate to obtain some of these Jerk chicken spices, there are lot in the premix, probably over 30 spices. I then try to cook the jerk chicken the same way as in Jamaica, and of course fail miserably, even with the pimento wood i bought, and then i have to go back to Jamaica to taste the real thing. Circle of frustration.
Death does not concern us., because as long as we exist, death is not here. And once it does come, we no longer exist.
- Epicurus
My most cherished and usable souvenir has to be my red yellow and green Hammock from sea star, Its shows no signs of ever wearing out. And I love it!,Its worth every penny,, one of the better kept secretsand finds in negril. i guess the words out now for all the newbies....
Years ago on Long Bay we came upon this artist,he was way up,by himself. We bought a picture of the beach,palm trees etc....It was all made from actual tree bark,bamboo,leaves....Hangs in my bathroom.It is signed W.M or D.M.
I've never really even seen it at the bars, but at the Hi-Lo they sell a Pimento Allspice Liquer. Made by Berry Hill, a division of Wrey and Nephew, it is wonderful! Great as a shot or a coffee mixer, and I have never seen it anywhere else in the world. Very unique taste, but very good.
Easy spices, soup mixes, Grace ketchup, coffee, pre-packaged snacks and cookies (that we cant get at home: ovaltine & coconut cookies, Big Foot cheesy snacks) mosquito coils, Rum Bar rum, Castille soap, and the last trip we brought home saltfish. All food stuffs. Although, last trip, I did splurge and bit and buy a few pieces of handmade jewelry which I never did before.
I have an interest in weaponry so I collect machetes. I have everything from a cuban to a modda thomas, from "war" machetes to cane knife- I got a couple of those as they are my favorite.
Also make sure to replenish whatever jerk sauce I am low on, either Bigga's or Bourbon Beach's or Ossie's. I used to make my own but now just buy giant gatorade bottles. Also pickle from Miss Sonia.
And honey. I love the honey from JA. And green coffee as I like to roast it myself.
A few things I bring down, which you still can not get. Real ketchup, and soppresatta.
I keep meaning to bring back some cocoa but always manage to forget.
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-Sir Gawain
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