#Caribbean Cooking

[caribbeanvibesblog]

Curry Chicken With Potatoes And Buss up Shut Roti

#repost #caribbean food #caribbean cuisine #caribbean cooking #chicken curry #curry chicken #curry potatoes #buss up shut roti #roti #its the hot pepper for me though #Caribbean sunshine=hot peppers

[ausetkmt]

Oct. 5, 2022

Stew peas is a dish for gathering, and a dish for celebrating, and a dish for living. But it’s also a dish for slowing down; stew peas call for a certain gentleness, and a certain trust, alongside an implicit agreement allowing time to meld your beans and your meat and your aromatics.

The meal’s origins are Jamaican; in “Caribbean Cooking,” John DeMers even refers to stew peas as the country’s national dish. Red peas, as kidney beans are known in Jamaica, are cooked down and mellowed with coconut milk, then stewed with beef, pork or even vegetarian alternatives. The meal is further flavored with garlic and herbs. While stew peas can be found in home kitchens throughout the Caribbean diaspora, Jamaican renditions almost always include spinners: flour dumplings that make the stew into a full-fledged meal. And this stew is as individual as the hands of the cook preparing it — there are few “wrong” ways to cook stew peas.

The recipe’s base ingredients couldn’t be humbler: dried kidney beans, a bowl of salted pig’s tail, garlic, scallions and a can of coconut milk. But the component binding everything together is time: Much of the work in stew peas resides in what you aren’t doing. You can check in on the simmering pot as spinners form between your palms, rolling and adding each dumpling while the stew reaches the precipice of its flavor. And you’ll know it’s done when the stew’s aroma envelops your kitchen (to say nothing of your neighbor’s, should they be so lucky). Then the only thing you could possibly do is take it off the stove to partake.

Stew peas is less an orchestra than a gauzy jam band playing well after last call.

In the absence of pig’s tail, you could use whatever pork you’ve got on hand. Or you can swap out that protein entirely for beef. Once, in a bind and miles away from the nearest Caribbean grocer, I cooked the dish with the Chinese sausage in the back of a boyfriend’s fridge and genuinely couldn’t have been more pleased with the result. And in the cookbook “Original Flava,” the chefs Craig and Shaun McAnuff remove meat entirely, noting that “there’s so much flavor already that meat doesn’t have to be the star attraction.” Each memory of enjoying the dish created a recipe in itself, entirely honest to the moment in which I partook of it.

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As it did for any number of recipes, our most recent pandemic rewired my sense of the dish. Stew peas had been window dressing for me — familiar, omnipresent, delicious. But as the months passed, this dish’s necessary gentleness became less of a habit or a memory than a remedy — one of the primary compulsions for me to actually cook something. And I’d experienced that with several dishes, like the velvety richness of nikujaga and thit kho; or the elation of chewing ropa vieja after a full day of anticipation. But stew peas had already woven their way into the background of my life: cooked on a lazy Sunday alongside a partner, or munched as leftovers, or shared among friends far too late in the evening, balancing a bowl on my knee beneath a table of beer. The dish laid a foundation for me to really feel every meal that followed it. And, for me at least, this motion — of slowness, of a meal that’s taking form as the day unfolds — became just as much a feeling as a flavor. Another way of feeling the time pass. The sort of ingredient whose absence, when taken for granted, immediately becomes distinct: So it’s no surprise that when I’m away from my place, stew peas is what I’m looking to conjure. And when friends visit, it’s one of the things I most want to share with them.

As Suzanne Barr notes in “My Ackee Tree,” “building flavor is the key to developing any delicious dish.” Stew peas is a chance to allow life to carry you alongside it, less an orchestra than a gauzy jam band playing well after last call. After you’ve combined the peas and the meat, you could start your laundry. For more than two hours, the pot simmers until the peas have softened, bubbling their own low chatter while you fiddle with podcasts or text friends from the sofa. Eventually, you roll the spinners in your hands, adding them to the dish, setting your rice on another pan. And then the dish is done.

Cooking is labor. It’s work. What if one route was looking for gentleness and slowness on this front, toward ourselves and others? Cooking this dish fortified that patience for me, allowing it to settle into my daily revolutions along with all of its ingredients.

Then again, taste can be clumsy. Feeling is easier. A few months back, ambling around Provincetown after a too-late evening, I wandered out one morning on a mission for friends, searching for brunch ingredients with a tote bag full of pot and jam. At a park bench beside a market, a woman who worked there leaned over a bowl of stew peas. I’d seen her in town earlier that week. And this dish couldn’t have been on the menu. But she relished it, and she glanced my way, allowing me to relish it, too — and we shared the moment for another few seconds before we both moved on.

#Jamaican Stew Peas Are a Good Excuse to Slow Down #Stew Peas #Jamaican Food #Jamaican Stew Peas #Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes #One Pot Meals #Caribbean Cooking

[onlyweirfoods876]

Sausage is loved by all children and Adults with bread to make a nice sandwich call hotdog.

#food #caribbean cooking #food porn

[therealcoolfooddude]

(via Jerk-Marinated Pork Anticuchos) These jerk-marinated pork anticuchos, popular street food in Peru, are marinated and then grilled on a skewer and served with mango chutney.

#yawd #caribbeancoking #caribbean cooking #caribbeanfood #caribbean food

[autumnalmess]

For the consideration of the privy council: Grantaire introducing Enjolras to music and cinema.

Consider Enjolras who is "austere in his enjoyments" learning that there is such thing as music that is not just background music to work to, and film that is not just designed to teach you something.

Consider Grantaire gaping at Enjolras for never having heard of the Beatles, sitting him down and forcing headphones over his fluffy golden hair to force him to listen to 'A Day in the Life'.

Enjolras going "this is so stupid" until it hits the second verse and he suddenly becomes very quiet.

Grantaire dragging Enjolras along to the cinema to watch reruns of The Fellowship of the Ring, after which Enjolras grumbles the whole way home, but asks to see the next movie just to "make sure they're all bad".

Grantaire showing up on Enjolras' doorstep with an armful of DVDs because he just has to educate him.

Enjolras discovering Wes Anderson, and the concept of comfort movies, curling up to watch a film not because it means anything or has a deep political comment to make about the human race, but just because it's fun.

Grantaire watching Enjolras more than the film.

Grantaire letting Enjolras borrow his Spotify to find something he likes and almost tearing up when Enjolras says "have you heard of this band called Fleetwood Mac? I've been listening to a couple of their songs".

Grantaire desperately trying to explain to Courfeyrac that it's "not a date! Enjolras has just never been to a proper concert before!"

Enjolras suggesting they share wired earbuds because it's "more efficient" and definitely not because it means they have to sit closer together.

Enjolras learning that life is not about how efficiently you plough through it.

#just think about it #imagine enjolras going “wait i dont understand. which ones David bowie and which ones ziggy stardust?” #enjolras learning to fucking RELAX for once #grantaire sort of feeling like he has a purpose for the first time ever #even if its just forcing Enjolras to watch pirates of the Caribbean #enjolras listening to music in the kitchen whilst he cooks. mumbling along to Queen but not really knowing any of the words #*cue the blossoming of their relationship* #enjoltaire #les miserables #les mis #victor hugo #les misposting #enjolras #grantaire #exr #booklr #courfeyrac

[poirott]

BONUS:

Crossover → Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple solving cases together

David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Julia McKenzie as Jane Marple

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989 - 2013) | Agatha Christie's Marple (2004 - 2013)

#poirot #hercule poirot #miss marple #agatha christie #david suchet #tvedit #perioddramaedit #cinematv #cinemapix #poirotedit #missmarpleedit #*marplot crossover #marplot #*edit #poirot 1x01: the adventure of the clapham cook #poirot 1x03: the adventure of johnnie waverly #marple 4x04: why didn't they ask evans? #marple 5x02: the secret of chimneys #marple 6x01: a caribbean mystery #TOO MANY EPISODES TO TAG *o* #i had this gif set idea for 5+ years :D #crossover is all about feel-good vibes & FLUFF #marplot supporting each other <3

[chefcarolb]

Can't get to the tropics? Make a quick culinary escape with the bold, sweet and spicy flavors of Caribbean Jerk Chicken with Black Bean Mango Salsa! Serve with conventional rice or jerk-spiced rice and you've got a complete, healthy flavor-packed meal!

#cooking #food #recipe #chefblr #chef #fromachefskitchen #chicken #kitchen #chicken recipes #caribbean #caribbean food #jerk chicken #healthy recipe #healthy food #grilling #everyday cooking

[whitefireprincess]

Caribbean Asian Fusion | ZAZ Restaurant

#food #lo mein #chinese #caribbean #cooking #asian #uotd #whitefireprincess

[veditas]

#Caribbean curry #my fave thing to cook and eat #habanero pepper #nomnomnom #it is very spicy 🌶️

[brattylikestoeat]

Brown Stew Chicken

#brown stew chicken #this was so good #chicken #Caribbean stew chicken #meat #TikTok #TikTok food #brattylikestoeat #food #foodlr #food blog #foodie #yummy #my cooking #my food

[r0entgen]

Please consider:

Hannigram post-fall in Cuba. Both can speak Spanish. Hannibal comes across this song one day (perhaps on the radio while he's cooking?) and it reminds him that not only did he get rejected by Will - he gave up his freedom for him as well, only to find out later that Will actually got married while he was locked up and waiting for him:

#lmao #amanda miguel is so hannibal s3 coded please #girlie's most popular songs are both about being blindsided by a lover's betrayal #is this something hannibal would willingly listen to? probably not #but it would come on the radio and he'd be like... huh #yes they own a radio #and yes hanni listens to it while cooking #if you're not cooking with the radio on in the caribbean are you really cooking? #a girl can dream #i thought about this while adding songs to my hannigram playlist 😩 pls forgive me #i might just make a spanish playlist for them #the hannigram playlist saga continues #hannigram #hannibal nbc #headcanon

[caribbeanvibesblog]

Jerk wings, curry mutton with rice and peas,

And home made coleslaw 😋

#repost #caribbean food #caribbean cuisine #caribbean cooking

[zillabean]

My friend wanted Caribbean chicken stew tonight so I am attempting! Another 1.5 hours of simmering to go! 🥘

#chicken stew #Caribbean chicken stew #Caribbean food #zilla’s cooking

[misforgotten2]

This a-peeling.

The Fireside Cook Book - 1949

#vintage illustration #illustration #banana #caribbean #1949 #1940s #1940's #cookbook #cook book #funny #humor #humour #dancer #dance

[chroniclesofnadia111]

Hope you all had a blessed Sunday. Baked, cooked, & chilled with the fam over the weekend. I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies 🍪, baked Mac & cheese 🧀 & fresh grapefruit juice 🧃 💕

#me #selfie #weekend vibes #sunday vibes #Sunday #weekend #baking #cooking #baked macaroni and cheese #cookies #fresh fruit #grapefruit #fruit juice #blacktumblr #blackgirlmagic #caribbean #instagirls #melanin #tumblr #tumblrgirl #beauty #black beauty #tattoed girls #black tumblr #island girls #island girl #tattoos #tattoed babe #luxury #love

[najia-cooks]

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Caribbean burnt sugar (browning)

Browning is a burnt sugar sauce used in Caribbean cuisine to add flavor and color to various sweet and savory dishes. Browning imparts a bitter-sweet, slightly smoky taste and a hint of molasses to stews, gravies, meat and vegetable dishes, and black fruitcake.

To make browning, sugar is caramelized and then allowed to darken over low heat, then boiling water is added to create a saucy consistency. Browning can be purchased readymade, but storebought versions tend to be saltier and more bitter.

Recipe under the cut!

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Ingredients:

2 parts (by volume) organic light brown sugar, or a raw sugar such as demerara or turbinado

1 part (by volume) just-boiled water

For the Jamaican black cake, use 1/2 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water.

A raw sugar, such as demerara or turbinado, is made from evaporating the water out of cane juice to attain crystallized sugar and molasses; most of the molasses, though not all of it, is then removed using a centrifuge. Raw sugar is sure to be vegetarian.

Organic brown sugar is another type of raw cane sugar. Refined (as opposed to raw) sugars, including brown sugars, may or may not be suitable for vegetarians, as they are often filtered with bone char. Non-organic brown sugars may be refined to remove their original cane molasses, and then have molasses added back to them.

Some browning recipes also include salt or chicken or beef stock

Instructions:

1. Heat a deep skillet or sauce pot for several minutes on medium. Add sugar and cook, stirring constantly. The sugar will at first clump, and then 'melt' and become syrupy.

2. Lower the heat to medium low and continue to cook, stirring often, until sugar is a very dark brown. The sugar will smoke during this process, so make sure you have good ventilation! If the sugar is smoking a lot, lower the heat further.

How long this takes will depend on the amount of sugar you're using, and how much of the sugar is in direct contact with the bottom of the pot; expect 10-15 minutes.

3. Meanwhile, boil water in a kettle or covered pot. Once dark brown the sugar will burn quickly, so you'll need to have your boiling water ready to go.

4. As soon as the sugar turns dark brown, remove it from the heat and slowly add hot water while stirring. The water may steam and sputter when added to the pot, so be careful! The water needs to be very hot, or else the sugar may re-crystallize.

The consistency of the browning should be very thin at this point, like a thin soup broth. Once cooled, it will have a molasses-like consistency.

5. Allow browning to cool to room temperature. Store in an airtight container in the pantry for several months.

#vegan recipe #cooking #recipe #recipes #Jamaican #Caribbean #sauces