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One of my all time favorites and with okra and avocado...mannn dat is heaven. For those who love ackee and saltfish here is my twist on the classic...cook it with smoked sun dried tomatoes... adds a wonderful additional flavor

In reply to Oilah
Ackee too dyam expensive and so is saltfish.

In reply to granite
bro! it is not an everyday dish ,when you living in foreign,4 probably 5 times a year.

In reply to granite

Grow a tree dat would make a big dent in de cost

In reply to camos
Not true at all. I have ackee for breakfast every Saturday morning, sometimes restaurant prepared and sometimes home prepared (from the can-- Oh how I miss South Florida!)

In reply to Oilah
I can certainly see it with smoked sun dried tomatoes, or any kind of tomatoes-- salad tomatoes, green tomatoes, 'tomatis', any. Maybe okra too. But, bossman, avocado!? No sah! And in fact the old saying goes "Ackee and pear no 'gree!" But enjoy, if that's what you like.

--Æ.

In reply to JayMor

Okra separate and avocado separate on de plate only the sun dried tomatoes cooked with the ackee and saltfish. Funny ting but appreciation pf food and woman very similar...sweetness is in de eye/mout of de beholder

In reply to Oilah

Careful!

In reply to Oilah

Love Ackee and Saltfish, even make my version.
That the only reason for me buying salted cod.

In reply to JayMor

I would eat it often to but I understand that too much ackee not so great for men,

I think I read here long time ago.

West Indian store always have it and sometimes on sale. Not so sure how it is in US cause when we going there we always have to carry several tins for the folks there.

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In reply to archangel

And yet, when a man "feel inna him ackee" is when him ryghin, no true? The two no square up at all!

Usually, people coming up carry bagfuls of the parboiled fruit. It sounds like the canned product now has much market in Ja. I much prefer the fresh ones out of the grinning pod.

--Æ (AckeeEater).

In reply to openning

That's worrying. Aren't you Bajan and isn't the Bajie version of "ackee" really guinep? Hope it's not stewed guinep and codfish you're having.

--Æ.

In reply to JayMor



Maannnn we bajans say ackee for guinep when when alone but if yuh add saltfish now we talking de real hackee

In reply to Oilah
Yea ah know it's only a few times a year,that is the bloody problem.

In reply to Oilah
 
And if you want to sound like Shabba (on the Tonight Show), then you have to say "hockee"!!

Oh, rass, yuh is a Bimster. Den yuh wouldn' know wha' "ryghin" mean. Put it this way, it's when a man is at the top of his game.

--Æ.

In reply to Oilah

Sol'fish
Big money does run behind it
Sol'fish
Man does lick down man fi find it
Sol'fish
It sweeter than meat
When you want to eat, boy
All sol'fish sweet.


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In reply to Ewart

In reply to Oilah

Ah tort di wifey was not from Yard? A lie u ah tell mi?

I've never had ackee and saltfish
Will ask pondie/ Mike to recommend a genuine JA joint in Lon for a debut

In reply to Halliwell
Harlseden NW London,Bum Buu resturant,this Trini fren tek meh there and they have Ackee and Saltfish.

In reply to granite

Thanks

In reply to Oilah

Love it. Ah try to make it every other week.

Grace Ackee in the can is surprisingly good for those NOT in JA.

Overall, Yard food is the best (my opinion) in the region then TNT

In reply to pelon
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In reply to pelon

You are spot on.
I learned about West Indies foods from visiting friends, because we have no West Indies restaurants in Calgary.
There are a few cook shops, nothing special.
The year I live in Whitby, a lady told me to buy the Grace Ackee
Jamaican style Oxtail is one of my favourites along with Pelau from T&T and curry goat.

In reply to openning

Co-sign

Jamaican style Oxtail
Jamaican Akee & Salt Fish
Jamaican Escovitch Fish (Snapper)
Saltfish Buljol (Trinidad)
Souse (Bajan Style)
TNT Pelau
Guyana Pepper Pot
Corned Beef and Cabbage (Jamaica)
Cow Heel Souse (St. Vincent)
Conch Salad (Bahamas) (lawd it nice!)

If it name food, count me in.

In reply to pelon


Ah hope you burn all dem calories off breda !

In reply to cricketmad
A valid point. Trust me when I tell you I burn it off.

Eating food to enjoy is not about quantity.

BMI Index list me as "Normal" for 5'10 in weight.

In reply to pelon

Good keep it that way.

In reply to Ewart

One of my favorite Sparrow calypsos and me and Sparrow pun de same page

In reply to Walco

Not only is she not from Yard she doan cook so when ackee and saltfish in mi house it is I who cook it. Muh wife and children don't eat it so as Sparrow would say..."All is mine..."

In reply to pelon

You are so right the canned ackee is good and the Grace one holds up well. Of the 3 places I know Jamaica Trinidad and Bim, Jamaica has the widest variety and best food. Years ago I had dis argument wid my Bajan bredren after a cricket match about West Indian food. All dem telling me bout bajan food is de best. I is a bajan and I love bajan food but it en even close...food in Jamaica is worldclass

In reply to Oilah

Chrissy needs to see this thread.

--Æ.

In reply to Oilah
Cheers!


No traveled Bajan would make that claim.

Even our venerated Cou-Cou and Flying Fish lacks abundant flavor and aroma as a dish. Not saying it's not delicious, just that Cou-Cou is really only about 3 items and salt for taste.

By far it's Jamaica... then TNT then Guyana

In reply to pelon

Dat dere is blasphemy approaching treason. Cou Cou and flying fish in di right sauce is unparalleled in di region. It melts in your mouth, even when endorsed

Endorse the Cou Cou

In reply to Walco

Ah know. Ah know.

It's like switching from Extra Old to El Dorado 15.

Muh poor grand mudda rolling all now.

In reply to pelon

Pelon leff de cou cou and flying fish alone...yuh trodding pun emotional grond dey

In reply to Oilah


I hear yuh brudda.

Listen, last week I caught 12 Tuna and one large Wahoo (King Fish) on my way back into Bim (about 3 miles off Sam Lords). I gave away about 35lbs of fish on de dock. At de time ah lady offer to cook some and give me...

Some of de best fish I ate in ah long time.

We Bajans can cook. Our variety missing dat is all.

In reply to Walco

dat is de right song



funny ting is de last time i had an exceptional meal wid cou cou was in St. Thomas USVI. Fungi and fish (I tink snapper) in butter sauce...damn it was off de charts...anytime I land dey again I know where I must get at least one meal

Wuh bout breadfruit cou cou? As a child I didn't like it but I came around so I can eat it now. Only ting is I don't think many people still make it...could be wrong but I cyan remember the last time I see breadfruit cou cou.

In reply to pelon

Boy yuh got muh jealous...yuh cyan beat fresh caught fish. Look when it come tuh fish Bim could hold its own. After all these years I still love dolphin de most

In reply to pelon

I love Tuna, it has to be seared and cook bleu for my taste
Ahi tuna is to die for.

Coucou is my favourite dish for lunch, when I am in Barbados
Callaloo and Crab is another good dish, from T&T.

In reply to openning

Man, yuh should have been home: I had so much Tuna I had to give it away.

Caught 2 and 3 at a time on the hooks a few miles off.

Nothing better than fresh caught fish, especially Dolphin. Unfortunately, I did not catch any this trip.

After 3 weeks rum soaked between land and sea, I here settling back into the work.

In reply to pelon

I was on a task force for Starwoods resorts in St. Johns , VI for three months, every day guests at the hotel will go sailing, catch fish and bring it back to the chefs, to cook
One evening I had to get mad with the acting chef, a guest gave him five different fish, he cooked them the same way, with the same sauce, I knew this guy was not ready or had the culinary skills, to be a chef
I've been toAntigua/ Barbuda three times and I saw more variety of Snapper and other fis h ,than the public get in Bim, I've never seen Lobsters in Oistin market or the market close to the Harbour