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Jamaican Jerk Chicken with Rice & Pea and Tostones (Fried Green Plantains)

Posted in Blogroll, Caribbean, Garlic, Jamaican, Recipe, Recipes, allspice, beans, cheap meal, chicken, chile, cilantro, culture, easy, food, fried, grilled, history, orange juice, paprika, pinto beans, plantains, pork, red beans, rice, spices, spicy, tostones, weather on Feb 27th, 2008

Ahhh, jerk chicken. One of my favorite dishes. It’s spicy, kind of sweet and when made well should almost melt in your mouth. On a cold winters night, there’s nothing that can snap you out of a cold-weather-depression than cooking up something from the Islands.

Jerk was used as a way to preserve […]

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What to Do with a Surfeit of Jamaican Hot Peppers

Posted in Caribbean, Food Commentary, Mexican, chile, food, peppers, safety, spicy on Oct 30th, 2007

We like spicy food, we do, and we eat it quite often - all kinds - thai, indian, korean, mexican, caribbean, colombian, and yes, it almost always does painful and weird things to our lower digestive tracts as well. We read that the active ingredient in hot peppers, capsaicin, (from the latin name for the […]

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Thursday, It’s Gloria Day

Posted in Caribbean, Food Commentary, Roti, food, meal on Aug 9th, 2007

I suppose you could file this under “at the desk gourmet” too, since it’s delicious, homemade, eaten at the desk, economical, and big step beyond your deli soup or sandwich in food sophistication. However, since it’s not made in my home, but someone else’s, it doesn’t qualify for inclusion in that category, but, as the […]

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