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Viva El Patacon and Childish Humor

Posted in Chorizo, Colombian, Venezuelan, beans, black beans, cheap meal, fried, morcilla, plantains, sausage, tostones on Jan 22nd, 2009

What’s originally from India, can be green or yellow, starchy or sweet, is consumed throughout West Africa, the Caribbean, and Central & South America, and (best of all) can be used to mimic a phallus in hilarious kitchen antics? Yes, that’s right, it’s the plantain – aka banana plantain, cooking plantain, beer banana, bocadillo plantain, [...]

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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, 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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