Jamaican Turned Cornmeal is something that my mother used to make in a pinch. When there wasn’t much in cupboard this was a go-to dinner recipe. She would fry some salt pork for this recipe but I use bacon. Or leave it out and it makes a tasty vegetarian dish. The tradition is to eat Turned Cornmeal with Steamed Fish as a side dish. However you can eat it alone or along side any meat, even curry chicken! Many places have their version of...

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Jamaican Fish Tea is what I’d describe as a light soup or a broth soup. That’s because “real” Jamaican soups are thick, hearty and more like a stew. Also, unlike other Jamaican soups, fish tea can be made in less than an hour! Traditionally fish tea is made with small inexpensive fish like herring or sprat, but you can use any fish you like.  In the video above I used red snapper because it’s a fleshy fish that...

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Jamaican Green Banana Porridge Recipe Video   My Jamaican Green Banana Porridge recipe is as traditional as it gets. When I was growing up in Jamaica, most families had a lot of children so porridge was often an easy way to feed many mouths in the morning. Breakfast needed to taste good and have the ability to “hold you” until your next meal. Well, Green Banana Porridge can certainly fill up an empty belly. It’s also...

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Jamaican-Style Coffee Cake   Jamaican-Style Coffee Cake: What I love about this website is that it offers me the opportunity to document recipes for my family and, in turn, for all of you. However, since I haven’t lived in Jamaica for many years, I now also make dishes that aren’t traditional Jamaican recipes. This is one of them. I call it Sunshine Cake. I can’t even remember why I call it that but I found it years and...

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  Jamaican Corn Soup: Whether it’s red peas, chicken or beef, Jamaicans love their soup on a Saturday. So, I don’t know if it’s because I grew up in a Jamaican household or because I love one pot meals but, for me, soup is a perfect meal to make. That’s because I can get a lot of other things done around the house while it’s simmering on the stove, it’s filling and also great to have as leftovers. When...

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Guinness Stout Punch Recipe Video In Jamaica there are two drinks that are known to be men drinks. One is Irish Moss and the other is Guinness Stout Punch. It has been said is that both make a man more viral. I’m not sure how true that is, but that’s the story that has been passed on for generations. Quite a few of you have requested this recipe so I thought I’d share the one that most reminds me of the stout punch of my...

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Jamaican Coco Bread Recipe Video I don’t know who came  up with the idea to stuff a Jamaican beef patty into a coco bread but that’s how we like it! All that dough makes it very filling, but my husband doesn’t seem to mind. On Saturday mornings when Eddie and I were a young couple we’d go to the market to buy fresh vegetables, fish and meat. The outing would always end with a trip to the bakery to buy beef patties to...

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Jamaican Pork Recipes: Oven-Baked Pork Chops Video I call this recipe Oven-Baked Pork Chops Fay style! It may not be a traditional Jamaican recipe, but most everything I cook has Jamaican flavour. In this case, the meat is marinated in true Jamaican fashion, overnight with seasonings – onion, garlic, salt and black pepper. Do you have to marinate the meat for hours? Of course not, but don’t expect it to taste as good to the bone as...

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Jamaican Side Dish Recipes: Festival Dumplings Video Jamaican Side Dish Recipes: Why are they called Festival? I wish I knew. Perhaps someone can do a little digging and tell me the truth behind the name. All I know is that Festival is not something I grew up with. It wasn’t until I returned to Jamaica for a visit that I found it was all the rage! Festival is street food at it’s best and traditionally eaten on the beach alongside...

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Do you have a food that you didn’t like as a child but fell in love with as an adult? Well, for me that food is Jamaican Hominy Corn Porridge. When I was growing up it was my least favourite of all the Jamaican porridges. And there are many: peanut, green banana, rice, cornmeal, oatmeal and so on. Now don’t mistake Hominy Corn Porridge for Cornmeal Porridge. Coconut milk is used to make hominy porridge so they actually have...

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