Jamaican Cooking Videos & Jamaican Food Recipes: Fay’s Blog
Jamaican Cooking Videos & Jamaican Food Recipes
A few months ago I didn’t even know what a blog was! Now here I am telling background stories through Jamaican cooking videos & sharing my food recipes … and it’s fun. When the subject is food and Jamaican culture, there’s lot for me to say. I try to write something new a few times a week, so make sure to visit often. Thank you for taking the time to read my musings, and please drop me a line any time. I love to read your comments.
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Jamaican Cooking Videos & Jamaican Food Recipes
Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on February 18, 2013 in Blog, Breakfast, New Recipe, Recipes | 7 comments
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 different flavours as well as textures.
Hominy corn is basically dried corn kernels. In the U.S. it’s...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on January 18, 2013 in Beverages, Blog, New Recipe, Recipes | 10 comments
Chocolate Tea is the Jamaican version of what’s better known in other parts of the world as hot chocolate. This recipe uses all-natural ingredients and there’s nothing like the authentic taste of real chocolate. The smoky flavour of raw chocolate balanced with creamy sweetness is comforting to me. In Jamaica chocolate tea is usually enjoyed at breakfast time, but if your live in a cold climate it’s perfect for enjoying near a fireplace any time of day. The grated chocolate won’t dissolve completely and will separate...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on November 7, 2012 in Blog, Fay's Blog, Homepage, Ingredient defined | 2 comments
When most people think of the tropics they think of sun, sand, sea… and coconut trees! For those who don’t know, coconuts as we know them are really the seed of the coconut “fruit”. When they’re young and the outer husk is still green they contain lots of water and the white flesh is a jelly texture. I used to love drinking coconut water straight from the coconut and then scooping out and eating the tender jelly with a spoon!
What we generally know as a coconut is actually what we call a dry coconut in Jamaica....
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on November 4, 2012 in Blog, Fay's Blog, Fish Dishes, New Recipe, Recipes | 11 comments
I have had several requests for this recipe! Whether you call it Mackerel Rundown or Rundown Mackerel, the term “rundown” is used to describe a thick sauce made of coconut milk boiled down with seasonings until it begins to form a custard. In some places in Jamaica rundown is also called “Dip and Fall Back”, more so in the past than now. I recently read that the name is said to have been given this term because the dish was served in bowl in the middle of the table. Each person would dip a starchy food in the bowl...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on October 24, 2012 in Blog, Fay's Blog, Meat Dishes, Recipes | 37 comments
Stew Peas and Rice is a beloved Jamaican dish. For me it’s simply comfort food. Funny … even though Jamaica is a hot, tropical country, we love our hearty stews and soups, all well-suited to colder climates. I think it has to do with the fact that we are traditionally hard-working people who need our meals to “hold us” for the day. Stew Peas and Rice is family favourite, and salted pig tails are a key ingredient. They’re what makes this recipe salty… in a good way.
You’ll notice below that salt is...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on October 24, 2012 in Blog, Fay's Blog, Ingredient defined | 1 comment
I was in my local West Indian grocery store recently and saw Jamaican-grown Escallion being sold for more than $3.00 a bunch! I thought that was crazy, especially when I can buy green onion at any grocery store for $0.99 a bunch. Whether you call them escallion (pronounced scallion), green onion, spring onion or Welsh onion, they’re all virtually the same thing! Jamaicans love their escallion and use it when cooking most savory dishes. For most it’s as important as using Thyme, Scotch Bonnet Pepper or Garlic.
In most recipes you...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on October 22, 2012 in All-time Favourites, Blog, Fay's Blog | 1 comment
It’s been a while since we posted a new recipe. That’s because life goes on. What I mean is that while I was away in Florida my sciatica acted up making it difficult for me to get around … a real pain in my back. I’ve been home for three weeks now and just starting to feel like myself again. However, a lot happened during that time. I got to read a lot of your comments here and on our Youtube channel, as well I saw the many emails you sent me. I am thrilled and flattered by how many of you have been trying my...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on October 5, 2012 in Blog, Desserts and Sweets, Fay's Blog, Recipes | 3 comments
I love a good banana bread, but when I was a child, whenever there were overripe bananas around my mother would usually use them to make banana fritters. That’s because she didn’t have a good oven. My mother had a oven contraption that she’d put on top of her oil stove, but it was unreliable and difficult to control the temperature. When she really wanted to bake, especially around the holidays, she’d head overto my grandmother’s house to use her Dover wood burning stove! Today, baking couldn’t be...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on September 28, 2012 in Blog, Fay's Blog | 2 comments
If you’ve been following us for a while, you’ll know that, in June, Angela and I were featured on a local cooking show called Look I Cook. For some reason I was very nervous, but it turned out to be quite a lot of fun… and an all-day affair! I’m used to filming our videos in a few hours then sitting down to eat. What I discovered is that it takes a lot more time for a real cooking show to do what we do. Never-the-less, I as delighted when I saw the finished product!
I think they did a great job of telling our...
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Posted by Cook Like A Jamaican on September 26, 2012 in Angela's Blog, Blog, How-to Tips | 4 comments
My mom is in Florida visiting family and friends so I thought, while she is away, I’d share my harvest. This summer I decided to grow scotch bonnet peppers for the first time! Yesterday it was time to pick my peppers. I’m looking forward to using them in a recipe soon, and I’ll be sharing some with my mother.
If you want to grow a “Jamaican garden” must-haves include scotch bonnet peppers, thyme, tomatoes, green onions and callaloo. What I mean by a Jamaican garden is one that includes ingredients used in a lot...
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