MaryCCM
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Hello Everyone!
Would you care to share some of your most preferred dishes?
If you are a vegetarian, it does not matter, you're welcome to share your secret dishes with us :) Thanks.
Oh! We are not limited to further food variations.
Your insights are more than welcome, from both male and female perspective.
I am not familiar with Barbadians dishes. Therefore I would appreciate any Barbadian recipes. :)
I am interesting to know the type of dish Barbadian’s serve.
Perhaps, I can use a few of them for my own satisfaction and other loved ones.
Please share your Bajan dishes with us.
Oh, drinks too, homemade drinks.
Thank you very much.
-Blessings
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Bimlady
10:41 PM
22/08/2008
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are you planning to write a book
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MaryCCM
12:12 AM
26/08/2008
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Smilingly, perhaps!
It is mostly for home-cooking and family sharing moments.
-Blessings-
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BimBro
01:58 PM
26/08/2008
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Hi Mary, one of the Barbadians' favourite meals is coconut water,
cause it good for yuh daughter, mek she strong like a lion, an keep she
gine like a dyan!! Please don't ask me what a dyan is, as I have
n't the foggiest, idea but that's what they used to sing there
when I was a kid, while drinking the coconut water, so that's one
recipe which you may add to your cook-book!!
It's really, easy to make!!
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!! :)
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MaryCCM
12:54 AM
27/08/2008
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ahahaha @ Baba!
You are so cute, makes me want to muahhhhhhhhhh [on the forehead] you
again.
Thanks for the recipe.
blessings
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Jameka
02:21 PM
28/08/2008
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Truth is, I've never had a Barbadian meal. Someday I'd like to
have the famous flying fish and cou cou. In NY there are many Jamaican,
Trinidadian, and Guyanese restaurants. I'm sure there are Barbadian
ones but they must be less plentiful.
I've never had Haitian food either. But I've had Dominican
(Dominican Republic)which I like. And their restaurants are plentiful.
Does anyone here know of a Bajan restaurant in NY?
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bajans
08:31 PM
28/08/2008
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Jameka,
The Bajans in New York cook and sell from their houses on weekends.
No restaurants for dem Bajans. No taxes and no overhead. (But I have not
been there for several years, so there just may be one tucked around the
corner.) Just go to the next Bajan party/dance and talk to some of the
ladies. They will point you in the right direction.
Haitain food is good. I love their pork. My good it is good. Cut in
cubes marinated and fried. Absolutely delicious morsels. The black bean
stew is all tasty.
I had flying fish yesterday.
I had a school mate form the Dominion Republic and we share some very
pleasant meals together. She would cook DM and I would cook Bajan for our
parties.
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bajans
08:34 PM
28/08/2008
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Mary,
We Bajans dont like to share our recipes, so others can make money off
of them. So you will not get any responses on this board. She what Bimbro
sent you? That is typical.
I will send you one for Mauby:
get one glass
2 table spoons full of mauby syrup
add 8 ounces of water
stir and drink. may add ice. adjust by adding more syrup to taste.
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MaryCCM
09:44 AM
29/08/2008
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Bajans,
Don't be greedy.
I know about mauby, but thanks anyway.
I don't make money on food. I do not sell food. I share.
Please don't get the wrong ideas here, bajans.
Don't speak for the other Barbadians, speak for yourself.
You would not have been sharing cultural dishes with each other had
her a greedy heart. “I had a school mate form the Dominion Republic and we
share some very
pleasant meals together. She would cook DM and I would cook”
I noticed that you give nothing without having something in return.
Don’t worry, others will share their lovely recipes with me, and let
me see how your tongue will drop out your head, and your chin on the floor
panting for breath. :P
I appreciate your mauby recipe :)
Move to the dishes now please, thank you.
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hdavid1208
10:17 AM
29/08/2008
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Not really much of a cook. I keep it very basic. rice and peas and the
such. there are a few recipies on barbadosphotogallery.com, but from
looking at the ingredients they are vastly different than how my mum makes
then. Therein lies the problem, I do beleive that according to where on
the island you live and how much you had determined how you made a
particular food
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Mick
01:14 PM
29/08/2008
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What rubbish you talk,and whats more you are painting all Bajans to be like
you.Bajan food is amazing and all the Bajans that I have met over the
26years ive been visiting have been most generous in giving their
recipes.Not everyone in this world wants to profit from Barbados.You need
to get rid of that chip
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bajans
06:32 PM
29/08/2008
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Talk all you want , as a qualified home eonomist I know of what I speak.
How many cook books are there floating around with Bajan recipes not
published by a Bajan?
Most of my recipes I have DEVELOPED myelf and NO, I do not and have NO
intention of sharing them with anyone.
CCM Mary, could have STARTED the ball rolling by posting one of her
recipes, rather than asking us for ours. You people talk about things you
know nothing about - ME! cheuuuuupse
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MaryCCM
09:38 PM
29/08/2008
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AHAHAHAHAHA
If it wasn't a man with a bajan name. Bajans, you have me
laughing hilariously here.
You are so cute :) don't worry, I like your greediness.
I know just how to get what I want :P
You keep your salty recipes lol
Bajans, I asked first.
Anyone wish to have any of mines, must ask too.
Of course, I would not be greedy.
lol
Bajanssssssssssssssssss muahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh lol
kiss your teeth again hehe cheuppppppppppppe lol hehe
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MaryCCM
09:40 PM
29/08/2008
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hdavid1208,
Thank you so very much for the website, and your peas and rice.
You are such a sweet cake.
I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT.
-Blessings
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MaryCCM
10:16 AM
30/08/2008
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LOL Bajans even if you are a woman---my comment stand as it is... lol
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Baje4Life
03:33 PM
02/09/2008
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Hey Mary...
Well they are many Bajan recipes, they range depending on what you
want to eat/look for.
You get things like:
- Cou cou and Flying Fish (National Dish)
- Breadfruit Cou Cou (they are variations on Cou Cou)
- Black Eye
- Salt Fish and Rice
- Jug Jug (Christmas)
- Pelau
- Souse
- Macaroni Pie
- Fish Cakes
- Bakes
- Muffins
- Rice & Peas
- Potato Salad
- Macaroni Salad
- Soups (depends on what kind of soup you want)
- Fried Fish (Dolphin, Blue Marlin, Flyin Fish, King Fish)
- Bajan Fried Chicken (any sort of Bajan Chicken is good food)
- Curry Chicken and other curry dishes
- Ground Provisions are immensely important (Eddoes, Sweet Potatoes,
Yam, Pumpkin, English Potato etc)
- Sweet Potato Pie
- Shepherd's Pie
- Candied Potatoes
As for Drinks...things like:
- Mauby
- Poncha Creme
- Sorrel
- Bajan Apple Juice (from Golden Apples)
Sweets?
- Rock Cakes (I can't make nor do I know the recipes)
- Jam Puffs
- Turnovers
- Sugar Cake
- Currents Roll
- Conkies/Stew Dumplin
- Black Cake
- Pudding
- Bread Pudding
- Sweet Bread
- Pone
Hmm I'm just throwing things out, like I am familiar with other
food/things but they just fall under those abovementioned categories...they
are variations on dishes. In addition to those and what I can think of,
many other dishes have found their way into Bajan homes and been made quite
distinct because of Bajan culture.
Well those are just some of my suggestions, I know you asked for
recipes, but I just thought i'd give a list. Anyone else can jump in?
~ Baje
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MaryCCM
10:58 PM
02/09/2008
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Baje4Life,
Thanks ever so much fOr your SUGGESTIONS
YOU are THE BEST
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sokagal
03:35 PM
09/09/2008
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Well, it's not that Bajans are selfish, it will take a while to write out
the recipes because I think that most Bajans cook like I do, a pinch of
this and a dash of that and it comes out just right. Now, if you want to
write that down in a recipe you must get you measuring tools in order and
measure and adjust everything. This will take a while.
having lived abroad for many years and travelling a little, I have had
the opportunity to savour foods from all over the world including the
caribbean and within the caribbean, I think that Trinidad and Jamaica has
the widest varieties of foods. I love some Dominican foods and some
Haitian foods especially the pork dishes.
I cook some of everything that I can find the ingedients for. From
Italian to Chinese but the only dishes that I do not use a recipe for are
my bajan dishes. Good luck with accumulating some recipes.
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Jameka
05:01 PM
09/09/2008
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There are Barbadian recipes on the internet. For example at this site:
http://www.totallybarbados.com/barbados/About_Barbados/Local_Informati
on/Barbados_Food/Barbados_Recipes/
A Barbadian would know if these recipes are authentic. Sometimes when
I see certain Jamaican recipes in cookbooks or on the web I have to bust
out laughing because they bear no resemblance to what I remember my folks
cooking.
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BimBro
03:49 AM
10/09/2008
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Jameka, why do I have a morbid, fear of Jamaican sugar-cakes?!! They
don't look like they should b eaten by human beings and I have
nightmares about them, at night!!
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hdavid1208
11:34 AM
10/09/2008
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Baje4life, you are making me hungry, its been a while since I had half the
things on your list. But my mum did do some bakes the other that were so
good.
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Jameka
03:38 PM
10/09/2008
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Bimbro said: "Jameka, why do I have a morbid, fear of Jamaican
sugar-cakes?!! They
don't look like they should b eaten by human beings and I have
nightmares about them, at night!!"
I have no clue what "sugar-cakes" he's talking about!
But the fact that he even dreams about Jamaican food is another testament
to his obsession with everything Jamaican.
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bajans
07:52 PM
10/09/2008
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Jameka, he talking about coconut drops.
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Digitaleditor
08:28 PM
10/09/2008
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Which I actually like better than sugarcakes. In fact, I could do with some
coconut drops all now. :)
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BimBro
02:38 AM
11/09/2008
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I have no clue what "sugar-cakes" he's talking about!
But the fact that he even dreams about Jamaican food is another
testament
to his obsession with everything Jamaican.
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Digitaleditor, please excuse Jameka, Bajans and I, we go back a long
way!!
Jameka, to be perfectly, honest, I was so afraid of the things that I
dare n't ask the man their name but they sought to look like something
akin to our wonderful, Barbadian sugarcakes (a very, disappointing effort I
may add) and so I assumed that that was what they're called!! Of
course, being Jamaican, u had to be contrary and call them
'coconut-drops'!! Thanks for the info, 'Bajans'!!
However, the undeniable, fact is that, they still give me further,
jamaican-nightmares!!
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BimBro
03:24 AM
11/09/2008
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Dear Miss Digitaleditor, please forgive my audacity but, r u as pretty, as
u sound?!!
I'm single, at the moment!!
Laaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!!
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Jameka
03:30 PM
11/09/2008
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Bajans: I thought maybe he was talking about bulla cakes. Good with cheese
and/or pear (avocado).
Digital Editor: I could use some coconut drops myself right now! :-)
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bajans
08:10 PM
11/09/2008
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No, Jameka. Bajans grate their coconut for the coconut candy you call
drops. Bajans call them sugar cakes and rightly so (even though they are
not cakes). They contain more sugar than coconut. To be honest, my
grandmother also made coconut drops and I prefer them. Lots of chunky
coconut.
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Digitaleditor
08:56 PM
11/09/2008
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LOL Bimbro - you flatter me!
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Jameka
10:13 PM
11/09/2008
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Bajans: What you describe sounds like what we call grater cake. The coconut
is gratered and they use pink colouring on one side so it comes out pink
and white. I find this particular snack too sweet for my taste.
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BimBro
02:38 AM
12/09/2008
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Digitaleditor
08:56 PM
11/09/2008
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LOL Bimbro - you flatter me!
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Digitaleditor, compliments only where they're deserved, only
where they're deserved!!
Laaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddd!!!!
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BimBro
02:42 AM
12/09/2008
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Jameka
10:13 PM
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Bajans: What you describe sounds like what we call grater cake. The
coconut
is gratered and they use pink colouring on one side so it comes out
pink
and white. I find this particular snack too sweet for my taste.
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Ok, u two!! Next time I go to town I shall, deliberately, take my life
in my hand and risk askin de Jamaican man dem what they're called!!
But I'll still be too scared to buy one!! Much less, actually, EAT
one!! It might brek my teeth an I caan tek dat chance, boa!! My girls like
to c me looking, sweet!!
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sokagal
01:28 PM
12/09/2008
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Bimbro
I have to disagree with you here. I just looove Jamaican food, all
except the curry goat, and it is not who cooks it from or when I eat it.
for some reason or other, my system just does not tolerate curry mixed with
goat meat. With anything else but not goat meat. Bami, I love Bami. First
time I tried stuffed crab, it was in Jamaica. Jerk anything. Patti and
co-co bread. Anyway, I just love food. LOL
Sorry guys, I know ya only talking about Bajan recipes, but this is my
positive comment.
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BimBro
03:24 AM
13/09/2008
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Sokagal, I'm happy that u enjoy ur food but, r u overweight!! I c so
many pics of Bajan women in the press and online and they, far too often, r
overweight, so I hope that u don't omit to go down to the gym, or do
plenty of walking and running, or else, stay off the coo coo, or the
Jamaican girls will always have the advantage over u, in looks!!
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Jameka
11:35 PM
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Bimbro said: "It might brek my teeth an I caan tek dat chance, boa!!
My girls like
to c me looking, sweet!!"
Don't worry about breaking the one tooth you have left. It
won't make a difference. You'll just have to "gum" it
as usual!
Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!
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Baje4Life
02:19 PM
14/09/2008
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Well leh we call it all fours...All Caribbean food, inclusive and
exclusive of Barbadian food have relatively high calorie counts, are high
in fat and things which arent necessarily good for you...this is turn can
lead to obesity. But as the old Bajan saying goes "tek little an live
long." Afterall something must be right with the food...we got nuff
people living over 100 these days.
I pose this question though...what has come of the days when a woman
was good looking when she was plump or had meat on the bone so to speak?
I'm not saying fatness, I'm saying good size.
Are we now so taken up in these European ideals that we seek for
women whose natural make up doesn't necessarily = skinny to meet the
criteria of the models we see on television?
Yeah obesity is a growing problem in the Caribbean however, we have
to find a model which is more relative and acceptable to our context rather
than this bone skinny kind of fit everyone likes to describe.
Back on the topic of food and recipes etc. Jamaican food is nice, it
has much diversity to it but I still think Barbadian food allows for more
leeway in terms of Creativity...it really is just to the mind who wants to
be creative.
Anyway...thats my thought for today.
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Jameka
01:00 AM
15/09/2008
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Baje4Life: When I was growing up a woman was considered attractive when she
had a little meat on their bones. No man wanted a "mawga" woman.
Now the Caribbean has adopted the current European ideal of starvation
beauty. Studies have shown that being underweight is as detrimental to your
health as being overweight. I say let's enjoy our Caribbean food in
moderation. When we were eating our own natural foods, there were fewer
incidents of diabetes high blood pressure, depression, etc. The diet I ate
growing up in Jamaica consisted of natural starches, fruits and vegetables.
The cows and goats ate grass and the chickens ate corn. There was no high
fructose corn syrup in our food or hormones in our meat. WE should get back
to that in order to live healthier longer.
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BimBro
01:08 AM
15/09/2008
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Miss Jameka, Hi hask de question again, dis time in Jamaican so dat
perhaps, u will understan!! But, what r u doing ear!! Dis, in case u had
n't notice!! is a BARBADIAN, site!!
Bye, bye!!
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sokagal
12:46 PM
15/09/2008
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Bimbro: Please define overweight. I have a problem with the terms
overweight and obesity. When I was 19 I was 105, whan I had my son at 22 I
went up to 180 after birth down to 140 kept it there by jogging and running
for about 10 years, stopped the high impact excersice and the weight came
back on. I do not overeat I eat healthy, no KFC or Chefette for me. Do
everything in the garden, debush the gully by hand. drink plenty of water.
Get this, I am slightly over 200 NO HIGH COLESTEROL, NO HIGH BLOOD SUGAR,
NO HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE. Can work in my garden all day without a back ache
or fatigue, now, should I worry about the weight? Short of taking some
chemical to get the weight off, I think that it is here to stay, I am in my
late 40's and looks like i am in my 30's I am thankful to god for
my good health. I cook and bake and try to make everything from scratch.
I think good health beats being skinny. What do you think?
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sokagal
01:13 PM
15/09/2008
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Mary CCM I have a juicer and I juice everything, my blender also work very
hard. Mango, Bajan cherries, golden apples, green or ripe, Carrots. Just
add some Mount Gay and voila!!, it's bajan.
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sokagal
01:57 PM
15/09/2008
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I don't know if this would be considered a bajan recipe or not. Of my
own making
For Sunday lunch
I cooked Basmati rice flavoured with coconut milk and curry; stewed
chicken with Sherry; steamed butternut squash,string beans, sweet potato
wedges and raisins served with a nice white wine. Then of course, it was
well presented. I always set my table and use my "good" glasses.
Life's good and you must enjoy it. No paper napkins for me,
environmentally conscious, it also saves money to use cloth dinner napkins.
It looks pretty and elegant. I have them for every day of the week. No
dessert I am not a sweets person. Only when I have company would I make a
fancy dessert with rum sauce or some such thing.
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BimBro
02:59 PM
15/09/2008
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Hi Sokagal, if u and ur doctor r content with ur weight then that sounds
fine to me, however, it can't be disputed that far too, great a number
of Barbadians are overweight. I can see plainly, it's a result of both
eating too, much coo coo and lack of sufficient, exercise!! It applies to
far too many Barbadians but I'm releived if it does n't to u!!
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Jameka
11:00 PM
15/09/2008
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Sokagal: If you weren't so far away, I'd invite myself over to
your place for dinner! That meal sounds delicious! Plus, I love Basmati
rice.
The most important thing about this weight issue is that you are in
good health and enjoying the one life on earh God gave you. We'll all
be skeletons eventually. No need to be a walking skeleton now.
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Baje4Life
11:49 PM
16/09/2008
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Sokagal I say anything made from a Bajan is a Bajan dish because we know
how to do it up just right and add that distinct Bajan flavor.
Your Sunday lunches sound like my family's Friday night dinners
(and Sunday lunches too).
Usually (on Friday night) we does have a soup... chicken soup with
carrots, diced potatoes and matzah balls, basmati rice with curry chicken
or sometimes just some plain seasoned vegetables or some other curry. Sides
of either seasoned diced potatoes or macaroni salad, cole slaw and salad. I
can't forget the fresh bake bread and the wine. It makes it all what
it is :-).
Sometimes we have a baked or pan-seered salmon, on a bed of mango
salad...and of course you could imagine how it follows.
I'm not a dessert person myself...usually at our dinners tea
follows slightly after and if we have guest...yah tea with dessert.
You ask if it's Bajan... I say of course! It is cook by Bajan so
that is what distinguishes it. Tradition and influence is what makes
cusine...and how we do it up entitles us to have some claim in one way or
another no matter what ingredients we use. It's our culinary
creativity and willingness which makes our dishes what they are.
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sokagal
03:48 PM
17/09/2008
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Thanks for the compliments. Jameka, if I were still in New York and you
were close by by all means you would be invited to lunch or dinner
providing you cook me some jerk chicken or pork on the mild side.
Don't like too much pepper.
Bimbro when you come to Barbados, I will make an effort to meet you and
invite you to a healthy lunch of stuffed salmon with a nice tossed salad
made of home grown veggies. :)
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BimBro
03:24 AM
18/09/2008
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Thanks, Socagal! Look forward to that, Sis!!
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sokagal
01:48 PM
06/10/2008
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Anyone knows this recipe? When I was a teen I went to friends for luncheon
here in B'dos and they cooked a delicious side dish consisting of
mashed dried pigeon peas and cheese baked with a crusty topping. It was
very nice. Wish I had the recipe. I know it can't be just those two
ingredients.
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Jameka
11:07 PM
06/10/2008
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Sokagal: The following recipe is Dominican but it sounds like what you
describe. It's called pigeon peas au gratin.
Ingredients:
200 g (8 oz) green pigeon peas
500 ml (1pt) water
25 g (1 oz) margarine
25 g (1 oz) flour
250 ml (1/2 pt) milk
50 g (2 0z) grated cheese
1 onion, peeled and chopped
1 sweet pepper, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste
25 g (1 oz) breadcrumbs
Method:
Place water in a saucepan and bring to the boil. Add peas and simmer,
covered, for 30-40 minutes, or cook in pressure cooker for 10-15 minute.
Drain peas and mash.Melt margarine in a saucepan. Add flour and cook for
1-2 minutes over a low heat, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk,
stirring constantly, to make at thick white sauce.Add the grated cheese,
stirring well. Add remaining ingredients, except for the breadcrumbs.
Spoon mixture into a greased ovenproof dish and sprinkle with
breadcrumbs. Bake at 160° (325°f), Gas Mark 3, for 15-20 minutes, or until
golden brown. Serve hot.
http://www.recipe.dominica-weekly.com/vegetarian/pigeon-peas-au-gratin
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Thanks Jameka. I will try it soon, see if it tastes like I remember
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Jameka, is that 'au gratin', or au rathid!! (jamaican language)!!
Laaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!
I prefer, au rathid, myself!!
Laaaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!
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Bimlady, I think at some point, Jameka asked u the names of Barbados'
poets, writers, etc. as compared with Jamaica's legion of same!! Well,
I would prefer that we did n't have any at all, than some who wrote
nonsense!!
Also, Bimlady, do u know the recipe for conkee?? I should like to
share a nice conkee, with a lovely, Barbadian girl before long!! -
preferably, unmarried or not engaged to be!!
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Jameka
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sokagal: I'm curious as to whether Barbadians eat ackee and/or
susumba. I get the impression that Jamaica is the only Caribbean country
where ackee is eaten.
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Jameka, ackee does not grow in Bim. I saw the tree for the first time in
Jamaica. They grow big with the pods, which open and fall.
I, however, do eat it. Last year (when I was home) I searched all the
supermarkte shelves to see if they carried it, but could not find it
anywhere. I suppose the expats go home and get it or have it sent to them.
I understand it grows in some parts of T$T but they do not eat it.
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Bimlady
09:04 PM
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Bimbro Jameks asked you not me..anyhow his name is Edward Kamau
Braithwaite he won the Griffin Poetry Prize...he is on successful Barbadian
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Bimlady
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Bimbro I do not follow recipes I am one of those old cook..any how I found
one for you.
CONKIES
1 large dry coconut, grated
3/4 grated pumkin ( I like more punkin than that)
1/2 lb grated sweet potato ( I would put 1 lb)
3/4 lb sugar
1 tsp spice
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp almond essence ( I like mixessence)
4 ozs raisns
1 cup flour ( i will use half cup)
1 cup corn flour or corn meal
1 tsp salt
4 ozs melted butter or margarine,( butter for me)
4 ozs melted shortening ( I never use shortening, maybe I will try it
next time)
1 cup milk
Banana or plantain leaves cut in 8 inch squares
Method
Mix the coconut, pumpkin, sweet potato, sugar, spices, essence,
raisins, flour, corn flour, and salt together thoroughly, with a wooden
spoon, stir in the melted butter, shortening and milk and mix until smooth.
Place 2 heaping tablespoons of the mixture unto each plantain leaf
square, fold the edges to make a neat envelope and tie securely. Steam the
conkies on a rack over boiling water in a large saucepan, or in a steamer,
for about 1 hour or until they are firm
Unwrap the conkies and serve on a heated dish...
(you must past the leaves over the heat on the stove, wipe then off
and then cut them.
I will not be in Barbados when you come for Christmas not I will give
you a good treat.any how you have S/girl
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Bajans I heard that there was an ackee tree near the hospital, and somewere
else...I saw ackee at a supermarket in Oistin over twenty dollars, I have
five tins here, I really don't like it much, I have then in case my
children, and the grandchildren come down, they like them,
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09/10/2008
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Jameka
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sokagal: I'm curious as to whether Barbadians eat ackee and/or
susumba. I get the impression that Jamaica is the only Caribbean
country
where ackee is eaten.
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What Barbadians eat is our business!! We don't care what u eat!!
Bye!!
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Thanks for the recipe Bimlady. I'll certainly, give it a try when
I come down!! All I need now, is the Bajan sweet-chick!! Any offers?!!
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Bajans does really, make me laugh doah!! How can 'bajans'
assert with such absolute, authority that 'ackees don't grow in
Bim'!! 'bajans', darling, did u go around Bim and checked
every, tree to make sure it was n't an ackee tree?!!
On this basis of reasoning, it's nuh wonda they doan understan me
an I don't them but, that being the case, I'm happy and proud to
stick with good old anglo saxon logic and morals!!
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Bimlady: Ackee is the one Jamaican food I can't get hubby or kid to
eat. They say it's bland and tastes like scrambled eggs. Is that why
you don't like it? A Swedish friend said the same thing when he went
to Jamaica he ate and enjoyed everything but that. I don't get it
because I loove my ackee and codfish accompanied by pear (avocado) and
bammy. Deelish! LOL!!
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12:56 PM
09/10/2008
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As a matter of fact, there are quite a few trees growing and bearing fruit
here now, a lovely shade tree and the fruit looks so pretty. I don't
think that people here eat the fruit. It is a lovely tree though. I was
surprised to see so many. A few years ago the first and only one I saw
was in Fairfield Black Rock. I am sure there are some in Andromeda
Gardens.
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Bimlady, I have never seen an ackee tree by the hospital. I was there last
year. Passed the hospital almost every day as I stayed in the general
area. I have never seen any growing on the island and I have been all
over. Granted with the influx of Jamaicans, some could have been planted
in the last 40 years. However, it is not endemic to the island.
Having said that, what is the name of that supermarket in Oistins? If
I knew I would have gone and gotten some. I had a craving for ackee and
saltfish when I was home. I have about 7 tins here at home in Ottawa
now. Got them on sale for $1. Bought a case! lol.
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Bajans: I wonder why ackee is so cheap in Canada. Last time I bought a can
in NY it was $16!! A relative visiting from Canada brought me six recently.
When I hear how little it costs up there I want to cry. Since I'm the
only one eating it, this will last me a while till somebody else coming
down or we have to go up there for some family event.
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Bimlady: Ackee is the one Jamaican food I can't get hubby or kid
to
eat. They say it's bland and tastes like scrambled eggs. Is that
why
you don't like it? A Swedish friend said the same thing when he
went
to Jamaica he ate and enjoyed everything but that. I don't get it
because I loove my ackee and codfish accompanied by pear (avocado) and
bammy. Deelish! LOL!!
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That's not ackee, dear!! She does n't know what ackee is,
yet!! Lor a mercy!!
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Granted with the influx of Jamaicans,
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Oh, lord!! Scheupse, I stayin home man, in England!! We got enuf ugh
dem over hay!! I in spenning my money to go to Bim to c Jamaicans!!
What's that foolishness all about!!
Anyway, the silly, food which she (Mrs J)describes as
'ackee', is not really ackee as this is a BAJAN blog, based in
Bim, and Bajan ackees are a small green fruit with a yellow, pulp inside
and r quite tasty!!
The yellow, nonsense to which she refers is fit only for the bin!! :)
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Bajan that what I head sometime back unless the tree is no longer there,
could be the old hospital,my cousin just call and she said one was by Queen
Elizabeth Hospital.. the supermarket in Oistins,,Super Centre...I have
never bought ackee $1 yet, check the date...you are a real Ja. lol
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07:59 PM
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Jameka you have children? tell me about them,OK s/girl I'm not going
off the subject,,,,yes your hubby is like me, it look like scrambled
eggs,it soft also. but I like the state of it on the cod or salt fish, but
I just can not eat it,my daughter love banny. I used to cook a lot of
Jamaician dishes, but now it just me, I'm having fish and ground
provision while I'm here. yes Jameka I can see you love your Ackee
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Bimbro this is not the ackee that is a fruit in Barbados that you had on
your way home from school...this you cook, I am sure you had some from you
Jamaican girl friend
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Jamaeka, it is not really cheap. The price is usually $10 a tin at the
supermarket
The store was clearing it as it was not a big seller. They wont be
carrying it anymore. We never bought it at the supermarkets because the
Jamaican stores carry it for between $6-$8 depending on the brand.
They started by selling it at half price $5. I bought 4 at that
price. But when I saw the 90% reductions, I grabbed a case. lol
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BimBro
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Bimbro this is not the ackee that is a fruit in Barbados that you had
on
your way home from school...this you cook, I am sure you had some from
you
Jamaican girl friend
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Bimlady, yes, I know what ur talking about and yes, when she offered
it to me I threw it in the bin and begged her please, to cook some Bajan
food!!
Laaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!
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bajans today at church,a lady brought something for me and told she can not
stay, she has to go home and clean ackee, I said what ackee, she said
jamacian, she told me she has a tree, could you believe that, her housband
is Jamaican,, I told her I want a small tree, she said it better to plant
from the seeds, so she will be bringing me some seeds,,I might go over at
her house to see what the tree look like, that what happen with the Noni
tree, I never knew there had them in Barbados, now I got two trees and
making my own Noni Juice, girl this thing make you feel real stong..no joke
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Bimlady, do be very careful with those dog dumplings. I have heard about
cases where people have become very ill from over-dosing with that juice.
It is very important to get the dosage right.
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Bimlady, Elliott beat me to the dog dumplings. We had a tree on our land.
It is probably still there. The fruit smells. I dont think I could drink
that stuff. I hope you have lots of land. Those ackee trees grow huge
in Jamaica. I just knew it. The Jamaicans planted their own trees.
Dont blame them one bit. I got a curry plant from a neighbour who brought
the main plant from India!
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Elliott thanks,what I do I take it for a week and stop, then I take the
Aloe Vera, once I steam them with the seeds, then I heard the seeds will
make you sick, so now I soak them over night and strain them...I paid so
much in Canada for it, I rather make my own..
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Bajans yes the fruit smells, that why a lot people will not touch it,,I
like it,,I guess if I plant the ackee tree I will not be able to see the
sea, unless I put it in a half barrel, I will love to have a curry plant,
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Oh Bimlady, wish you were here. I have two plants that I use leaves from.
I have two small ones growing and two that shot up from the main plant.
An Indian friend of mine sell them for me. The wee ones for $5 the 6-inch
for $10. Have made a little money. I collect 15 seeds this fall and I
have already planted them back in the pot. They may sprout later this
year. When they get about 4 inches I will transplant and sell. Indians
will pay up to $20 for a lilttle one, but since I got mine for free, I just
charge for the pot and the tropical soil I use. hehehe
Ackee tress grow big like mango, tamarind and breadfruit trees.
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Bajan you can do good business in Barbados , at chefitte ..
no ackee tree for me, already have mango and breadfruit and coconut
tree etc ,,my parents, brother, and my backyard are together
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Curry plant not to be confused with curry powder.
Bajans what flavour does one get from the curry plant? Can you
describe?
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Sokagal
It is a tree with small leaves on a stem. Something like the tamarind
leaf, but bigger. The flavour and aroma are distinct to itself. It is
hard to describe, but if you google Indian curry plant, maybe you will get
a picture. Most Indian curry mixes like Lalah's, Bols, Madras, have
some of the leaves in them.
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If anyone knows the West Coast well, there is a Jamaican Ackee tree in the
yard of Cliff Restaurant at Derricks, in St. James over looking the road.
It is in fruit and very lovely to look at.
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Sokagal, go get some when they start to fall. Freeze them and when I come
home I can pick them up from you. Thanks.
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Sokagal, go get some when they start to fall. Freeze them and when I come
home I can pick them up from you. Thanks.
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'bajans', dah is fuh d 1950s!! Bajans doan do dah kind a
ting anymore!! If u want leaves ull have tuh come ova hay an get dum fuh
yuhself!!
Lord a mercy!!
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Soka and Bajans: Do Barbadians have a similar meat patty to ours? Seems to
me just about every culture has a version of meat patties--some way to
stuff meat into flour dough. I previously asked about susumba. Do you have
that or ever heard of it? In a recipe it's usually mixed together with
saltfish. Some people even mix it with ackee and saltfish. That goes great
with boiled dumpling and/or yellow yam.
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We have a meat patty. It is small and round and made with puff pastry. I
used to buy them from the Cosmopolitan Bakery when I was at school. We
used to stick one in a salt bread and eat it for lunch. real good too.
Never heard of susumba, you will have to explain it. Jamaicans have
different names than us for the same thing.
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Bajans: This is the definition of susumba:
"Susumba is small green and bitter berry, but when cooked and
eaten as a side dish, or cooked with salted codfish, or in the rice, has an
edgy taste that transforms many dishes. It is supposed to be good for high
blood pressure and the leaves are sometimes used as a home remedy for flu
and colds.
Susumba should be cooked separately and the water discarded."
If I remember correctly, some people called it gully bean.
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Please excuse this brief interuption but could somebody please tell me how
long it takes to fly from Toronto to Bim!! The prospect of a 9 hour flight
from London is really, *******-me off!!
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BimBro
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The prospect of a 9 hour flight from London is really, *******-me off!!
***************
Incidentally, the asterisks above were inserted by ME and not the
Digital Editor who seems keen to depict me as some kind of perpetual,
swearer!!
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Well Bimbro it is no more trouble writing "putting me off" than
writing "*******-me off." So why dont you write the proper thing?
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Thanks Jameka, never heard of it. When I go to Ja I will look for it.
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Bimbro, just take a late flight and sleep, the hostess will wake ya when
they land, they won't take ya back to UK.
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Well Bimbro it is no more trouble writing "putting me off" than
writing "-me off." So why dont you write the proper thing?
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Well, Elliott, it's because that, unlike sanctimonious, full-of-it, u,
I actually do get annoyed, sometimes!!
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Bimbro, just take a late flight and sleep, the hostess will wake ya
when they land, they won't take ya back to UK.
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Thanks for the advice, Sokagal but, I caan sleep for eight hours, I'm
too active, like Maggie Thatcher. I would still love to know how long a
flight takes to Bim from say, New York or Toronto. I suspect it's only a
few hours, which is why u people can be happy to pop-down there, so often.
For me, it's 8 to 9 hours!! I'm just sorry that I was n't born a hundred
years later by which time I know that flights to Bim will only last an hour
or two, then I'd be home 'all the time'!!
My only hope is for a nice, Bajan chick to be on the plane who I can
chat-up along the way, but the likelihood is that she'll probably, be
married or someting, so I may just have to stay home hay in Hingland and
watch d Queen's Speech, pun d telly, instead!!
Laaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddd!!
Anyway, I'm not sure I can tek dat heat. Dat's too, hot for
human-beings to live in!!
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Bimbro, if you cant afford the ticket, I can pass the hat around. Too many
excuses Mister Man.
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BimBro
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'bajans' uv said that one before!! It's boring now, like u!!
I'm not a keen flyer, I get bored and irritated easily, even
relatively, short trips to Europe bore the pants off of me and I can't
wait to get where I'm going plus the heat, flies, mosquitos and the
prospect of having to deal with other Barbadians like u and Elliott all
deter me from wanting to return there, in a hurry!! R those sufficient
reasons for u!! They r for me!!
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On the subject of favourite Bajan recipes; I just recalled that when I was
a child in Bim, my absolute, favourite drink was cocoa-tea!! Even I, young
as I was, thought it an amazing name, at the time, but I absolutely, loved
it!! Is cocoa-tea still widely, consumed in B'dos?!! Also, if I'm
not very, mistaken there used to be a tuneful, little rhyme which
accompanied it's consumption, which went something like the
following!!
Dat cocoa-tea, is a poison to me, cause when I drink it, it makes me
*ee!!
I can't use the real word because of Bajans' foolishness and
political-korrekness, but, even den, it used to make me laugh!!
Laaaaaaaaaddddddddddddddddddddddddddd!!!!
Is that one of your favourite drinks, anybody?!!
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04:04 PM
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Bim bro, I don't think that I am much older than you are and I
remember most of the lyrics of the songs that you are talking about. Here
goes: da cocoa tea is a poison to me every time I drink it I don't
know where I be, if you want to find me, ya gotta look for me cause ya got
my head upsided down with a cup of that cocoa tea. The rest I will have to
think about. Apparently, this guy's girl friend gives him such good
or bad, cocoa tea that it befuddles him.
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Thanks for the reminder, Sokagal. Mind u, I think I heard the rude version
but no matter, it's still my favourite, drink today!!
Laaaaaaaaaaaaadddddddddddddddd!!!!
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Food questions: Do Barbadians eat goat at all, curried or otherwise?
Did you have Ovaltine while growing up? I loved Ovaltine as a child in
Jamaica but the Ovaltine in America has a different taste and consistency.
I suspect in Jamaica we got the British formulation of the product.
How about Milo? Is that a favourite drink in Barbados?
Also is flour dumpling a favorite staple there too? When I was growing
up, if I didn't get a dumpling in my dinner, be it soup, stews or just
boiled alongside ground provisions, I was very disappointed, almost like I
didn't have dinner.
There were cassava dumplings, banana dumplings, cornmeal dumplings,
all made with the ingredients mentioned and flour, and, of course, the
plain flour dumpling. I'm making myself hungry and homesick! LOL!
How about roast breadfruit? Codfish? I know you don't have ackee
and codfish, but is codfish a staple? When I was growing up saltfish, as we
called it, was poor people's food. In NY codfish is more expensive
than some good cuts of steak!
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Yes Jameka, Barbadians do eat goat's meat. Incidentally both Goat's meat
and sheep's meat is locally called mutton. They both make a good stew too.
The mutton of the Black Belly sheep is very tasty, it is said that it is
the best in the world.
Yes Bajans still eat dumplings and flour drops and what makes Bajan
dumplings different from dumplings in some other Caribbean Islands is that
we put sugar in our dumplings.
Some folks, especially Rastas, do eat roast breadfruit, but it is more
popular in coucou, or pickled in pudding and souse. Nowadays they are many
breadfruit recipes available.
Codfish is fairly expensive here too, especially calypso codfish (salt
fish). Salt fish used to be a staple diet when I was a youngster; it was
used in fish cakes, it was frizzled with egg plant ( I don't remember the
correct name for the egg plant at the moment) and used with rice or other
dishes like boiled ground provisions which was called "steam down." One of
my favourites as a young lad was roast salt fish and stewed sweet potatoes
or roasted sweet potatoes on an open fire, (poor people's food).
Salt fish stew with cherry tomatoes and pulped edoes was good too.
We did have Ovaltine when were growing up,it was made in crystals back
then and very nice. These days it comes in a powdered form and not so
tasty.
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Elliot: You've got the Ovaltine right. It was in crystal form and the taste
was better.
Last time I was home, a relative and I were driving from Montego Bay
to Manchester and along the way we stopped at an area of roadside food
vendors where my relative who also lives abroad bought roast saltfish and
roast yam. The girl was in Heaven!! LOL! I remember telling her not to
bother driving us off the road in her joyfulness eating and driving. I was
never a fan of roast saltfish, too salty for my taste.
Yes, when I was growing up goat meat was called mutton. But funny
enough I don't remember the term "curried mutton" being used. It's always
curried goat.
We just had Thanksgiving Day here in America where turkey is the
traditional meal. Many immigrants, including myself, also make a dish from
their home country. I eat turkey but have never come to love it. (My
favorite part is the stuffing.) Do you eat turkey in Barbados? I have the
feeling, that the "upper crust" in Jamaica ate turkey when I was growing
up. Not sure where I got that idea.
I like the American tradition of a nation setting aside a day to meet
with family and friends and others and just give thanks for our blessings.
BTW, we called eggplant "garden egg."
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Do you eat turkey in Barbados?
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Yes, Jameka!! When we can mug dem before they ded!! Ring a bell?!!
LAO!! (Lord a mercy)!! :)
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Me still love yuh, doah!!
Lardddddddddddddd!!
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Jameka,
I am not sure about the spelling, but we used to call eggplant
'melanjeer'. My grandmother used to cut off the top, scoop it out and
stuff it with meat and inside that came out. Delicious.
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Oh yes, the name of the eggplant as I remember it was "aubergine"
but some people also called it "melanjeer" or
"volenjeer" depending on which part of Barbados you came from; it
is strange how we had our regional variations in so small an island. I
suppose this came about because we have always had movement of other
islanders into Barbados from St. Lucia, Dominica and St Vincent in
particular and they brought with them many ground provisions and fruits.
It was easy for them to come here in colonial days, and transport was
also easy via schooners which anchored in the wharf (careenage) in those
days. I can remember one schooner in particular, the "Deerwood"
but they were many others. I can also remember the many
"lighters" that were used to transport cargo from the many cargo
ships that anchored in Carlisle Bay. I believe that special
"lighters" were also used to ferry passengers from the baggage
warehouse to the tourists liners and passenger liners, like the SS Auriga,
the SS Surriento, and the SS Franco C, to name a few that anchored in
Carlisle Bay. Many of the early immigrants to the UK will have gone that
route.
By the time I left for the UK in 1962, Airline travel had taken over.
My flight from Barbados in July 1962 was the first to arrive at Gatwick
Airport with Immigrants carrying work permits, a new requirement introduced
by the then British Government,in an attempt to control immigration.
Bear with me, I am just reminiscing here with a bit of useless
information, just recording it for posterity; as we get older we look back
and keep alive our memories, and wonder how time has passed so quickly.
Younger people reading here will have an idea of some of my experiences and
how I saw the world during my lifetime.
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Very edifying!! I feel a much better person for knowing all dah!!
laad a mercy!!
What a waise of god's precious, time!!
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Oh, Bimbro is worried about taking a 8/9 hour flight from London to
Barbados but I forgot to mention that in July 1962 my flight to London
Gatwick took 16.5 hours by B.O.A.C Bristol Britannia Aircraft, four-engined
propeller driven.
We left, the then, Seawell Airport for New York and that took 6.5
hours; in-transit, we disembarked for refuelling after which we re-boarded
and took off London. That leg of the journey took exactly 10 hours, and I
thought we would never come down to earth again and for many days
afterwards I could still hear the roar of those engines in my ears.
I do not recall how many of us were on board,(all the seats were
occupied) but what I do recall is that we were all recruited by the
B'dos Government's Labour Department for employment in the UK.
Some of us were going to work with the London Transport, some were going to
train as Nurses in the various hospitals, and others were recruited to work
with the Lyons Tea Shops, mostly females. Oh, half way across the Atlantic
from New York we were so thirsty we drank all the water on board and they
ran out drinking water. LOL A thirsty lot of bajans we were.
So Bimbro, the modern jet liners do the journey in less than half the
time and the flights are direct,less noisy and plenty water and drinks, you
can do it. LOL.
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Bimbro, get one thing straight, I do not write on this forum to make you
feel good. My dear man you just do not know the meaning of the word
"edifying" what with all the useless rubbish you write on here.
My contributions are directed at educated sensible people,who
appreciates these things and that excludes you.
You just don't have to respond to everything especially if it is above
your head you know. Read and digest and think about it for a while before
jumping in with your usual nonsensical clap trap, and you might learn
something. Envy and jealousy will get you no where.
I have never read or seen anything of value from you on this forum,
just mediocrity and a craving of love and attention with your upsetting,
patronising,insulting uncalled-for behaviour that puts people off this
forum.
Your very existance is a waiste of God's time IMO and it is about time
that the DigitalEditor have a word in your ears about you obnoxious
behaviour .
This is the Nation's public forum, not Bimbro's forum in case you are
getting confused. You just do not know how to conduct yourself in a
friendly acceptable manner.
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Elliott
It makes one wonder what he learnt in that great bastion of Great
Britain over the last 50 years. Home to the world's olders universities,
with books on everything from how and where to "spit", to how to behave in
the presence of people from every walk of life. It is supposed to be the
home of etiquette and good manners. He also never learnt anything about
the English "stiff upper lip". Rather he is all mouth! lol.
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BimBro
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Laaaaaaaarrdddddddddd!! Helliott, dat chiding really, mek me laugh boa!! Do
do some more!!
Anyway, tek a pill now an guh to sleep!! It's bedtime!!
xx
When the journey only lasts 2 hrs I'll c u in Bim, hokay?!! Nuhbudy
neva teach me tuh b serious, yet!! At lease not when Helliott heroung!!
Laaaadddddddddddddddddd!!!!
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Laaaaaaaarrdddddddddd!! Helliott, dat chiding really, mek me laugh
boa!! Do
do some more!!
Anyway, tek a pill now an guh to sleep!! It's bedtime!!
xx
When the journey only lasts 2 hrs I'll c u in Bim, hokay?!!
Nuhbudy
neva teach me tuh b serious, yet!! At lease not when Helliott
heroung!!
Laaaadddddddddddddddddd!!!!
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Just one word in a nutshell: PATHETIC!
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Elliott
It makes one wonder what he learnt in that great bastion of Great
Britain over the last 50 years. Home to the world's olders
universities,
with books on everything from how and where to "spit", to
how to behave in
the presence of people from every walk of life. It is supposed to be
the
home of etiquette and good manners. He also never learnt anything
about
the English "stiff upper lip". Rather he is all mouth! lol.
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Well bajans, one good day soon, if he is not careful he might have to
pay dearly for that same mouth.
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"Younger people reading here will have an idea of some of my experiences
and how I saw the world during my lifetime."
Elliott474: It is good to tell the story of how things were when you
were coming up in life, especially leaving home for Great Britain. A couple
of years ago I attended the funeral of a cousin who had gone to England in
the '50's (by ship)then migrated to Canada after many years. Found among
his papers after he died were some wonderful photos of him during his
voyage to England among a group of men and in some he was playing a
trumpet. Many of us were very surprised to see that side of him. He never
talked much about his experiences during the voyage or when he got over
there at all except to say as a tradesman he often found himself being the
only black person on a job. And there seems to have been no central heating
in the areas where he lived.
Elliott, even if it is handwritten in a notebook, spend some of your
time recalling those times for your children and grandchildren. Even if
they are young and don't have an interest now, they will appreciate it
later on, trust me. I wish my folks had done something like that about life
in Jamaica
when they were growing up. I don't know if the same is true in Babados
or other Caribbean islands, or if it was a quirk in my family, but a child
asking a lot of questions about "family/big people business" was not
appreciated. Now I have to spend time doing research since the older
generation is basically gone.
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Helliott, you really should n't use the Nation's blog to make
threats to people, in fact, I'm surprised that the DE has allowed you
to escape with doing so, and it goes to prove that you're not really,
as civilised as you like to give the impression!!
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elliott474
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Bimbro, don't you know a threat when you hear or see one? you are
obviously confused. Mine is not a threat, it is more like a prediction.
Everybody visiting this forum and reading through the threads would
form their own opinion as to who is civilised and who isn't on the
forum. At least I am not obsessed to the point of paranoia.
It is Christmas time but I think that you should go fly a kite and
pretend that it is Easter time.
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BimBro
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I would still appeal to the DE to examine your post and c if she does n't
agree with me. She's not just there for her pretty face and figure!!
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OK Bimbro, maybe you don't understand plain English very well so let me
repeat: go fly, not one, but two kites one in each hand or I will
confiscate your computer.
Now that is a threat.
I really don't think that you appeal to DE at all, I don't know her
but I am sure she would not give you a second glance or touch you with a
barge pole. She is not that hard up, I am sure.
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I'm not interested in ur tripe Elliott and repeat my request to the Digital
Editor to censure you for making threats on this board!!
Digital Editor, I await your reply and action!!
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Digital Editor,
It is time you do some banning around here or you will have no one
posting.
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Bimbro, let me anticipate the DE's reply to you: "Bimbro,you have been
insulting everyone on the forum for a very long time and we have not yet
censured you and you are requesting that others be censured? man get lost."
scram! LOL
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Dear Miss Digital Editor, you're quite voluble, when ur ready, suggesting
this topic for discussion and that, why so silent now!! I take this
opportunity to remind u of the particularly, offensive and threatening
remark of Elliot's:
"Well bajans, one good day soon, if he is not careful he might have to
pay dearly for that same mouth".
Dear Miss DE, if u can find a single, instance in my probably,
hundreds of postings made here, over the years, then I would suggest that
you banned ME, too!!
Dear Miss DE, there comes a time when a person has to make a stand for
decency, however difficult that might be and I suggest to you that Elliott
has over-stepped the mark of decency with that statement, above, AND SHOULD
THEREFORE BE BANNED!!
Again, I, and no doubt we, await your decision!!
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It is time you do some banning around here or you will have no one
posting.
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Bye, bye, 'bajans', and please, doan fuget tuh tek yuh bussum-buddy
helliot!! wid yuh!! Han, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE - PLEASE MEK SURE YUH NEVER
COME BACK!! WE NUH WANT YUH ERE!!
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! Han a merry, rasta Xmas to hi an hi, i.e.
u!!
Laaaaaadddddddddddddddddddd!!!!
Give me the good, old, dear Jesus Christ, anytime!!
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Ah hi an hi buil de cabin,
Ah hi an plant de corn,
Just like my fathers before me!! - words by the infamous and fatuous
Bob Marley!!
What a load of junk!!
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Bimbro, I have examined Elliot's comments and do not see anything
particularly offensive or threatening in his comment. However, I am not a
legal expert so I will refer it our counsel for review.
However, as you would have noticed, we do not ban commenters from the
forum as we like to encourage as wide a cross-section of readers as
possible to take part in these discussions.
What we do is delete or edit comments that are offensive, defamatory
etc.
Like I said a few weeks ago, our commenting policy will soon come into
effect and that should sort out any confusion over what comments are
acceptable and what are not.
I have held meetings last week with senior editors on the issue and a
draft commenting policy should be created this week.
When www.nationnews.com is relaunched in January, the new commenting
policy will come into effect with it.
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Quotation:
Bimbro, I have examined Elliot's comments and do not see anything
particularly offensive or threatening in his comment. However, I am
not a
legal expert so I will refer it our counsel for review.
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Thank you DigitalEditor, I am absolutely sure that you legal advisers
will not find anything offensive or threatening in my statement either.
I am not in a habit of making threats and I certainly do not intend
to start now.
If one looks back at most of Bimbro's postings there is hardly one
that is not offensive. The latest poster to come in for his wrath is
RBridgeman.
Let me state here that in all my dealings on any of the forums I have
encountered Bimbro it has never been revealed to me that he is dyslectic, I
was not aware of that; and let me say here that I am not one to mock the
afflicted because none of us know what will befall us before we leave this
earthly scene.
Bimbro loves the criticise, hurl insults and abuse posters who do not
agree with him or those to whom he does not agree; but people in glass
houses should not throw stones.
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'Thanks for' your reply, DE which I interpret to mean a ban on criticising
Jamaicans!! Can we also, extend this to a ban on criticising the Guyanese,
too!! I think this would conform to The Nation's idea of democracy and free
speech!! Suggest any other subject, also, for banning while ur all at it,
why don't u!!
Why don't u all just outlaw democracy in Bim and have done!!
Steupse!!
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Listen to idiots like 'Elliott' and 'bajans' and u'll muck up Bim, even
more than it is already!! Go right ahead!! Mercifully, I doan live day!!
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Listen to idiots like 'Elliott' and 'bajans' and u'll muck up Bim, even
more than it is already!! Go right ahead!! Mercifully, I doan live day!!
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yippieeeeeeee!! You doan live day? you mean ya cann live hay. We don't
want you type here.
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Dear DE, if your legal adviser can't see the inherent threat in Elliott's
remark then he's not worth the term 'legal adviser', unless of course,
things r now so bad in Bim that threats r just taken as normal, language
usage, over there!! I glad as hell I staying hay, boa!!
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yippieeeeeeee!! You doan live day? you mean ya cann live hay. We don't
want you type here.
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Now, u c Miss DE, the idiot does n't learn!! Although, not as
threatening as the first offense it is nonetheless, in the same vein! U
must, SURELY, b able to c that this is unacceptable comment!!
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Bimbro are you becoming paranoid? Is it too much for you? But you don't let
up on needling people on this forum, now you cant take it. Typical.
DE, see how unstable this man is? Now I don't know him personally,
never seen him before, I don't know his real name unless Bimbro is his real
name, don't know where he lives, don't know anybody who knows him, but I am
a threat to him. LOL
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Elliott,
He envies us our intelligence and clarity of thinking. I, personally,
diagnosed his learnig disability from his writing. It is not critical.
The Queen's former daughter-in-law and a granddaughter are both dyslexic.
He is not now becoming paranoid, he always has been. He is cooped up
much of the time in his council flat without any socialization, and little
human contact.
Futhermore, he cant afford to live in Barbados. He would have to pay
full rent and I doubt whether he can afford to buy anything at todays
prices. He will have to stay up in 'ole blighty', while we traverse the
globe.
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The globe is welcome to u dear, with my sympathies!! However, I still
insist that the miscreant has made threats and desire that he's censured!!
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Of course, 'bajans', everybody's just dying to c Bim, are n't they!! Well
wha it is dat yuh got down day dat's suh wonderful den, or New York or
Toronto!!
Lord!! Ef a laugh a ded!!
I get more excitement with my likkle girlfriend here, so yuh can keep
yuh Bridgetown, Tokyo and wherever else wunna wan fe go!!
Lord!!!!!!!!!!!
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Digitaleditor
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Bimbro, our legal counsel has examined the comment made by elliot and
indeed the entire thread and has found that the comment is fair comment and
not defamatory.
A summary of his finding is below.
In my judgment it is fair comment and not defamatory, especially
given the 'history" of the exchanges by the offended blogger, and the fact
that the Barbadian cultural experience, using that expression in its
broadest sense, will dictate how the comment is interpreted. In our
culture, and I expect in the English culture also, the comment is NOT
defamatory.
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BimBro
05:45 PM
09/12/2008
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Defamatory!! Miss DE, whoever accused it of being defamatory!! Surely, I
don't need to express myself in Chinese for the learned counsel to
understand I accused it of being threatening! I re-produce the remark below
for his/your review!!
I gun have to give up dis ting, boa!! DE, I suggest that, in any
language, or any culture, the remark would b seen as threatening and
therefore should not be permitted!!
"Well bajans, one good day soon, if he is not careful he might have to
pay dearly for that same mouth".
Lord give me faif!!
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BimBro
05:56 PM
09/12/2008
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Hurry, please, Miss DE!! I should like e to be arrested before he get pun
dat plane!! Although, if he's a nice, boy, I might let e off this time!!
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elliott474
06:19 PM
09/12/2008
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Don't worry about it DE, that is the way he is. Little does he know that
many have paid very dearly for their mouths after losing libel and slander
cases in courts of Law all over the world and most certainly in the UK.
He has a one-track mind and nothing or no one can change its
direction. Obstinacy rules supreme with him.
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Daylia
10:21 PM
22/12/2008
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Receipe, Banana Bread |
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I know most of u are likely to be Bajans :))
I Wish I wish, that one of you will give me the Real Real receipe of
the nice good Banana Bread that is made in Barbados. The way they make it
on the island.
I ve been in Barbados like 6 times already, and this bread is driving
me nuts to say its soooo good, tried to get the receipe but whatever i
tried never equal the one they server us in the Hotels or Club.... someone
help me to get that good taste here :))
Thanks to all
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