Saturday, July 24, 2010

Losing Touch with Traditional Foods

People today are losing touch with traditional foods and ways of cooking. We are increasingly dependent on processed food because of their convenience. Still, many of us rememeber grandma's cooking -- food so sweet, you wanted to (and sometimes did) lick the plate. The next issue of JamaicanEats magazine will bring back a few ol' time recipes. In the meantime, let's share some memories of ol' time food, grandma's cooking and memories that go with it.
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15 comments:

  1. Avenging ChefJuly 24, 2010 at 1:18 PM

    We need to find a balance with our dependence with pre-made foods. We need them, just not all of them.I miss grandmas homemade baked beans with brown sugar and bacon. We always use to have it at Christmas time with her also fabulous baked honey ham with cloves!!!

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  2. FaganJuly 24, 2010 at 1:42 PM

    I miss Grandma Toto and my mom's homemade salads ... yum yum

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  3. UnknownJuly 24, 2010 at 1:49 PM

    I was just talking about that with a friend i miss my moms baking and juices made from scratch every Sunday and all the fresh fruits we had abundant juicy mangoes guavas you went to your backyard and made dinner from what u collected i absolutely miss that.

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  4. GraceJuly 24, 2010 at 6:15 PM

    Hey folks, Grace Cameron here, Editor of JamiacanEats. I would love to use your comments about Grandma's cooking or ol'time food in the jamaicanEats magazine or newsletter. Also, if you have pics of gradma (or older folks)or you and your grandma, I'll use it. Plus, if you send me a video of you and your grandma or older folks cooking, I may put it on the JamaicanEats web site.

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  5. Michael DownieJuly 24, 2010 at 7:09 PM

    My favorite memory of grandma's cooking is fried dumpling, ackee and saltfish and chocolate tea oh how I miss those days and some good rice and peas and brown stew chicken for dinner

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  6. cindyJuly 24, 2010 at 7:21 PM

    I was just talking about Jamaican foods with one of my daughters. I have been in the states for quite a while but I miss my stew peas, oxtails, and curried chicken. Most of all I miss my mother's easter bun and my godmother's christmas cake.

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  7. GajahJuly 24, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    For me its the good ole ackee with plantain and grapefruit in the morning..

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  8. EricJuly 25, 2010 at 7:34 AM

    Grandma was always very frugal. A little of this and a little of that... all done by eye and experience. The list of her culinary repertoire was very expansive but everything tasted wonderful. The breads, the stuffed cabbage, the beef stews,....I miss her, but there remains all those good memories.

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  9. Caribbean Cook-offJuly 25, 2010 at 2:07 PM

    I remember some of the best tasting chicken I've ever had was in Jamaica. Fresh killed and fried. Now that is fresh food.

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  10. latociaJuly 25, 2010 at 5:19 PM

    It's crazy how leaving Jamaica has made me so much more appreciative of our rich,creative and tasty Jamaican foods.Jamaican foods stand out anywhere, for me it's the roast breadfruit with some salt-fish run-dung and lemonade to wash it down hmmm....

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  11. El PabloJuly 25, 2010 at 5:28 PM

    Also remember the tastes of the stuff we did when we tried what we could as kids like: Roasted Sweet potatoes, Roasted whatever we caught from the river or sea during summer... 'Rowing boats" as it were- Bird soup, Roast Breadfruit with butter by Lyssons beach etc....GREAAAT!

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  12. Ms.HaughtonJuly 27, 2010 at 6:05 AM

    Am I going to learn to make cornmeal porridge...lol

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  13. GraceJuly 27, 2010 at 3:57 PM

    Hey Slacker, Winter 2007 edition of JamaicanEats we have cornmeal porridge (and other porrides) recipes and tips. You can order the hard copy of that issue online at www.jamaicaneats.com.

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  14. princessafriJuly 28, 2010 at 9:08 PM

    Samantha Murray

    For me even though i am following the same recipe as back home for some reason the food does not taste the same as i am used to in Jamaica.Got to love the rice and peas and chicken and roast breadfruit from my grandma.Another thing i love dearly is turned cormeal with gungo peas and brown stew fish,love my chicken back too.

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  15. Grace CameronJuly 30, 2010 at 3:51 PM

    I would love to use all your comments in the upcoming issue of the magazine. I need to use proper names though and city you live in -- for the sake of credibility. Please e-mail to: info@jamaicaneats.com.
    Samantha, can you share the turn cornmeal with gungo peas and brown stew fish recipe?
    Thanks all.

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