caribbean food

what are some foods i can make?

jerk chicken

curry goat

rice and peas

i am making rice and peas right now! what are some other vegetable things

that you recommend

Dunno. I always have the curry chicken. May try oxtail soon. The places around me serve a sort of general side salad; have never investigated a lot of vegetable dishes.

Don't roti have lots of veg components? Squash and stuff?

fried plantain is another vege thing - do you have access to plantain?

i have a mexican store near me, they might have it

Jerk chicken is so great. Tijule Co. makes my favorite jerk marinades -- the mild version has the brand name Nel's Old Style and Juliana is the hot version.

moros y christianos - black beans and white rice, seasoned with sofrito.

ok this has given me some ideas http://www.flickr.com/groups/caribbeanveggies/pool/
i am getting bored of my old standbys and i need different ideas i guess. would like to try some kind of okra/potato/something curry. also farmers' market season is here so it's a good time. peas and rice is almost done. smells good. i like anything w/ coconut milk in it too.

you should make patties from scratch lol labor intensive but deliciuos.

an okra curry would be awesome.

also i can never find msg-free sofrito. maybe i shouldn't worry about it but i always think it'll give me cancer.

yeah i was looking at stuff like that too but anything with dough in it is a pain because my kitchen is tiny

yeah i worry about sofrito so i never use it. you can make your own sofrito.

yeah true, i wonder how long homemade keeps though. i'm usually cooking for one so i don't use stuff fast enough.

and my freezer doesn't freeze things

also, in case you need sofrito education: http://tinyurl.com/c7apt8

but your freezer is changing soon, right? because of moving?

yes, true. also bmore should have more caribbean grocery options available.

lol now i am thinking about shape-shifting freezers.

rice and peas came out ok. i used this recipe http://eatjamaican.com/recipes/riceandpeas-recipe.html + dried beans rather than canned (and probably the equivalent of 2 cans--1 would not be enough), brown rice, salt + pepper. the boiling scotch bonnet thing never makes stuff hot enough though (imo)