2-9-2014
Usually I look at the shot
and then write, but today is Sunday, and Sundays are special. Sunday in the average Trinidad house hold is
the day that we attend some form of church/temple/mass and give praises to the
God we serve. Sunday is also the day
that we have an exceptional lunch. Meals
with callaloo (in Trinidad this consists of the leaf of the dasheen plant,
ochro, cooked down in seasonings and coconut milk, some even add a touch of
pumpkin and evaporated milk), peas (from lima beans, to red beans, to black
beans, to pigeon peas, your choice), stew meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken,
turkey, fish, whatever your heart’s delight), baked meat (from any of the
variety previously mentioned, or even a meat loaf), vegetables (or a green
salad, or potato salad), macaroni pie (Americans say baked macaroni and cheese,
but it is really more than that, as everything is done from scratch, the
grating of cheese, the beating of eggs, the boiling of the macaroni, the
grating of onions or adding a tip of parsley, the milk and butter, all added in
alternate layers in the baking dish), rice (plain or mixed with vegetables like
peas and carrots) and the list can go on and on. Today is no exception, I stewed some pork,
pigeon peas, macaroni pie, mixed vegetable medley, and basmati rice. The smells
in the kitchen were delightful and the end product, even more so.
I bring to you my Sunday
lunch!
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