the first lime for the carnival ended up by ma. that’s dawi’s late grand mother’s pad. just a few friends, some food, some drinks and the soca monarch runnin’ in the background for ambiance. the menu was bess… geera chicken breast (because if you know dawi, you would know he only eats chicken breast), pigeon… Continue reading soca dumplin
Author: baidawi
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A lil pasta something…
I couldn’t find my favorite all-purpose elbow pasta (in the red pack) this week in the grocery, so I tried something new. It’s called pipe rigate, and it’s more or less fat elbow pasta with one end pinched closed. A pasta like that is great for retaining sauces, but I had something else in mind.… Continue reading A lil pasta something…
plant ah seed
recently, the government started paying attention to food security. part of their drive encourages people to go back to the days when growing food at home was common. thing is, those days are still in full swing up morvant. i grew up with stuff growing in the yard. so as i was on base, i… Continue reading plant ah seed
de cassava was butter
so on my birthday, a friend of mine brought me some cassava. not as a gift. i ordered it before and it just happened to come then. now honestly, i don’t know all that much about cassava besides i like it, but it was fresh from her father’s estate, plus she said “it like butter… Continue reading de cassava was butter
a spur of the moment wine & cheese session
this is the card that caused it. my very first pricesmart diamond membership card. i never bothered to get one because everybody else had one, so getting stuff was just a “yaw… make a pricesmart run wid mih nah?” away. but i was thinking that it might be wise to get my own since i… Continue reading a spur of the moment wine & cheese session
curry chicken and friends
This is my godson J’vonte. He well love a curry chicken. So as I didn’t get to lime with him for Christmas, I brought him up after the fact for a day of snacks, curry chicken and Wii battles. This is a most important street if you’re looking for something to eat curry chicken with.… Continue reading curry chicken and friends
chicken salad. a leftover story
I hate throwing food away. Hate it! Unless it’s spoiled food of course. So from time to time I would end up with leftovers from last night or night before. This one time, this happened. True story people. I was out havin a drink or somethin, when de hunger attacked. Now i knew that i… Continue reading chicken salad. a leftover story
Cauliflower Trick 2: Cauliflower Harder
I tried quincy’s cauliflower trick today with a few mods of my own. Q already went through the basics, so I will just comment quickly on what I did differently. First and foremost is the secret ingredient: Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup. Q and baidawi once advised me to use this as a cheese sauce… Continue reading Cauliflower Trick 2: Cauliflower Harder
the gospel according to naparima
fuh years, the naparima girls’ high school cookbook has been the bible when it comes to the dishes of trinbago and the caribbean. just ask overseas college students. it’s just right for the homesick trini craving a doubles or a roti or somethin. yuh can’t go wrong with the naps cookbook. after doing it for… Continue reading the gospel according to naparima