Gracefoods

Cook with a steady and dry heat.

Beans, Peas

Interchangeable terms for red kidney beans, black beans, black-eyed peas, pigeon peas (gandules), and yellow and green lentils. Often combined with rice, used in soups and stews or pulped and made into fritters.

A West Indian stew consisting of fish or occasionally pork, seasonings such as lime and garlic, and often fruits and vegetables.

To set off the color or flavor by quickly plunging into boiling water. Can also be used to loosen skin, remove excess salt, or bleach.

A prized delicacy, the Blue Marlin is to be found in the waters of the Caribbean. It has a delicious mild flavour and is often served smoked.

Cook by first searing in fat until brown, then simmering in a small amount of liquid in a covered container.

A French liquor make from distilled wine rather than grain. It is aged in wood.

The breadfruit was originally grown in South Seas – being a native of Polynesia. It was brought to Jamaica in 1793 by English sea captain William Bligh to ease the effects of a drought on the island.

The breadfruit tree bears in great abundance, usually producing two crops a year. The breadfruit is a large green fruit, usually about 10 inches in diameter, with a pebbly green skin and potato-like flesh. It is eaten either boiled (in soups) or roasted. To obtain a delicious smoky flavor, roast the breadfruit over glowing characoal, or under a hot grill.

Cook in oil or fat until the outer layer of the meat turns to a brown color.