Host a Caribbean night
Two tables: a jerk afternoon, and an ackee morning.
A Caribbean house does not serve jerk chicken on top of ackee and saltfish. Callaloo can be a third pot lunch or a green beside fish.
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Jerk afternoon
Jerk, rice and peas, slaw. Not ackee.
Jerk chicken is the fire. Rice and peas. Festival or hardough. Slaw. Scotch bonnet on the side.
The clock
- Marinate.
- Smoke or roast.
- Rice and peas. Slaw.
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Ackee morning
Ackee and saltfish, dumpling, plantain. The jerk pit is cold.
Ackee and saltfish is breakfast. Fried dumpling. Plantain. Do not add jerk as a protein.
The clock
- Soak saltfish.
- Sauté.
- Fry dumpling and plantain.
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Set the meat or the breakfast plate in the middle. Find a dutch pot the same way as the pantry — a search, not a single listing that disappears.
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When you want the rest of the map — more fires, breakfasts, and the Sunday extras — Authentic Caribbean Cuisine is the book that keeps the table going. Read how the table is set before people arrive.
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