Pick Up Saltfish

[Peasie]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Hankering for this for a long time. Never made it before until today. I had it once at a house party several years ago here in DC and ever since then just feeling for it man. Then in Jamaica this past Easter a friend's mother made it and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Here's my version:

Boneless, salted cod. soaked overnight. Drained, all water squeezed out. Cut up fine.
Red onion cut up fine.
Farm fresh tomato wid seeds squeezed out cut up fine.
Green scotch bonnet cut up fine.
Fresh lemon juice
Salt to taste after wi dung soak it out.
Black pepper to taste especially if di scotch bonnet keep in yuh freezah.

Combine all ingredients in a Pyrex dish. Put in fridge fi mek season dem soak een likkle more.

Enjoy with XLCR crackers and piece of TSmall pear from St. Elizabeth

Tell mi your version, nuh?

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[Suesumba]

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that is very colourful, but i can't eat raw onions

[Peasie]

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Well, if you have to cook di onion use yellow onion. For some reason I don't cook red onions. BTW I just saw the recipe posted at Ja.com Recipes. </span>

[diabolical_Tanya]

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eeemmmmm dat noh get cook up?

[Suesumba]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> eeemmmmm dat noh get cook up? </div></div>

wid okra, pumpkin, or zucchini and serve wid likkle stretch rice?

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[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Diabolical_Tanya</div><div class="ubbcode-body">eeemmmmm dat noh get cook up? </div></div>

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'">Nah, man. It med wid soak saltfish weh doan cook. Closer to South American ceviche than any other Jamaicaan dish?. Mi wandah?</span>

[uswe]

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Both Gungo an Sue's recipe's are very appetising

[julie*mango]

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dat remine mi a sitten like dat weh di lucian dem mek...my saltfish haffi well cook up inna hunian an tomatis

[mountaingal]

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it's a ceviche. gungo ur picture look very appetizing. my experience wid uncooked saltfish that has been lemoned is that it gets chewy.

[Suesumba]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: _______</div><div class="ubbcode-body">dat remine mi a sitten like dat weh di lucian dem mek...my saltfish haffi well cook up inna hunian an tomatis </div></div>

i tink dem call foh dem hown &quot;hile dung&quot;. wid coaknat milk weh bwile out fi di base.

[mountaingal]

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i've seen a trini woman pick up and season the saltfish, hot up oil on the stove, then pour the hot oil over the saltfish. it was tres delish.

[Peasie]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MGee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">i've seen a trini woman pick up and season the saltfish, hot up oil on the stove, then pour the hot oil over the saltfish. it was tres delish. </div></div>

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"> I was trying to avoid di hile but dis soun very, very good MGee. And I bet it makes the saltfish a little less chewy. </span>