ital? clean food?

[gombek]

Hi, a friend of mine told me that there is a special way of cooking, it's jamaican, vegetarian and Marley ate that way. He called it "i-tal". Anybody know abything about that? Do you know where I could find more info on that?
It's important to me as I am preparing special event with reggae music together with special cooking competition and I would like cooks to make such dishes.
So please, help [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

thanx in advance

[ackeegirl]

Re: ital? clean food?

ital? ital nuh mean san salt? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] lawx, somebadi come see if dem can help dis person fi mi cause mi want fi know wah name ital.

tanks.

[BND1999]

Re: ital? clean food?

I am certainly no expert.. but I will get you started until someone else comes along...

Ital essentially means eating food in its pure and organic state.. it's essentially vegetarian.. no eating the flesh of dead animals, no eating of processed foods or ones that have additives.. hencem no salt..

From my experience there are various degrees of an Ital diet. Many will not touch alcohol or cigarettes.. and yet many do.. Some like my son will not eat red meat or poultry, but still eats fish.. Some won't drink milk or eat cheese.. some will..

Maybe Tuff Gong will come along to help soon.. this is atleast a start.. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[ackeegirl]

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thanks for that bit of info BND! being a vegetarian is not easy. it sounds more stressful than it shld be. having to remember what to eat and what to stay away from. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] life should be simplier.

well, that sure cleared up the meaning of ital for me..so thanks again.

[BND1999]

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Ackeegirl.. you know for me I too think it woudl be stressful thinking about what to eat.. but for those involved it comes naturally.. At first my son dropped foods one by one.. on occasion he thinks a bit first.. but for Italists its a conviction.. a philosophy.. a dedication..

G2.. you once said they treat the body like their temple.. keep it clean and pure..

Again, most modify for their own lifestyle and philososphy.. for the most part seems good to me..

[ackeegirl]

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i guess it requires a lot of discipline, BND, something that I don't have a lot of when it comes to food.

i love eating out. I just can't see myself going out to eat with a vegetarian... organic this, natural that oh where's the joy. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Tuff Gong]

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Ital=Vegan food without salt based on the Rastafarian Doctrine....Peace

[Simmy]

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gombek, here's three links to discussions on Ital and some recipes:

http://www.jamaicans.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=24;t=000187

http://www.jamaicans.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=24;t=000074

http://www.jamaicans.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=24;t=000174

Have fun reading! I hope you get some info and some recipes to try from those links.

[BND1999]

Re: ital? clean food?

Originally posted by ackeegirl:
[qb]i guess it requires a lot of discipline, BND, something that I don't have a lot of when it comes to food.

i love eating out. I just can't see myself going out to eat with a vegetarian... organic this, natural that oh where's the joy. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/qb]

Ackeegirl... I am with you.. I love to eat.. love all kinds of ethnic food.. tonight as I came through Grand Central Station on my way home from NYC.. I stopped in this grand market place.. 1 hour later my bag was filled with Apricot Chicken. goose pate, two cheeses, baguettes, hummus, .. honey dijon chicken salad.. I swear!!! I sat on the train ripping the bread.. dipping it in the pate.. making a mess.. Food.. I love.. so I am with you.. though I respect the discipline and philosophy my son lives by

[longroadbwoy]

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tuff gong said it right. Ital is without animal products(vegan vegeterian) and no salt.

I am a vegeterian and it's not stressfull at all, i just don't eat meat, fish, and poultry, mi nuh add salt to mi food eida. Wholeap a' good food deh ina di world, Dead animals nuh necessary fi human survival, and dem should live to. I don't have anything against meat eaters, so don't read anything like that into what i just wrote.

[Caligirl2002]

Re: ital? clean food?

Originally posted by BND1999:
[qb] but for Italists its a conviction.. a philosophy.. a dedication..

G2.. you once said they treat the body like their temple.. keep it clean and pure..

Again, most modify for their own lifestyle and philososphy.. for the most part seems good to me..[/qb]

Hiya BND!! You hit the nail right on the head babe!
Some Rastas will also not eat aggressive fish or bottom feeders. ie. shrimp, lobster, shark, etc.

[ackeegirl]

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BND you make my mouth water when you listed the foods! yummy! my kinda people you are [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

longroad, the law of the jungle seh eat or be eaten. animals nyam dem one another [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

if a vegetarian can cook like certain ppl in here, mi will date him [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ...but can a meat eater and a vegetarian co-exist? how dat werks? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

[gombek]

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Thank you very much. I will soon go to the links but from what you have written I like ital already. You know, when amatours cooks are cooking, meat shall not be involved not to poison people. I am vegetarian myself and I stopped using salt some 15 years ago due to some health problems and it helped. My son is vegan as he is allergic to all animal proteins. It's not so difficult - you know [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] . On the other hand meat nowadays is not the same as it used to be. It's spoiled, cows are feeded with dead cows meat - yak... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Anyway thanx again. I will keep dropping here even if jamaica is so far away [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

All the best form cold poland...

[gombek]

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if a vegetarian can cook like certain ppl in here, mi will date him [Wink] ...but can a meat eater and a vegetarian co-exist? how dat werks? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

a friend of mine - straight vegetarian used cook for some people while leaving in a kind of comune... he says he cooked meat for them as he would make food for his cats - so maybe that's the way. on the other hand I know vegetarians who would never kiss meatearters - so everything depends... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[gombek]

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WOW, i went throug the links, you are great, wonderful... my cooks will have a lot to do... and what is funny is that my son's diet seems to be ital almost from the beggining, this is only me who, from time to time, have craving for soft white cheess... or chocolate... but this are habits from the past and soon they will be gone too...

anyway the jamaican style party will be on march 22nd and once he pictures are ready i will post a link to them here so you can see how your help helped [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]