Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

[tonirand]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

It mek same like coatnat draps man. Mi nevvah try it wid farrin ammanz yet but mi aggo geet a chry. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Lawd. O fi di days. Mi did have a nice fren oo use to mek dem fimii. Mi kyaa coutn di mount a time mi lik off mi big fingah head fi one likkle piece a sinting [img]/forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Ahhh well..

Mi aggo gi di ammans draps a shat an si 'ow it wuk out

[img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[grandma2]

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so where is makafatplease to put it up here amongst de royality dem [img]/forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[mountaingal]

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grandma2, i'm hunting high and low for a pic of the macca fat palm (acrocomia spinosa), but no luck yet... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[tonirand]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Please to advise: wat dat is??

Mi nevvah hear bout it before [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Tanky

[aferan]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Miss MG, that is the almond. There are two types, The smaller one is what we called the 'woodseed' from the broadleaf tree.

The taste of the nut is a cross between cashew and coconut. That is another thing why life nice growing up a country sah. 'We go a bush go buss woodseed.'

GM2, eh eh, den if dem put up makafat, den dem no hafi to put up prittle pole tu.

[grandma2]

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lawd have His mercy afaran,yu knoh how lang mi nuh hear bout prittle pole , lawd a wanda if dat still deh bout [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[evanovitch]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Originally posted by mountaingal:
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Originally posted by (H)AnnA(H):
[qb] AMMANZ [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]


A weh yu fine dat missis??


For the more 'english' in our midst, ' Almonds' [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [/qb]

well anna, you prove you country cred beyond a reasonable doubt now. a plenty ppl no recognize almond between the fruit and the nut stages. me get de pickcha affa wan man website - him jus call dem seeds, clearly neva know what dem was...

me used to love hunt fe dry up alman under de tree, den use rockstone fe crack de shell and pick out de alman fe eat. a tell you, NO commercially produced almond have a quarter of the taste of those tiny almond nuts we used to eat dung a St. Bess.


which you then crack open to get this:
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mi is challenging mountaingal fi prove to me how she use fi crack ammond a yaad an get dem dem nut so purrfek...mi always had fi a pick pick out pieces outa di trash...cause afta mi nyma di skin an meat, a stone mi haffi use fi crack di nut an mi neva once get a big piece fi nyam...an i is unamimous in dat [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[tonirand]

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Evan,

Mi use to get dem out wullah cause mi tun dem pon di edge, kench it wid mi big fingah an pointing fingah an geet one lik wid di rackstone.

Dat mek di shell open at di seam an mi get out a nice wullah ammanz [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Q3210]

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Prittle Pole...wha dat?
In the hills of St. Ann between Alexandria and Claremont there lies a district...Prickly Pole.

[aferan]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Q, The prittle pole is a palm. Like the macafat it is the coconut in miniture. As the name implies, the trunk is just like a slender pole covered with thousands of long sharp spiny needles. Even the fronds are covered with these needles.

The nuts grow in berrylike clusters at the base of the crown of fronds. The nuts are green but when ripe they turn to a beautiful crimson. These nuts are about the size of small playing marbles. It is just a mini coconut without space for the water.

[aferan]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Originally posted by grandma2:
[qb] lawd have His mercy afaran,yu knoh how lang mi nuh hear bout prittle pole , lawd a wanda if dat still deh bout [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/qb]

Grand Ma, prittle pole still dey bout but nobody ago mess up and go near dat tree. de only creatures ago mess wit them is the rat bat and fool fool pickney like meself.

You know how many times me haffi use orange maca to get pieces of prittle pole maca out of my foot.

Den Grand Ma, you see how dem people pan ya bias? No one mention our beloved Calabash goard. Wha appen, dat no fruit tu? Because it no full our guts we a go ignore it.

Look how many uses we put that fruit to. We even used the young goard to catch chicken hawk.

Den when we eat all de other fruits and we belly full we turn to the goard fe mek music. De goard versitile no wah!

[chubble]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Here are some interesting facts about Jamaican Food Local foods provide a powerhouse of vitamins, minerals and other
nutrients good for the body and soul. Nutritionist Patricia Thompson says the
next time you go shopping, reach for Jamaican-grown produce because they
are the best.


IN OUR quest for healthier eating choices we are encouraged to eat
foods with less fat and sodium, more fibre, more complex carbohydrate and
lower in calories. The foods that are most promoted are usually imported
since more is known about them than about our local foods. We may therefore
seek out whole grain cereals and breads, fruits such as the American apple,
plum and grapes and vegetables such as broccoli and cauliflower.


AMERICAN APPLE VS. GUAVA

Who has not heard the adage, 'An apple a day keeps the doctor away'?
This is probably because the American apple has fibre to facilitate gut
health and rid the body of waste. But do you know that one guava fruit has
four times the amount of fibre, slightly more potassium and 19 times the
amount of vitamin C as an American apple?


Likewise, it would take 15 American apples to supply the vitamin C
content of only one West Indian cherry. In comparison to a whole bunch of
grapes, one guava has 25 times more vitamin C, four times more fibre and about
the same potassium.


CRANBERRY JUICE VS. COCONUT JUICE


Cranberry juice has become very popular because of its benefits to
bladder health. But have you thought that similar benefits could be had from
coconut water at less than half the calories and with appreciably more
potassium? A glass of cranberry juice will provide 150 to 200 calories
while the same glass of coconut water contains only 50 calories while
giving 400 mg potassium compared to the 60mg for cranberry juice.


For those concerned about the sodium content of coconut water, be
assured that a single glass will provide only 60 mg sodium compared to the 700
mg in a V8 canned vegetable juice. Also, coconut water has no fat. The
fat of the coconut resides in the jelly and will thus be found in coconut
milk, but there is no cholesterol since the coconut is of plant origin and
cholesterol is found, only in foods of animal origin.


This means that butter will have cholesterol but coconut milk, like
the vegetable margarines, is free of cholesterol. Moreover, the
traditional way of cooking with coconut milk for flavour is better that using
margarine which is often substituted in porridge, rice and peas and soups. A
tablespoon of coconut milk has only 38 calories and 4g fat compared to
111 calories in the same amount of margarine and 11.5 g fat. Also, the fat
of coconut is healthier for the body than margarine fats.


OLIVE OIL VS. ACKEE AND PEAR

OLIVE OIL VS. ACKEE AND PEAR
Two other sources of fat that are often mislabeled are the Jamaican
ackee and the avocado pear. Neither has any cholesterol and the fat is
monounsaturated, the same type of fat that we pay so much for in the
olive oil.


BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER VS. CALLALOO


Admittedly, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, like other
vegetables will provide vitamin C, minerals, flavonoids and other
phytochemicals but they are no match for our local callaloo (amaranth)
in terms of calcium, iron or vitamin A.


Callaloo has more than four times the calcium; two or more times the
iron with more than twice the vitamin A as the American vegetables. The
whole grain cereals are indeed a good source of fibre but calorie for
calorie our provisions are equally beneficial.


The Irish potato, brown rice and whole kernel corn provide the least
fibre per serving. Those of better value are whole wheat bread, green banana
and sweet potato providing 1.5g per serving of about 70 calories.


ROLLED OATS VS. BREADFRUIT


Richer still is rolled oats at 1.96g but topping the list, you guessed
it, is our local breadfruit at 2.45 for a serving of two slices.
So next time you reach for the foreign goods on the shelf, don't
forget our local products are the best.


Patricia Thompson M.Sc. Registered Nutritionist, the Nutrition Centre,
Eden Gardens, Kingston

[evanovitch]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Originally posted by (H)AnnA(H):
[qb] Evan,

Mi use to get dem out wullah cause mi tun dem pon di edge, kench it wid mi big fingah an pointing fingah an geet one lik wid di rackstone.

Dat mek di shell open at di seam an mi get out a nice wullah ammanz [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/qb]

well mi a challenge boat u an mountaingal fi meet mi a yaad nex year a di bashment mek wi have a ammond brukking contess [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[mountaingal]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Originally posted by aferan:
[qb]

Originally posted by grandma2:
[qb] lawd have His mercy afaran,yu knoh how lang mi nuh hear bout prittle pole , lawd a wanda if dat still deh bout [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/qb]

Grand Ma, prittle pole still dey bout but nobody ago mess up and go near dat tree. de only creatures ago mess wit them is the rat bat and fool fool pickney like meself.

You know how many times me haffi use orange maca to get pieces of prittle pole maca out of my foot.

Den Grand Ma, you see how dem people pan ya bias? No one mention our beloved Calabash goard. Wha appen, dat no fruit tu? Because it no full our guts we a go ignore it.

Look how many uses we put that fruit to. We even used the young goard to catch chicken hawk.

Den when we eat all de other fruits and we belly full we turn to the goard fe mek music. De goard versitile no wah! [/qb]

lawx, me have nuff catching up fe do wid disya chread.

Mass Afer, me neva hear bout prittle pole, and me wain ting me as country as country could be. maybe dat a sittn weh grow inna more humid environments than the hot and dry santa cruz plains where i grew.

i saw some pics of spiny palms, but not the one that seemed to be maccafat (sorry G@ [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] ). De prittle pole ting, me haffe seh, me no ting me a go fine dat. A prickly pear demma try seh?

as fe de calabash, afer, it nat sweet, so me nat inlcuding it in disya chread... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] but feel free to contribute... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[mountaingal]

Re: Sweet! Jamaican fruits...

Originally posted by evanovitch:
[qb]

Originally posted by mountaingal:
[qb]

Originally posted by (H)AnnA(H):
[qb] AMMANZ [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img]


A weh yu fine dat missis??


For the more 'english' in our midst, ' Almonds' [img]/forums/images/graemlins/704555_dwl.gif[/img] [/qb]

well anna, you prove you country cred beyond a reasonable doubt now. a plenty ppl no recognize almond between the fruit and the nut stages. me get de pickcha affa wan man website - him jus call dem seeds, clearly neva know what dem was...

me used to love hunt fe dry up alman under de tree, den use rockstone fe crack de shell and pick out de alman fe eat. a tell you, NO commercially produced almond have a quarter of the taste of those tiny almond nuts we used to eat dung a St. Bess.


which you then crack open to get this:
[/qb]

mi is challenging mountaingal fi prove to me how she use fi crack ammond a yaad an get dem dem nut so purrfek...mi always had fi a pick pick out pieces outa di trash...cause afta mi nyma di skin an meat, a stone mi haffi use fi crack di nut an mi neva once get a big piece fi nyam...an i is unamimous in dat [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [/qb]

skillz, baby, you gots to have skillz fe get wholla almond... [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]