Roasted Bread Fruit Bajan Style, A New But Delicious Experience
It sure was a tough morning for me yesterday, I had to help unload a truck full of cement blocks for a house my company Awaken Paradise Property Consultants is building. It sure was hard work unloading those blocks, with the sun beating down on us, by the time we were finished, it felt like l had just had a real tough long workout at the gym. The sun sure seems to shine even brighter and hotter in Barbados when you have to work hard.
Fortunately this project is just across the road from where I live, so I never had to crawl far to get home. The combination of the hard physical work and the hot morning sun had virtually burnt me out. Unfortunately it was only 11am and it wasn’t even siesta time, but I thought what’s the harm in having it early, I was in Barbados in the Caribbean and there isn’t any predetermined constraints as how you should live your life.
After an hour or so of relaxation I felt alive again and ready for whatever the rest of the day had in store for me. Fortunately the rest of the afternoon was fairly sedate and laid back, dealing with mainly administrative things.
It was early evening and I was rounding off the day by burning some wood and garden debris in my back yard when my wife’s cousins dropped by. One of them climbed into the back of the truck and said catch as she through a breadfruit at me. Having been to Barbados numerous times, I was aware what a breadfruit was and had even sampled it a few times. I must admit I never really liked it too much; I had previously only ever had breadfruit boiled.
They said they would roast a breadfruit for me, I reluctantly said that would be great, thinking that it would taste much the same as it did boiled.
I watched with curiosity as they surrounded the breadfruit in wood and then set it alight. After about 15 minutes they pulled the breadfruit from the raging fire, I was half expecting it to have been burnt to a cinder. I should having known better, because they know what they are doing when it comes to good food and cooking.
They cut me a big chunk of breadfruit, spread some margarine on it, put some pepper sauce on it and finally squeezed a lime over it. I must admit it was looking rather tasty. All I can say is that the roasted breadfruit tasted absolutely delicious.
It sure was a good end to the day, washing the roasted breadfruit down with a bottle of banks bear and watching the colourful flames burning on the open fire. Life sure is good in Barbados.
I recently listened to a real nice tune at gallimaufry.ws, called “Joshua Gone Barbados” by Eric Von Schmidit. I would recommend that you listen to the song and read the story behind it, you will find it listed under July 21st.
Further Reading:
1. Traditional Recipe For Bajan Limeade
2. A Blog All About Barbados, Is It Really Paradise!
3. Choose Barbados As Your Dream Wedding Location
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