Recipe of the Week: Jamaican Hard-dough Bread

Hard-dough Bread

2 cups all purpose flour                                                             2 oz butter
1 teaspoon active dry yeast (or yeast of your choice)                 1 cup water
2 teaspoons sugar, granulated                                                   1 teaspoon oil
½ teaspoon salt

Happy Birthday Bob Marley

The right Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, a true Jamaican legend would have celebrated his 69th birthday today, although he left us May 1981 he lives on through his music. He has impacted billions across the world and today his music is very popular if not more than when he walked this earth. 

Recipe Of The Week: Turn Cornmeal

1 lb cornmeal                                       1 cup cherry tomato
4 cups coconut milk                             2 sprigs thyme
2 oz butter                                           ½ scotch bonnet pepper, seeded
1 teaspoon black pepper                      ½ cup onion, chopped  
2 stalks scallion                                    ½ cup bell pepper, chopped
 ¼ teaspoon salt

Saute onion, bell pepper and tomato in butter.
In a large dutch pot, bring coconut milk to boil.
Add sauteed ingredients, thyme, scotch bonnet pepper, scallion, and salt.
Cook for 5 minutes.
Add cornmeal slowly, stir continuously to avoid lumps.
Cook for 8 minutes or until water dries out.
This should be moist, add additional water base on your preference.
Eat with favorite protein dish.

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Jamaican Bobsled Team Qualifies for Sochi Winter Olympics: Let’s cheer them on

Jamaican two-man bobsled team Winston Watts - the pilot and Marvin Dixon – the brakeman has qualified once again for the 2014 winter Olympics.  Winston came out of  retirement to represent his country for the last time and will make history as the oldest pilot of this race at the Olympics. Unfortunately, the four-man team did not make it hopefully, we will see them in the next Olympic.

Notable Delightful Jamaican Flavors: US Citizens with Jamaican Decent Part 1

Claude McKay

Claude McKay - born in  Clarendon, Jamaica. A world  renown writer and poet. Famously known poem "If we must die"  

Mrs Usain Bolt

Is Bolt the next Tyler Perry; giving Madea some serious competition Bolt is set to star in what we could describe as an iconic and awe-inspiring advertisement campaign by Virgin Media in the United Kingdom. 

Sting 2013: 30th Anniversary

Lady Saw

Sting 2013 was a vast improvement over last year’s lackluster show. The organizers out did themselves by balancing the show with many new talent, veteran artists and American rappers for the 30^th anniversary. The production was excellent with great lighting and sound.

Boxing Day

Oh well, while many in the common wealth countries get a day to unwind (or should I say an extended party day) after Christmas we here in the USA have to go back on the job. Boxing Day is celebrated by over 53 commonwealth countries to include Canada, New Zealand, Australia, United Kingdom and Jamaica. 

Jamaican Christmas Traditions

Please remember why we celebrate –  Jesus Christ. He was born so he could die to save us from our sins. In some countries they are removing prayers from many institutions, they are trying to take Christ out of Christmas. As Christians (whether born-again or not) we have a duty to keep this holy tradition alive.

Jamaican Christmas Fruit & Rum Cake

Soaked Fruits

1 cup golden raisins

2 cups regular raisins

1 cup prunes

1 cup currants

1 bottle Red Label Wine, 750 ml

1 cup white rum