Yardies, at home and a farrin (part 8)

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

These are the things I've seen them taken from people,

Unpelled (sp) sugar cane, unroasted breadfruit, mangoes, pears, green pepper, unshelled ackee, yams, neasberries, guenip, starapples, june plums, uncooked (raw) fish), PORK (cooked), seeds, plants, overproofed rum

Geesh

Why in the world would they take the rum? Is there a limit you can bring into the US? That's the only reason I can think of.

How do I describe it. What do they call it here "moonshine"....

[Marlita 0]

Trust me...those airline people must eat some wonderful food with all the stuff they confiscate.

They CLAIM that it's burned...to prevent fruit flies.

What?! Like we dont have fruit flies here too! The flies come from the parasite in the food. That cant be prevented. I hope they dont take his stuff. I brought bak pear last time. Its in my fridge waiting for him.

Ok yall, I am SICK TO MY STOMACH!! His plane has left and I never heard from him!! I am gonna vomit right now! Why didnt he call me?

Call from where? Ft. Lauderdale?

Yea, I told him to call when he lands.

[Yaads 0]

How do I describe it. What do they call it here "moonshine"....

Ohhhh ok. That makes total sense. So it wasn't of the processed and bottled variety.

[*SunRay* 1]

Trust me...those airline people must eat some wonderful food with all the stuff they confiscate.

They CLAIM that it's burned...to prevent fruit flies.

What?! Like we dont have fruit flies here too! The flies come from the parasite in the food. That cant be prevented. I hope they dont take his stuff. I brought bak pear last time. Its in my fridge waiting for him.

Ok yall, I am SICK TO MY STOMACH!! His plane has left and I never heard from him!! I am gonna vomit right now! Why didnt he call me?

Call from where? Ft. Lauderdale?

Yea, I told him to call when he lands.

What time does he arrive Lita? It will be ok, just relax girl.

[Shemmy 4]

Happy Monday! I'm wishing for this week to FLY by.

Hi KK Any particular reason you are wanting the week to fly by?

Next month is Anniversary!!!! Can't wait to get October behind me. It wasn't a bad month..just dragging.

Are you going to do something special?

I wanted to do something romantic last weekend but I'm running out of ideas. Any suggestion?

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

How do I describe it. What do they call it here "moonshine"....

Ohhhh ok. That makes total sense. So it wasn't of the processed and bottled variety.

Exactly, from the sugarcane factory.

[jawi876 2]

Lita don't stress too much. I once packed my Digicel phone in my checked luggage like a nut. Then, I racked up a huge bill with my home carrier sitting in the airport. When A went to Canada, he gave his phone to his mother to maintain his number and use the nice nice pretty phone. LOL

I'm sure he is anxious to get to you...and will call you as soon as he can. I wish I could be there with you at the airport like I was with Wakey. I was more anxious and nervous than she was.

Hey Yardie...I stayed home today...still in pain but that has pretty much become my life for the last year or so. Thanks for asking.

Hey Honey...Lawny...Kimmy...Sunny...what's with all the NYs at the ends of your names? LOL

Hey Jahlove, Jomo, Roxcie...

[1luv 1]

Happy Monday! I'm wishing for this week to FLY by.

Hi KK Any particular reason you are wanting the week to fly by?

Next month is Anniversary!!!! Can't wait to get October behind me. It wasn't a bad month..just dragging.

Are you going to do something special?

I wanted to do something romantic last weekend but I'm running out of ideas. Any suggestion?

I serously need help in this department as well

[SupportOAFJF 0]

These are the things I've seen them taken from people,

Unpelled (sp) sugar caneCANNOT HAVE THE BUMPP, unroasted breadfruit, mangoes,pears, green pepper, unshelled ackee, yams, neasberries, guenip, starapplesCANNOT HAVE THE SEED, june plums(ALWAYS BRING THEM TAKE THEM OFF THE SEED, uncooked (raw) fish)(NOBODY BETTAH NO SIDUNG NEZXT TO MI ARE AVE DEMSUITCASE NEXT TO MINE WID NO RASS RAS FISH, PORK (cooked), seeds, plants(NOT ALLOWED, overproofed rum(ALLOWED HAS A MINIMUM..WHITE RUM IS OVER PROOF)

[TRELAWNY PARISH 10]

Lita don't stress too much. I once packed my Digicel phone in my checked luggage like a nut. Then, I racked up a huge bill with my home carrier sitting in the airport. When A went to Canada, he gave his phone to his mother to maintain his number and use the nice nice pretty phone. LOL

I'm sure he is anxious to get to you...and will call you as soon as he can. I wish I could be there with you at the airport like I was with Wakey. I was more anxious and nervous than she was.

Hey Yardie...I stayed home today...still in pain but that has pretty much become my life for the last year or so. Thanks for asking.

Hey Honey...Lawny...Kimmy...Sunny...what's with all the NYs at the ends of your names? LOL

Hey Jahlove, Jomo, Roxcie...

What's happening Jawiny?

[*JG* 2]

These are the things I've seen them taken from people,

Unpelled (sp) sugar cane, unroasted breadfruit, mangoes, pears, green pepper, unshelled ackee, yams, neasberries, guenip, starapples, june plums, uncooked (raw) fish), PORK (cooked), seeds, plants, overproofed rum

Geesh

Why in the world would they take the rum? Is there a limit you can bring into the US? That's the only reason I can think of.

Is it a carryon rule?

[Shemmy 4]

Ladies here you go.... KNOCK yourselves out

Blue Drawers

Blue Drawers, Duckunoo, or Tie Leaf are the names that are given to this boiled pudding of West African origin. Jamaicans are very fond of this starchy, green banana-based boiled pudding, which is enjoyed as a snack or dessert. Many people from different parts of the island use these names interchangeably when entertaining their guests or family members with this fare, whenever possible. Since I am from the eastern side of Jamaica, these names are the only ones that I can remember being used to name this delicious treat. And although these names were common, we were reluctant to use "blue drawers" in front of adults, fearing we would be admonished to have manners and respect... because using the word ‘drawers’ is slang for underwear. How this word became synonymous with a boiled pudding is still a mystery to me. I could speculate that ‘drawers’ are the banana leaf ties that are used to tie the prepared batter before it’s added to the boiling water, but that is just my guessing – honestly I don’t know why the name ‘blue drawers’ came about and I’ve never checked. With all that said, the taste is what we’re interested in…not history. Irie? Cool.

Another very important thing about blue drawers is that it is traditionally made with the banana leaves as the exclusive binder. However if you live in a place where banana leaves are not available, what do you do? Or even if you live somewhere where there is an ample supply of banana leaves but you’re not able to get any immediately…use aluminum foil.

And that’s how we will make this ‘blue drawers’…yah mon!

Blue Drawers:

2 cups Green Banana (grated)

1 cup Sweet Potatoes (grated)

1 cup Coconut Milk

1 tsp. Baking Powder

1 cup Brown Sugar

½ tsp. Salt

1 cup Flour

1 tsp. Vanilla Flavoring

4 tbsp. Raisins

2 tbsp. Cooking Oil

4” x 6” Aluminum Foil Sheets

Twine or Cord.

Note: This recipe calls for grated green bananas and sweet potatoes…please remove the skins from the vegetables before you grate them.

Use a large mixing bowl and add, the grated bananas, sweet potatoes, flour, baking powder, salt, and cooking oil. Use a wooden spoon to mix all the ingredients.

Warm the coconut milk on a low fire. Add the brown sugar and vanilla to the coconut milk and sweeten. Next, add the sweetened coconut milk to the rest of the ingredients and mix everything together until the batter is formed. In the meantime bring water to boil in a saucepot. Use the wooden spoon to add four to five spoonfuls of the batter to an aluminum sheet. Bring the two long sides of the sheet together to hold the batter in place. Fold them together to retain the batter inside. Fold the two ends of the sheet and tie the blue drawers with the twine, cut the excess twine.

This takes a little practice, so if you don’t get it at first, big deal. Do it again.

Repeat this process for the rest of the batter and then add all the blue drawers to the pot of boiling water. Let the pudding cook for about 45 minutes.

When the blue drawers are ready remove them from the boiling water and let them cool to room temperature.

Remove them from the aluminum sheets and serve as is or with ice cream. You can also eat them with a little honey and ground cinnamon.

YAH MON!

Thanks . Looks complicated but I'll try.

Potatoe pudding is YUMMY. Cornmeal was good as well.

[SupportOAFJF 0]

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Hey Honey...Lawny...Kimmy...Sunny...what's with all the NYs at the ends of your names? LOL

Hey Jahlove, Jomo, Roxcie...

hEY SWEETS...mine a MY..kikiii..did i make u smile

[*JG* 2]

Trust me...those airline people must eat some wonderful food with all the stuff they confiscate.

They CLAIM that it's burned...to prevent fruit flies.

What?! Like we dont have fruit flies here too! The flies come from the parasite in the food. That cant be prevented. I hope they dont take his stuff. I brought bak pear last time. Its in my fridge waiting for him.

Ok yall, I am SICK TO MY STOMACH!! His plane has left and I never heard from him!! I am gonna vomit right now! Why didnt he call me?

Call from where? Ft. Lauderdale?

Yea, I told him to call when he lands.

On his JA phone? or did you give him a new phone to use? Or tell him to call you collect? Andre's phone would not work once he left JA. Wouldn't work at all. We tried everything. And, that stupid thing was from the US and unlocked. New SIM card....we tried everything.

[1luv 1]

Anybody still hear from Gill aka forever young? how is she and hubby doing?

Edited October 27, 2008 by 1luv