Whom has shared recipes for traditional Jerked Chicken with Peas and Rice.
During my cooking session with Anai...I was grateful to find realize that there was a way to decrease the "heat" of The Jerk for this non-Jamaican palate, as well as learning that the "peas" in the fore-mentioned rice dish were small red kidney bean or black beans.
The secret to the Jerk was to simply omit the Scotch Bonnet Peppers.
The Beans and Rice was made with coconut milk.
Now, on to The Ruins!
Tour
https://youtu.be/Amp0LRflxZI?si=kq8Nb5eZw1pV7a-A
Existing from the 18th Century or before
Slavery was banned here in 1833.
By 1923 the plantation produced its last sugar.
This was in part because the (free) slave labor was gone,
but mostly because it was impossible for the cane
sugar to compete with the much cheaper beet sugar
being produced elsewhere.
Today the rain forest, weeds and jungle has
taken over the ruins and you must hack through
with a machete to see a lot of what is left.
See everyone next week!
