The Original Old Farts Club

[user 60570]

yeah , we had plantains and Johnny cake in Jamaica mon for lunch it was fried codfish and ackee

 

[giggy]

Never had plantains that I know of, but I have ate my share of other things like pok-salad probably didn't spell it right and you don't have to spell it to eat it. Lots of different wild greens and onions, am planning on some dandelion greens next spring. May have to find some plantains and give it a try.

 

[user 60570]

not that I watch any woke NFL = Not For Long

 

[giggy]

^^^my team snd my favorite coach^^^

 

[user 60570]

 

[Unca Walt]

if you're gonna make plantains you MUST saute them in a pan...any other way isn't gonna give you the carmelization and chewy bits...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There it is.

 

[Unca Walt]

yeah , we had plantains and Johnny cake in Jamaica mon for lunch it was fried codfish and ackee

Oh, Lordy!! Do I ever love breadfruit, fried codfish and aki...

 

[boo]

please explain johnny cakes and aki...

 

[giggy]

Johnny cakes are like a small cornmeal flat bread.

Google says ackee is a fruit.

 

[user 60570]

time for some hot coffee so I can cool off….whew!…and one wow!..

 

[user 60570]

please explain johnny cakes and aki...

watch the video above

 

[user 60570]

Johnny cakes are like a small cornmeal flat bread.

Google says ackee is a fruit.

watch the video above , an actual Jamaican human cook

 

[giggy]

Ones I've had over the years were more like a fry bread just with cornmeal, never had em like a dumpling.

 

[Hippie420]

Either one is making me hungry.

 

[Unca Walt]

Hey @boo -- Some trivia I picked up in Jamaica about 55 years ago:

Aki <-- which is delicious in a salad, or baked, or fried with cod is deadly poisonous. TINS.

It is banned from import by the FDA. Even canned <-- Except there are some canned Aki brands on the market that have gotten the "green stamp" from the FDA as safe. The reason even canned Aki is not necessarily safe is that the canning process does not remove the poison -- you just can the poison.

"...there’s this thing called Jamaican vomiting sickness (JVS), and it’s pretty self explanatory. The illness starts within 2-12 hours of consuming unripe ackee, or its pods or seeds.

Symptoms include vomitting, loss of consciousness, and seizures. Without immediate supportive care, death can result.
In a three month period of 2001 in Haiti there were 60 cases of poisoning due to ackee, resulting in 36 deaths. So the threat is very real."

I found out about it when I saw a Jamaican lady smack a little kid hard, about five times -- for picking up a partially-opened aki fruit laying under a tree. If the kid had put it in his mouth...

 

[Tattered Old Graywolf]

Good Moonday morning well aged farts and fartesses! Let the mooning begin!

 

[NewbOldster]

You have an air fryer? That would be the best way. I have just microwaved them but not as good as air fryer. They taste like you just made them

I think I'm the only one left on the planet that doesn't have an air fryer. lol

 

[NewbOldster]

Never had plantains that I know of, but I have ate my share of other things like pok-salad probably didn't spell it right and you don't have to spell it to eat it. Lots of different wild greens and onions, am planning on some dandelion greens next spring. May have to find some plantains and give it a try.

I think it's 'poke salad' - an elderly lady down the road was walking by one day and asked if she could grab some of the "weeds" that were at the back of my yard, at the edge of my now-long-gone woods. I told her surely.

Couple hours later, she came back with a big, steaming hot bowl of what looked like spinach, topped with egg pieces, bacon, and a splash of vinegar. It was delicious! She pointed out the "poke" plants to me.

https://morningchores.com/growing-pokeweed/

 

[SubmarineGirl]

 

[RosterMan]

I think it's 'poke salad' - an elderly lady down the road was walking by one day and asked if she could grab some of the "weeds" that were at the back of my yard, at the edge of my now-long-gone woods. I told her surely.I have

Couple hours later, she came back with a big, steaming hot bowl of what looked like spinach, topped with egg pieces, bacon, and a splash of vinegar. It was delicious! She pointed out the "poke" plants to me.

https://morningchores.com/growing-pokeweed/

I have a large patch of it in my back yard
I always thought it was poisonous, but now I see the younger plants can be eaten at the right time of the year. I would not chance it unless I knew more about it myself.