Fresh Ackee

Ackee and Saltfish Recipe

Ackee and Saltfish is the National Dish of Jamaica is much loved as a breakfast, lunch or dinner meal and is easy to prepare and a pleasure to eat…

Prospect Plantation - Camel and trainer

Prospect Plantation – Jamaica

Prospect Plantation is picturesque and full of Jamaican flora, facts and history. There are a few surprises too, as it’s not all about sedate jitney rides through the grounds…

Guinness Punch Ingredients

Jamaican Guinness Punch Recipe

Guinness or Dragon Punch is delicious and oh so moreish and is easily one of my favourite Jamaican drinks. Sweet, bitter, cool and nourishing at the same time, with that kick of nutmeg and vanilla…. OMG, So good! You have to taste it to know.

Steamed Callaloo ready to eat

Jamaican Steamed Callaloo Recipe

Steamed Callaloo is both delicious and nutritious and is quick and easy to prepare, you can enjoy this dish with fried dumplings, rice or hard food…

Fry dumplings in oil until golden brown

Cook Fried Dumplings

Easy to follow recipe to cook delicious Jamaican style Fried Dumplings. Concise instructions for fool-proof results with suggestions of what to serve them with.

Beetle Jamaica camouflage

Bugs… I found a cool Beetle in Jamaica

 

[text_justify]Not a fan of insects? This beetle I found in Jamaica caught my eye as it was such a cool bug, but what is it?[/text_justify]

 

May is ‘Bug Month’ in Jamaica

 

[text_justify]After finding all kinds of bugs in my apartment in a matter of hours, my Jamaican friend commented in a knowing way that May is ‘Bug Month’ in Jamaica… Great, I have lived through many things but can I manage a whole month of bugs, insects and beetles?

I have a confession to make, after watching the animated movie ‘A Bugs Life’ I will never be able to look at bugs in the same way again (as long as we aren’t talking about cockroaches or slugs). The film cleverly depicts bugs with big characters and personalities, so when I see them now I always think about their daily escapades in the big wide world and think twice about killing them.

With this in mind I was especially intrigued to see this strange looking bug in my apartment today and thought it looked pretty cool. I don’t recall ever seeing one before, but as far as bugs go it was quite beautiful on closer inspection!  My Jamaican friend couldn’t remember the name of it, but they did comment that it left a horrible scent if it walked on you, so although I wanted to rescue it back outdoors I didn’t want it to touch me. Grabbing a small punched tin tea light holder I scooped it up and took it outside, but the more I looked at it, the more I loved the ‘design’ of the bug.

 

 

The ‘unidentified’ bug was a fantastic shape and appeared to mimic a leaf, maybe as a means of camouflage. It was mottled green on its back, with bright lime and purple coloured lines around the edges of the tough wing case and the translucent wing tips were visible and neatly folded over one another underneath. The head had two curious looking ‘horns’ that looked like the ‘stem’ of a leaf… another camouflage technique?  When I looked at the photographs up close I realised that it looked as if it had four eyes, two of which were large and grey in colour and on the sides of the long face, with two smaller black eyes nearer to the back of the ‘face’.

If anyone knows the local name of the bug please let me know…[/text_justify]

 

Jamaican food - Red Herring and Hard Food

Jamaican Food – Red Herring and Hard Food Recipe

Jamaicans love to eat ‘cooked food’ at any time of the day and although this meal takes a little longer to prepare, it takes little time to eat… It makes a perfect breakfast recipe if you are really hungry! Wholesome, filling and delicious, you too can cook this meal by following the easy steps

Jamaican food - Salt fish fritters

Cook Saltfish Fritters – Stamp and Go

Stamp and Go or Saltfish Fritters are quick and easy to prepare and cook and are delicious to eat. They can be enjoyed for breakfast, as a snack or as an appetiser at an event, as they are prefect Caribbean finger food.

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