The Flavors of Geera Pork: A Caribbean Delicacy
This is, my friends, Brian’s tasty geera pork recipe.
This is, my friends, Brian’s tasty geera pork recipe.
Here is our Trini twist to spagetti and meat balls.
Garlic pork or Carne Vinha D’Alhos or better known as Calvinadage was brought to our Trinbagonian shores by the Portuguese and Madeirans.
Cooking pork is really a time honoured tradition here in Trinidad and Tobago, especially around Christmas time.
Cooking wild meat i.e. agouti (Dasyprocta leporina), lappe, deer, wild hog, manicou, iguana etc. in Trinidad is an art in itself and it differs a little from the normal stewing of chicken and beef.
Like pigfoot souse, chicken foot souse is another “liming food” we Trinis love to eat and I have to stress on the “love to eat”. Wherever there is a lime or a football match or a fete look out for chicken foot souse. The vendors could be seen with their souse in a large “pigtail bucket“* stirring with a “pot spoon“** to get at the chicken feet that may have sunk to the bottom of the bucket, while they “organize” a cup for a customer or two.
I’ve been meaning to post about oxtail for some time now but every time I go to the supermarket to shop I always forget to pick up a pack. But this time I didn’t, and I made a favourite dish among us Trinidadians. Of course I’m talking about stewed ox tail.
Have you ever heard of Souse? Souse is a way we Trinis pickle meat or trimmings, usually pig’s feet, cow tongue, chicken feet etc., by marinating it in water, seasoned with onions, cucumbers, pepper, salt and other seasonings. the process is simple and doesn’t take long to prepare. The marinating is also short, as compared to overnight marinating that some recipes require.
This is another method of geera – ing meat. The last time, I showed you all how to do this using pork. This time I chose to use chicken because not everyone eats pork.
Stew eggplant has been a wonderful recipe that I have enjoyed cooking from time to time. It makes a great side dish by itself or with an accompanying meat to be served with rice.
Curry beef with potatoes is such a versatile dish. It goes great with rice, paratha roti or dhal puri roti, and it is simple to prepare.
Shepherd’s pie! Ever wondered where it came from? Well, I did some rummaging around the net and was surprised at how much history this dish had.