http://chennette.net/2006/01/04/the-trini-doubles/ Trini food enthusiast, traveling around the Caribbean, sharing my tales, meals and photos. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://chennette.net/2006/01/04/the-trini-doubles/#comment-64 TriniGourmet.com » Blog Archive » Rachael Ray’s Travel Tidbits - Trinidad and Tobago (video) Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:42:15 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=12#comment-64 [...] Best on-the-go grub: A “doubles” (shown above) is a sandwich that starts with a piece of fried, split-pea bread, called bara. [...] [...] Best on-the-go grub: A “doubles” (shown above) is a sandwich that starts with a piece of fried, split-pea bread, called bara. [...]

]]> http://chennette.net/2006/01/04/the-trini-doubles/#comment-67 TriniGourmet.com » Blog Archive » Trinidad “Sweet Hand” Cuisine (From American Eagle Latitudes) Sun, 24 Dec 2006 20:52:13 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=12#comment-67 [...] 2. The author refers to a side dish of chopped long beans as bora. From her description I think she meant bodi. She may also have been thinking of bara (the buns in a doubles) or she may have been making it up at the last minute… I have no clue what bora is besides an island in the South Pacific! (Update! Chennette has provided the answer to the bora mystery!) [...] [...] 2. The author refers to a side dish of chopped long beans as bora. From her description I think she meant bodi. She may also have been thinking of bara (the buns in a doubles) or she may have been making it up at the last minute… I have no clue what bora is besides an island in the South Pacific! (Update! Chennette has provided the answer to the bora mystery!) [...]

]]> http://chennette.net/2006/01/04/the-trini-doubles/#comment-66 chennette Sat, 18 Nov 2006 16:17:11 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=12#comment-66 While in Barbados, I learned to like fish cake, fried flying fish and orange looking macaroni pie (some people put ketchup in it). And to buy doubles in the airport on the way in and out. A tradition that has stayed with me while in Guyana now. While in Barbados, I learned to like fish cake, fried flying fish and orange looking macaroni pie (some people put ketchup in it). And to buy doubles in the airport on the way in and out. A tradition that has stayed with me while in Guyana now.

]]> http://chennette.net/2006/01/04/the-trini-doubles/#comment-65 wonder weakling Sat, 18 Nov 2006 14:51:47 +0000 http://chennette.net/?p=12#comment-65 Damn Barbados and its lack of doubles... I think I'll cry now! Damn Barbados and its lack of doubles… I think I’ll cry now!

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