Comments on: Some Food From Guyana

By: beenzzz

beenzzz — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:35:49 +0000

Fish cakes are delicious! My mother also made fried plantains with a pepper sauce rub!

By: chennette

chennette — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:01:29 +0000

That combination sounds like it would be interesting. And spiciness can’t hurt!

By: Mani

Mani — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:42:22 +0000

Chennette, some of the best fried plantains I have ever had were from Ghana – Kele Wele they called them. Kele Wele is plantains marinated in grated ginger, cayene pepper and salt then fried. If you like spice and heat, you’ll like those.

By: Cranky Putz

Cranky Putz — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:29:18 +0000

Fish cutlets were a staple in my child hood. I remember as a kid going to party, thinking they were meat, picking them with glee, sinking my teeth into them, and then realising they were fish…

By: chennette

chennette — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:09:19 +0000

I think they use green plantains, which is why it’s a bit dry. They serve the usual suspects as far as condiments go – ketchup, mayo, mustard, pepper sauce – I just don’t like those things for fries. Now a lime sauce sounds very interesting.

By: clubsodaandsalt

clubsodaandsalt — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:24:24 +0000

Do they use green or ripe plantains for the chips? I’d think that if you used an almost-ripe plantain, you could get a good texture going.

Plantains + ketchup sounds nasty, though. I think some kind of spicy lime sauce (like you always run into at Thai places) would work better.

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Global Voices Online » Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana: Tasty Dishes — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 13:07:53 +0000

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By: chennette

chennette — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 03:25:23 +0000

Thanks for the info Cynthia. Actually, come to think of it, I do remember the parents talking about no potatoes in Guyana when I was younger (possibly threatening to send us there when we didn’t eat our local ground provisions…). But lack of access to ingredients inspires creativity. It’s an interesting process. Like making “apple” pie using christopene (cho-cho) because there were times when imported fruits like apples were restricted or expensive.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:20:59 +0000

Yeah the Guyanese fish cake is very different and it is made with fresh fish. The first time I ordered fish cakes in B’dos I was surprised by what I got and but Bajan fish cakes are among my favourites. I like to have it hot with sour and lots of pepper.

There was one time in Guyana when potatoes were either banned or the cost probhibitive and so all the fast food places started using green plantains to serve as chips along with chicken etc. It does go down better with ketchup.

I do love a piece of fried bangamary. I miss having that here in B’dos. While we get the fish over here, it is frozen and not always that fresh.

I am neither a chocolate or cake lover but when I do have the desire, I like to indulge is an excellent piece of chocolate cake – which is usually hard to come by but I am definitely going to follow your recommendation and try the Waini River Chocolate Cake.

Thank you for this post!

By: trinimom

trinimom — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:19:58 +0000

Enjoy your much needed holidays in the UK and especially the catching up with your friends ……
Waini River Chocolate Cake is the favourite cake of the grand daughter as well?
I understand she loves chocolate cake and also anything chocolate as well.
Now one wonders………………Lilandra …….