Comments on: T&T Mango Festival

By: Chennette

Chennette — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 22:41:41 +0000

I like kuchela in a cheese sandwich – you should try it And some people eat it in roti or doubles – which is like our version of sandwiches, so I guess it’s all relative
I talk a little about jedra here

By: umar

umar — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:11:46 +0000

or yuh mean an nice lil mango/pomm-ci-tey chow and thing is pickles, but just in we own local flavor? Even d kuchila/amchar….hmmm; well i learn something today. But you ain’t ketching no trini dead putting no kuchila/amchar on they burgers/sandwich though…..could guarantee yuh dat. Jaddrah???… i never hear no trini talk bout dat. Gyul you does mentioning all kinda food i never hear bout

By: trinimom

trinimom — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:48:21 +0000

Lol….have you never had pomme-cey-terre peeled and soaked in salted water with garlic, bandaniya and hot hot peppersand a dash of vinegar, our local pickle. Since I was small this has been sold at schools….and our preserved plums and mango piecesas as well.
And do not forget amchar and kuchela…they are all pickled fruits but done in different ways.
I grew up though with home-pickled cucumbers which were eaten with Jaddrah(lentils, rice and bulgur wheat cooked together)…but when my father’s BP went high it was stopped…lol.

By: umar

umar — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:21:35 +0000

I know i might be kinda late on this post, but i had a conversation yesterday with a woman and just came to realize as big as pickles are in this country, i never heard of it until i came here. So seeing that you might be the best person to ask this , do Trinis eat/serve pickles?

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:26:28 +0000

Man I wish I could be there. Take nuff pics and share with us.

By: S. Coop

S. Coop — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:25:37 +0000

Looks like Gayelle is the official station for the mango Festival. http://www.gayelletv.com/trinidadmangofestival2009.html. Hrmmm.

By: Chennette

Chennette — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:17:00 +0000

TB – ah, now a CHUTNEY festival – can you imagine? mango (raw and cooked), tamarind, coconut, cucumber, pommecythere, anybody every try a guava chutney? There could be a competition for the most innovative base ingredient of a chutney – the hottest chutney (music excluded) – the best dipping chutney as opposed to the ones that are like a side dish in themselves. Ahhh, and the pholourie and pies and doubles and bake and shark etc to go with them…Ok, i hungry now…and I don’t reach in Trinidad until tomorrow afternoon!

Aka – I wish I could tell you what calendar I was using, but boy, I have no clue…unless it’s the one that says “time to take a vacation!”

By: aka_lol

aka_lol — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:34:14 +0000

Thanks for the info and the day-change. I was still trying to figure out what year

By: Tamarind Ball

Tamarind Ball — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:13:28 +0000

I’ll be there! [Mangoes and Tamarind - that what chutneys are made of!] lol!

By: Chennette

Chennette — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:34:01 +0000

I thought of you actually when I saw St Augustine – I am not sure I will be home for this, but maybe family members will visit. So would love to see photos!

As for podina, I have always known it to be Spanish Thyme. I wish I knew the origin of the name podina though!