Jamaicans love St. Vincent yam, and we reaped some here at Neita's Nest Bed and Breakfast yesterday. So you know what's cooking for breakfast on New Year's Eve! Care to join us?
I get a special thrill from cooking and eating home grown, unfertilized foods here at Neita's Nest. Growing up in St. Ann, Jamaica, a selection of ground provisions was always an optional side dish, but I would pass on that off-white, off-putting St. Vincent Yam. Until one Saturday when it was the ONLY staple which Mama served with her delicious salted cod fish cooked up with onions and tomatoes in that sweet, homemade coconut oil.
Protesting, I did take some yam. Then unashamedly, I went back for seconds. And thirds!
Dee-lishous! I am now a true home-grown Jamaican.
I get a special thrill from cooking and eating home grown, unfertilized foods here at Neita's Nest. Growing up in St. Ann, Jamaica, a selection of ground provisions was always an optional side dish, but I would pass on that off-white, off-putting St. Vincent Yam. Until one Saturday when it was the ONLY staple which Mama served with her delicious salted cod fish cooked up with onions and tomatoes in that sweet, homemade coconut oil.
Protesting, I did take some yam. Then unashamedly, I went back for seconds. And thirds!
Dee-lishous! I am now a true home-grown Jamaican.
