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| Chicken Foot .......delicacy????? |
About a year ago, Anne Vanderhoof
and Steve , from “Receta”, of “Embarrassment of Mangoes” fame, persuaded Jesse
James (friend of cruisers and Maxi Taxi operator extraordinaire), to take them
on a tour of Trini to explore the unique foods, flavours and cuisine in the
less visited and off the tourist map parts of the island.
Now Jesse is the official
Seven Seas Cruising Association host, apart from running his “Members Only”
Maxi Taxi business, regular weekly shopping trips, island tours, airport
shuttles etc etc. He also runs the Cruisers net on vhf 68 on one day a week,
has a wealth of knowledge, and is an all round great guy, as well as being an
astute entrepreneur.
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| Coral Cove gourmets!! |
No surprise then, that this
“Taste of Trini” tour has grown into one of the most popular and unique island
tour available! We booked one such tour with Jesse, and had the added bonus of
being accompanied by a fun crowd of Coral Cove residents we had got to know
really well.
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| Lunch at Manzanilla Beach |
The tour combines a route
around the back waters of Trinidad , rarely if ever seen by tourists, and what can only
be described as a gastronomic endurance marathon! We were warned not to have
breakfast before we left, and with good reason! Within minutes we were into
Coconut bakes and the famous “Doubles”, which turned out to be the first two of
the 64 dishes and foods that we ate/tasted that day to break the previous
“Taste of Trini” record!
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| Hot on D' Spot doubles |
Other dishes and delicacies
included saltfish Bulghol, Sada Roti, Callalloo soup, Tomato Choka, and Cow-heel
soup.
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| Cow Heel soup |
Buss up shot, (a sort of
smashed up roti), Barfi, (an Indian desert fudge)????, Alloo pie (potato based)
and BBQ’d Pigs tails followed.
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| Pig tails on the braai |
Pig Foot and Chicken Foot
Souse were also on offer, and had to be tried, but neither topped the pops in
either visual or gastronomic appeal !
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| Pig and chicken feet souse |
A number of dishes were
highly spiced and hot. Dave was foolish enough to accept a challenge from Jesse
to try a fiendishly hot Polouri and hot mango chutney dish……..
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| I can do this!!!! |
He managed to get through it
…just… turned a kind of puce/purple colour, and broke out into a lather of
sweat! Alloo pie was served to put out the fire, but Dave was still complaining
about the “ring of fire” two days later at the Friday Braai!
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