@seignet posted:i love to have some freshly baked guyanese pastry. i got to buy it though, it aint going to get baked for me.
There r several youtube videos/recipes ..ive tried a few n it wasnt too bad. Recently i experimented with frozen puff pastry n made cheese rolls n cream cheese danish n they were ok !
Whn i was a child..primary sch days, these plums were much bigger! Sour if not fully ripe though..it ‘edge’ yr teeth
Spondias mombin, also known as yellow mombin or hog plum is a species of tree and flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the tropical Americas, including the West Indies. The tree was introduced by the Portuguese in South Asia in the beginning of the 17th century. It has been naturalized in parts of Africa, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, The Bahamas, Indonesia, and other Caribbean islands. It is rarely cultivated except in parts of the Brazilian Northeast.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Genus: | Spondias |
| Species: | S. mombin |
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| Spondias mombin | |
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The mature fruit has a leathery skin and a thin layer of pulp.
In Thailand this fruit is called makok (Thai: มะกอก) and is used in som tam as a secondary ingredient. The young leaves, which taste slightly bitter and sour, are sometimes served raw together with certain types of nam phrik (Thai chili pastes). It is also served with chili powder in Bangladesh where the fruit is known as আমড়া (amṛa). In Assamese it is called omora. In Nepal this fruit is called lapsi.
Cururu ?? Awara cousin?? I loved this..more than awara as it wasnt stringy n didnt mess up yr teeth
wht did u guys call it? Cuyu?? 
@seignet posted:Down in Cambridge we doan have fresh anything Guyanese. You buy the tennis roll from the West Indian store or a bakery?
Cambridge on Main St in GT was a wilddd place with the loose women.
Once while out for a few sprints before a cycling meet next day, I happened to be going by there. Man, yo boy Cain notice women on the stairs, plying their wares and decided to do one last sprint going by so I got off the saddle, dropped my head practically over the handlebars, bounced the rear wheel which gives it an extra spin then zoooom...tarasssss. Instead of zooming away my chain decide jus so fi break. Over the handlebars yo boy went..skidded on my chest. As I picked myself up one of the women yelled out, "do it again putagee... I'll gi you twenty five cents."
Needless to say I couldn't compete the next day because of my bike and I being busted up.
@cain posted:Cambridge on Main St in GT was a wilddd place with the loose women.
Once while out for a few sprints before a cycling meet next day, I happened to be going by there. Man, yo boy Cain notice women on the stairs, plying their wares and decided to do one last sprint going by so I got off the saddle, dropped my head practically over the handlebars, bounced the rear wheel which gives it an extra spin then zoooom...tarasssss. Instead of zooming away my chain decide jus so fi break. Over the handlebars yo boy went..skidded on my chest. As I picked myself up one of the women yelled out, "do it again putagee... I'll gi you twenty five cents."
Needless to say I couldn't compete the next day because of my bike and I being busted up.
25cents ..
Yep..a whole quarter to do it again. I'm surprised she didn't offer a bob (if memory is correct..that was 10cents)
That last fruit was juicy and sour wasn't it? If it is what I think it is, I never liked it much.
@cain posted:Yep..a whole quarter to do it again. I'm surprised she didn't offer a bob (if memory is correct..that was 10cents)
That last fruit was juicy and sour wasn't it? If it is what I think it is, I never liked it much.
Yes the plums r tangy sour-sweet(very sour if not fully ripe but nice n juicy .. its like lemonade kinda sweet ! )
‘bob’ is 25cents/ quarter
2 bob =50 cents .. matinee bill for ‘pit’ or did ‘ pit’ cost 1 bob? ?
Well some people like to be Mr show off and next thing u know bicycle and all gone flying…it’s a good thing u name not Lulu eh Cainstah😹🍑😁
Jane, u all had ‘ban kariela’ growing on the rice bed bank?
Halibut and chips on the menu for tonight. At one time we paid about $15 for one piece fish an chips..now $20+
@Wildflower posted:Jane, u all had ‘ban kariela’ growing on the rice bed bank?
Ban karaila grew wild.. nobidy used that.. we had plenty green in the backdam . Parents sold wholesale ie by the ‘bags’ (squash, baigan) or basket (tomatoes, ochro, bora, bhaji, seim)
ps .. we called it ‘dam bed’ ie the land around the ricefield where we planted
@Wildflower posted:Well some people like to be Mr show off and next thing u know bicycle and all gone flying…it’s a good thing u name not Lulu eh Cainstah😹🍑😁
Trying to impress d ladies eh !!
wht a vision!!
Yall makin joke about my pains nuh.
@cain posted:Halibut and chips on the menu for tonight. At one time we paid about $15 for one piece fish an chips..now $20+
Cainstah u ever had fish n chips from High Street Fish n chips down near Lawrence and Underhill? It’s really good and I am sure it’s more than $20! Or maybe not
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