Short list....

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Originally posted by Dougan:
Short list....

Thought so too...

The fish cake recipe looks good.

fish cakes made with yams!!.....interesting.

i always use potatoes.

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Originally posted by Villagebelle:
fish cakes made with yams!!.....interesting.

i always use potatoes.

VB- seems like someone is re-posting recipes from http://guyanaoutpost.com/recipes/recipes-f.shtml#Fish

No cheezestraw recipe, schewwps.

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Originally posted by cain:
No cheezestraw recipe, schewwps.

From: www.guyanaoutpost.com

Cheese Straws
Ingredients
6 oz butter
8 oz flour
8 oz (2 cups) grated cheese
½ tsp salt
½ tsp pepper, optional
1 tsp. mustard
2 eggs, separate yolks from white
¼ cup cold water
Preparation

* Rub the butter into the flour. Add the grated cheese, salt, pepper and mustard and mix thoroughly.
* Add beaten egg yolks and cold water to make a stiff dough.
* Roll out about ¼ in thick. Cut into strips 2½ in x ½ in and twist like "twittlers" or make into any variety of shapes desired.
* Place the straws on a baking sheet and bake at 400°F for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.

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Originally posted by Villagebelle:
fish cakes made with yams!!.....interesting.

i always use potatoes.

I think those recipes came from 'What cooking in Guyana', they were written at a time when lots of foreign foods were banned, hence fresh fish instead of saltfish, yams intead of white potatoes etc.

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Originally posted by kwaku:

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Originally posted by Villagebelle:
fish cakes made with yams!!.....interesting.

i always use potatoes.

I think those recipes came from 'What cooking in Guyana', they were written at a time when lots of foreign foods were banned, hence fresh fish instead of saltfish, yams intead of white potatoes etc.

Move to the head of the class - Kawku.

I have a copy of "What's Cooking in Guyana" Brought it with me to NY - 1981.

I remember making mashed yam or cassava to serve as mashed potatoes.

Making Cassava chips et al in Guyana.

Using channa to make cook-up rice...

I've seen a recent edition with coloured pictures.