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Celebrating Bajan Food during November!

by Christina
11/11/2020

I feel like I end up saying this phrase quite often to people, “In Barbados…”, and some random Barbadian fact comes out. Either about our customs, cuisine or just how everyday life is. I’m sure you can put two and two together to figure out I’m from Barbados. Yes, yes, that’s the island in the Caribbean where Rihanna is from. And NO, we are not all on the same landmass as Jamaica, but rather very far away in our little Caribbean Sea. November is the month of our independence from English rule, which ended in 1966.

As we celebrate our 54th year of independence, I’ve decided to share some Bajan delicacies with you all. Barbadian cuisine has evolved from African, Indian, European (English, Irish, Portuguese) and even South American influences. It’s delicious food and anyone who tells you otherwise doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Hopefully, you can either try to make them at home or come to Barbados to experience them.

The perfect chocolate chip cookies without an electric mixer!

The Perfect (no-electric mixer) Chocolate Chip cookies

by Christina
20/04/2020

I have a big secret… I’m a nutritionist with a big sweet tooth.

I mean, nothing’s wrong with that once I can control it. I’ve been this way from since I was little and I doubt that’ll change any time soon. I’ve actually been visiting le BF in Namibia for some weeks now and though I’m quite impressed by the selection of pastries here – pre-lockdown, of course – it’s been a while since I’ve been away from my usual sweet fixings.

Unfortunately, I’ve been craving some chocolate chip cookies for 3, maybe 4 weeks. We finally bought some from the store, and gosh were they weird and lacking chocolate. Le BF seemed to enjoy them, although they were rock hard. Definitely not what I was expecting from a cookie unless it’s a Bajan Rough Top.

I can’t quite get a taste for the cookies here. I don’t know what it is, but it seems that all of what I’ve tried are really sweet, dry with a slightly coconutty taste. And I feel like they’re missing something – aside from moisture – but I don’t know what it is. It’s a bit weird!

Fed up, I decided I’ll make some chocolate chip cookies and searched for dark chocolate each time we did a quick supermarket run. For the essentials, you know. Then last week I finally found a 500g bar in SPAR for N$46 (which is BB$5 or US$2.50). Not bad at all!