Beach Party

Monday and Tuesday were carnival here in Grenada so everyone is off work. Beverly Lewis invited us to the beach party she was having for the kids from Old Westerhall. We ran by town and picked up the Ross boys then went to the BBC beach. Beverly had a giant pot of Oildown going--that's the national dish of Grenada. Lots of you have asked me about the food-here is what's in it. Breadfruit (sliced up), onion, garlic, peppers, chicken (legs and thighs), pork (Bev used pig tails), any meat left in fridge that you want to put in (some have salted ham), potatoes if you want, and callaloo (a green leafy vegetable-big leaves). You boil all of that with tumeric, salt, and pepper. The broth from meats thickens up and everything cooks. At the end you add homemade dumplings (flour and water mixed in firm ball, then rolled out into cigar shaped dumplings and dropped into pot). When all of that has cooked for about 30 minutes, you plate it up. I thought it was delicious and I wasn't sure at first!! We ate the whole thing! I wished for more callaloo! Maybe next time!