The way to Kunjufu's heart:

• Pumpkin Soup,(aka Big peoples soup) with yam, dumplings and mutton etc etc..
• Curry goat and rice n peas..I prefer (white long grain.)
• Peas soup (with dumplins and Yam.)
• Curry Chicken..
• Jerk Chicken (Jamdown styleee)
• Fried Dumplin..
• Fried Snapper (properly seasoned.)
• Ackee & salt Fish..
• Jalof (spelling) rice
• cornmeal porridge.

Ok if there are any women on this board who would like to apply for the position of my Virtual partner, in my virtual life...You need to able to cook some or all of the above any takers?

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@Chique

Thanks for all that info Chique. I have been guided to a book called "Fast Food Nation!". Think I;m a bit nervous about what I;ll find when I read it!! blkbrukteet

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@Locsgirl

A very good question with so many interesting replies. NuAmerican's take was good.

Although I like the French expression:

" A Man falls in Love with his EYES,

A Woman falls in Love with her EARS"

Now, For me personally I am already known to be a handy chef. Cooking is not a problem having been taught by a cook, and having been single for a time, more importantly having had a partner who was a bloody vegetarianblkbuttkick. She would alway invite Guests over and I would have to cook the Meal since she did not want to handle meat. Save mine of course blkexercise

Now, Apart from looking good - And God knows the Cosmetic industry is doing very well presently, a way to a Man's heart has to be the ability to be a Soul Mate, with a Femmine Spin. To be able tovoice ones thoughts without fear of condemation or misunderstanding of the context in which it was said. I.e the ability to listen. When a woman does that and looks Good.

She's got the man by the Ballsblk2kiss. The food aspect has been relegated to second division due to the supply of fast food, instant food and well, quite simply put, Grown up independant Men who can and always have looked after themselves since leaving home.

In short Men are more interested in Women who stimulate thier mind either intellectually, humourously, supportively, pleasurably, happyly or simply caringly rather than stimulating their appeitte.

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@Kareem

Yes baby (people around here have been scandalising you in your absent absolutely shocking if you ask mesmoking-devil)we put yam (you know yam the root veg, not that rubbish they sell in tins in America) pumpkin (not the ones usually on display in most stores in America typically used at halloween, the ones with the normally green skin) dashin another root veg, chow chow, breadfruit and lots of other things and for fiery people like me a nice scotch bonnet pepper bubbling on the top so it doesn’t burst.

Fredblack

You should see my mum eat fried fish she puts the head in her mouth and all you see is the motion of her mouth moving and then out of the side of her mouth the bones come flying out like pellets. Have to agree with you on the Guyanese cooking, but like all cooking its takes a good cook. I have two Guyanese friends and one can cook up a storm and the other……well lets put it this way I am never hungry if she asksblkhide. But the one who can cook I regularly give her my order for roti every two months without fail. My mother taught me how to make a mean stew peas (meatless) with spinners(small dumplings) its all about getting the correct amount of ginger in it for that bite in taste and then served with white rice.blkthumbsup

@ All

I have to say I love my ackee and saltfish but I absolutely hate when I go anywhere and see people cook ackee and saltfish and put bacon (pork) in it. That reallyblkangry me off because as Jamaica’s national dish it does not state Ackee and Saltfish (with pork).blknoway

Kunjufu I love soup big time, like I said over here or in the States I do not eat meat so its always the vegetarian version. But I make a mean fish tea (soup) that always gets a big belch after eating it, from the man. I only eat meat when I am home in Jamaica on my grandfathers land where they are raised naturally, and if I don’t get my soup on a Saturday the whole district will know I am not happy.

As far as I am concerned a soup is not soup without the dumplings big ones tooblkbrukteet. You know how much I love soup when I tell you don’t bother with a fancy bowl just put it in the big metal bowl with the chips and dents in it. You know the ones remember them from your childhood. Like AQ said in another thread you eat, belch then pass out on the sofa.bighairlol

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You should see my mum eat fried fish she puts the head in her mouth and all you see is the motion of her mouth moving and then out of the side of her mouth the bones come flying out like pellets blksmoke

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But a serious note if you want to go meatless and fishless the Caribbean is the place because there is so much variety of options that you don't miss meat. Got cousins who are rasta and never think about meat or fish etc when around them, because those boys can cook, proper tings without salt and rubbish and it tastes absolutely wicked and fills your backside choca. Those boys got bodies like body builders and they don't eat flesh just natural foods well prepared.

I agree have many friends who live in these communities back home, let me properly explain. I live a vegetarian lifestyle mostly and when I do eat chicken or meat its at celebrations, e.g. my grandfather always slaughters a goat or cow when the family is leaving to come back to the UK that sort of thing and weddings etc. So I didn’t want to sound hypocritical and say I don’t eat chicken or meat period. It was the rasta community in Jamaica that encouraged me not to cook with salt many years ago which I still practise today and they make the best run down (with coconut milk).blkthumbsup

One more thing bro my mum can crack a bone and suck out the marrow with suck finesse and style you just have to look at her in awe…………blessour mummiesdem worldwide.niceone.gif

@Kareem

You are really missing out on some true jewels of the Caribbean and Africa by not tasting some of these foods mentioned. I remember you mentioned you visited Caribbean food places for your curry goat why not try the soup instead on your next visit. Throw away those Campbell tin rubbish those are not our kind of soup. Even amongst the Africans soup means a different thing, to them it is usually the sauce which accompanies the meat.

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It seems only AfroAmerican and Caribbean men relish in the fact that they know how to cook because African and Asian men don't see this as a very fit thing to brag about. It's almost as bad as bragging about how strong and tough your wife is and how she can work all day...something AfroAmerican men used to brag about decades ago.

I can only use my father and male relatives in Jamaica as an example. We come from a farming background and it is very common for the men to sometimes, while in their ground (in the fields you would say) get some wood and pots and pans and just cook where they are. You have to remember these men love food and not everyone has a girl to cook for them all the time but still good food is a priority to them. Plus whenI was verysick and couldn't cook my man cooked for me and if it wasn't good I would take my last bit of energy and fling the food after him. Need good food to get better quicker you see.blkdevillol

When my father and all male members of the family cook because should the occasion ever arise they want to eat food just as good as what their mothers cooked for them. Kareem my cousin found a girl who he really liked and he taught her how to cook. He (as he says invested 1 year teaching her how to cook to his standard) now he just sits back and enjoys. Also over here in many restaurants there are male cooking the dishes. But going home I am sure it is the women who cooks, so its not so clear cut as you think. Its like Fredblack said in other thread he can cook but likes to know that his girl can cook and when he was courting it was his cooking skills that exposed a craving girl who……..had to goblkbuttkick……..drank all his juice and nyam all his food…….tut tut blkangrypure selfishness.

Kareem no yam and squash are two different things we have both over here. Man how can you ask me if I am sure (Kunjufu you need to get a emoticon that rolls its eyes). Btw I said breadfruit not grapefruit how you going to learn if you don’t pay attention.blkfishslap

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....Mafdet may try to get sassy with me from time to time but after I mistakenly played a little too rough with Chique and made her cry....I've been handling her with kid gloves ever since....and now look at her picture up there.

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See how she's smiling and at peace!

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I know yall been runnin' ya mouths......I peeped the other threads. But my question to YOU is do you wanna be me own special little candied yam...or do you wanna continue to be a big snaggle-tooth pumpkin like the rest of 'em? Halloween is comming soon, gotta hurry up and make a decision.

No not me, but if you ask nicely I am sure that maybe Demi might be a good candidate, now only if she was around the same time you are around you two could meet and introduce yourselves.blkdemon


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What the hell are them British men doing overthere making yall be so sweet??

[size=2][color=black]Well my bro it doesn't take much you know, but you do have to aleast buy the women some mod coms and proper ingrediants to cookwith you can't expect her to cook your feastwith (how did youput it now.......oh yeah ) TREE BARK AND SHIT!!! blknoway

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Fredblack

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Kareem

That would truely be the wrong kind of women. Although I do not know them personally but I bet you that Locsgirl, AQ , Chique and myself included couldn't even begin to tell you in words how we feel when our men turn to us and ask us if we can cook his special/favourite dish. Make you just drop what your doing and run down to the market to buy all the fresh ingrediants before he can even finish off the sentence......I ain't lying. Imagine just that one (of many I might addsmoking-devil) simple request.

Reading how this thread has progress and moved on in addition to what Fredblack has mentioned about culture and tradition got me thinking. Do you know I have memories of my mother pointing out what my father liked what was his favourite food when we went shopping. blktypeSitting here I can honestly tell you I know what my Grandfather, father and brothers favourite food is without fail. Like Fredblack said its all about tradition and culture do you know that even though we all have our own homes when we enter each others house if the lady of the house is not present we the females can walk into the kitchen and take over and prepare/dish food out for the men, regardless if the man of the house is present. That is the way I and my family has been raised. As big as my brother is when I visit him he will ask me to please dish out some food for him I have friends who have been raised the same way. Just the same as if my hubby is not around and I need something done at times I tell my brother what he needs to do before he has even taken off his coat....its all about give and take.

My brothers laugh at it but wouldn't have it any other way they know as soon as we enter their home (i come from a big family as you can tell) we head straight for their kitchen to inspect their cupboard, just like mama taught us to make sure they are eating properly.bighairlol

One more thing I would like to add even though this is about food we are talking about it just shows don't knock culture and tradition. Every partner that my family member has if they have not come from similar strong cultural background they have to adopt ours but we never lessen ourselves to theirs. That how I know my mother and father has done a damn good job in the way we were taught and raised. One of my brothers girl had so much problems connecting with us at first, even had the cheek in the earlier days to say she can't understand how close we are and said she wasn't raised like that.

Kareem she quickly learnt that she better adapt or get lost, because we run tings, tings no run we if you see her now that girl walks into my mothers home takes of her coat and heads straight to the kitchen and rolls up her sleave like the rest of us. What I am telling you here is very common practice amongst the caribbean community, well those in my social group anyway and my African friends. Don't ramp when we women get in the kitchen bro!blkthumbsupall you brothers can do for us is tell us yes when we ask are you ready to eat now!blkrainbowfro

blkrainbowfro Chique my dearest sister. Do you believe in ESP. Because I had you in mind yesterday well both you and Mafdet. Cos girl your sense of humour should be liscensed by law. Man you have given both Kareem and Rammie with his chat up line eg about breasts, some licks. I was tempted to comment on the breast comment, but being a humanitarian said nah. Let my man take his blow and not make it worse.




Fredblack my dearest brother. What is ESP? Ok I do remember having a disagreement with Kareem (and i feel another coming!) but i dont remember talking about breasts with him or rammie. Would you remind me?

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Yes the water and hard dough remedy, know it well. But two things I don't get how our folks develop that technique to nyam fish and more important the lack of human compassion or concern, for the welfare of the consumer, because these folks are either too busy eating or laughing and making joke at your expense while your choking to give asssistance. Not right. NOt Christian and potentially a child welfare social services matter?.

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[color=navy]LOL. Gosh more memories but those are not fond!! Ur sitting in the corner with blue lipsand u got the whole room cracking up at you. LOL actually it is quite funny. LOL. That is the line of work my mum is in. I may highlight this to her because it might be a good exercise for one of her courses. A discussion about is it nature or lack of nurture - or something like that! Well i never died of it and no one up in here did either so all is good.



My advise. Stick to big bone fish eg Cod, Bream and that kind of thing. Safer.....blkdevillol



[color=navy]BUT fried snapper tastes too nice to never eat again. (she says being dragged along the floor while clinging onto your leg and complaining.)



Kareem

....A can of water and a SPOON after that mutha**** finishes heating up!





I ain't NEVER heard of putting pumpkins or yams in soup in my entire everlasting good-looking life. It wouldn't be a soup no more would it...it would THEN be called a stew or gulash.

Now I know a lot of women in America that can cook but I DAMN sure ain't never...

SOUNDS GOOD!

SOUNDS DELICIOUS!!

Just ain't never heard of putting in yams and grapefruits andtree-bark and shit, that's all. confused3



U r trully missing out. U must live somewhere in the sticks oraway from anyJamaicans becuase its a standard meal. My dads would have lamb (as the meat) although some ppl have chicken, cho cho, yam, pumpkin, okra (ladies fingers), carrots, potatoes, and of course dumplings (ummmmmmmmmm). If u take a trip to the carribbean or england or anywhere with a west indian take away shop then I BEG of you to go in and get a soup. PPPPPPPLLLLLLLEEEAAASEEEEEE. Just something u have to have while u walk this earth. Too good to miss.

Unless....... Since we seem to call things by different names over here, maybe u call it something else. Oh gosh this reminds me on one thing that really pisses me off about Americans. OK this is hard to describe beucase u would really need to hear me say it but i think Kareem will understand. Why do american ppl say some things differently to even the pplthat come from that flippin place. See how you would say the caribbean Kareem. Well why u have to be all extra and say it different? And vagianal and things like that. I am sure there is a perfectly reasonable explnation 4 this and maybe i sound really ignorant but blame the Atlantic, not me. blkbuttkicklol



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Word is bond, there's nothing sweeter and more natural than filling a WOMAN'S bottom and satisfying HER after she's filled my bottomless belly and satisfied ME

[font=arial][color=navy]Filling her bottom? Um could u please clarfy what u mean kareem lol? I mean i dont tink ur nasty if u do mean bottom but do you?

blkdemon....Mafdet may try to get sassy with me fromtime to timebut after I mistakenly played a little too rough withChiqueand made her cry....I've been handling her with kid gloves ever since....and now look at her picture up there.

See how she's smiling and at peace!


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[color=navy]Kareem i can play dirty if u want to. If u wanna fight with me up in here, dont feel u have to protect me and not. I can fling a fight just as good as you. TRY ME!! LOL ok no don't unless u mean it. No provakative behaviour pls. Ummm actually dont mind one type tho. smoking-devil

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[color=#000080]HHmm that didnt take long. Kareem we were gotting along so well and then u had to go and say something like that.

[color=#000080]As far as cooking goes....I don't care which island you hail from...even if it's FANTASY ISLAND....cooking for the family should be left up to the women and them only.

*(kisses her back teet)

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Ijexa

[color=navy]I like ur mum. Have huge respect 4 women like her..................

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At the end of the day, when all is said and done, you're darn right FB. I've seen men date women who could be models, have all that it takes to be successful ecetera, ecetera, but they've actually married women who they want to look after and who will in turn look after them.