October 08, 2008

Making an Oil Down

We were really lucky to have our landlords spend a Saturday, showing us all how to make an "Oil Down". It was a very unique experience that we all really enjoyed. Now in the spirit of keeping the blog "real" and "honest".......none of us really enjoyed the actual eating part. Now don't get me wrong, it was edible but we found that so many of the ingredients were really quite dry, such as the green banana, breadfruit and the cornmeal dumplings. The flavor of the stew was actually quite good but it was a really heavy meal with not enough gravy. Luckily the oil down is so much more than the eating. The eating actually only took up about 1% of the time. We had so much fun, picking the ingredients from around our house, drinking from coconuts, peeling Caliloo, seeing what the inside of a breadfruit looks like and making new friends. Enjoy the video!

11 comments:

  1. What's going on? It says this video is no longer available.

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  2. I checked in this morning and found the same thing and just checked again and still no video. Is it maybe just Youtube because one of the other videos the kids were watching this morning about taking the bus in Grenada to the beach it stopped right in the middle of it and we got just music. So maybe its just the sight is down. Trese

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  3. sorry I used the jimmy buffett song calaloo and it was copyrighted, so they rejected my post. Live and learn. I fixed it up with "Caribbean Queen". Enjoy.

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  4. Looks like you had fun preparing the ingredients for the oil down. From the pictures it does look very dry. The oil down we experienced had much more liquid in it. It is fun experiencing the food and traditions of other countries.
    Lots of love
    Grampa Griff and Nana Cheryl

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  5. Looked like fun to make and the kids looked like they enjoyed eating it too.Did you have coconut milk in your's?I was sure I read that Griff's included the coconut milk and maybe that's why your's was drier.They both looked the same though.I thought Griff said the dumplings in his were flour & water,but I may be wrong.Cornmeal dumplings sound interesting and may be lighter than the flour ones though.THe shape they make their dumplings is different than the way we make ours,but they do make a stew!I didn't have any problem viewing the video,however,I couldn't tell you what song was playing :)I don't get on the blogs every day,but I do enjoy all of them and do read them all,Griff's included,even if I don't always comment :) Gail

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  6. Another fabulous video. We felt like we were right there with you :)

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  7. A great video, I wonder if we could make it here. I bet we could get most of the ingredents. You are learning so many new things. I can hardly wait to get home to check it out.
    Mom

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  8. Wow there sure looked like lots of food in that pot. Fish and turkey together is quite a combination and flooting in coconut milk...I dont think I could aquire a taste for that. The kids looked like they were enjoying it though. Trese

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  9. Just like Reese.

    Hey you go swordfish in my Turkey! No, you got Turkey in my swordfish.

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