I’ve read around the internet that in some places sky juice is another way of saying plain water. In The Bahamas, sky juice is far from plain water, unless that water happens to be from a coconut. It’s coconut waters (fresh out of the nut) mixed with gin. Some versions also include sweet milk and the coconut jelly. Continue reading
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Fish & Bread Amen!
As I sit here writing this in an attempt to load a show and procrastinate on my reading assignment, I can’t help but to think of my stomach (of course) and how much I wish I was home right now because Easter Monday is a holiday. Smh @ the U.S. govt. but anywho, as mentioned in a previous post, fish and hot cross buns on Good Friday has been a long standing tradition in The Bahamas since before I was me.
Since being away at school I haven’t kept up with the tradition much because it would be a bit hard to find some snappers in a Kansas lake.
Salmon & Cinnamon Rolls
Far cry from what I’m used to back home but I improvised quite well I think! Sapphire Ridge Chronicles shared a recipe for hot cross buns that worked for her. Maybe next Easter I’ll try my hand at making them.
Eating Animals
I’m currently reading two non-school related books, one of which is Eating Animals by Johnathan Safran Foer. I’m still in the very beginning stages of the book but I like what I’ve read so far. It has made me recap my history of eating meat and the relationship I have with my food. Continue reading
Conch Salad
Isn’t she a delightful, delectable beauty?! The average Bahamian would say yes, and I would have to agree. I love fresh conch salad [pronounced kunk or kawnk]. Strombus gigas, as it is referred to in the bio world, is a sea mollusk that lives in a shell. Continue reading
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