The Most Amazing "Veggie Burger"

So for lunch on tuesday my Host Mother made me a "veggie burger" to take with me to school.  It was actually an accident, but it was simply amazing.  My mom combined Chunks, which is kinda like tofu, and made of soy and beans, I guess, I dont really know.  It has a very weird consistency, a very meat like consistency actually.  Anyways, she combined the chunks with some sort of fish and ground it up to form a paste like mixture.  She then mixed that with some breadcrumbs and seasonings and fried it.  Everything is fried here. After the veggie/fish patties were prepared and cooked, they were cooled and put on bread with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo (mayo is on everything) and ketchup. Alas, a Caribbean style veggie burger. Unfortunately, I forgot to take a picture this time.  But hopefully she will make them for me again soon and teach me how to make them!

Bread Pudding

• 4 Loaves of Bread
• 6 Eggs
• 2 Can Evaporated Milk
• TONSSSS of Nutmeg
• TONSS of Cinnamon
• Alot of Sugar
• Raisins
• Cherries

1. Cut loaves of bread into chunks and put in a large bowl.
2. Mix the milk, eggs, spices, and sugar together.
3. Add over the bread.  Fold the bread so that all pieces are covered with the milk mixture.
4. Bake at 350F until golden brown on top.

Breadfruit Salad

• 2 Roasted Breadfruit
• 1 can Mixed Vegetables; Carrots, green beans, peas, corn, etc
• Couple stalks of Celery
• 1 Onion
• 1 Green Pepper
• 1 Whole Garlic
• Alot of Mustard
• A good Amount of Mayonaise
• Generous Amounts of Black Pepper

1. Roast breadfruit, peel the shell, cut out the center seeds, and then cut into small chunks. -or-
2. Boil breadfruit. Cut breadfruit into 4 sections, boil with salt, and peel after cooled.
3. Add all ingredients and mix together.
4. This dish is the equivalent of potato salad.

Callaloo Something or Other

• Approx 4-8 bunches of Callaloo (type of spinach. Its actually the leaves of the dasheen).
• 1 Whole Garlic
• Couple tablespoons of Olive Oil
• TONS of Curry
• Generous Amounts of Black Pepper
• 2 Cups ish of Coconut Milk

1. Peel callaloo stems if old. Otherwise just cut the end of the stalk. Cut up callaloo into chunks, like lettuce.
2. Rinse with water and let them steep for a bit in water, but not too much water, after the leaves have dried a bit.  If you touch them, they can cause your skin to itch, so be careful.
3. Add olive oil and garlic to a pot. Let cook for a little bit.
4. Add all the callaloo, curry, pepper.
5. Then pour over the coconut milk.
6. Let it boil down for a long time.
7. Will turn to a mush.  Let it boil until all the water is gone and the consistency is like a paste.
8. This takes a long time, but remember to stir, otherwise it will burn.

This takes just like spinach paneer that you would get at an Indian restaurant. So good!

Stewed Pigeon Peas

• Olive oil
• 1 Whole Garlic
• 1 Onion
• A lot of Pigeon Peas
• 1/2 cup? Ketchup or tomato paste
• 3/4 cup? Sugar
• GENEROUS Amounts of Salt and Pepper
• 1 cup or more depending, Water
• Couple tablespoonsMargarine
• LOTS of Curry

1. Coat the bottom of a wok type pan with olive oil and add 1 whole garlic.  Add 1 chopped onion. Stir around and let brown or something.
2. Rinse pigeon peas.
3. Add pigeon peas to garlic and oil.
4. Add all the other ingredients.
5. Let boil for a while, I lost track but probably like an hour or more.  Might have to add more water. Add the end, you want kind of a thicker type sauce.