Can you say chocolate...

This is Diane holding a just off the vine cocoa bean, actually the beans are inside and very white until they are processed.

More new veggies

The plantation had a display of local foods – (bottom left, clockwise) yellow yam, okra, starfruit, two bowls of cashews, (can’t see what was in the sunlight) so to the right of the top bowl of cashews is an avocado, the 3 yellow things are nutmeg, cherries to the right, below those is a Soursop or maybe a Christophene…Oh, I give up you just will have to come see for yourself!

Cashews in the shell

I have long wondered what cashews look like in the shell and here they are!

Girls day out again

– And, because the first ‘girls day out’ was so much fun, we had to try it one more time. This time there was no hiking, we went to a coco bean plantation called Belmont Estate. The organizer (Jane on Cheetah II) was kind enough to bring Champaign and OJ for Mimosas…we all passed the hat to help defray the cost, but then she made the bus stop on the way back for more – what a girl!

La Phare Blu for Happy Hour

One of our favorite happy hour places is ‘La Phare Blu’ for ‘buckets of beer’ and 2 EC (Eastern Caribbean currency) appetizers (about 75 cents)…yes they are all fried but yummy…here I caught a couple of the ‘guys’ looking at a cute girl…

First you steam the pumpkin...

The pumpkin is steamed until soft, then scraped from the skin. Pumpkin served as a side dish with a little salt and pepper is yummy as well.

Those of you who may want the recipe, send me an email ant m.lignoula@gmail.com and I will be happy to oblige.
But, beware….some say the pumpkin here is different than in the states…

Pumpkin soup is delicious

As I have said in prior notes one of the fun things about cruising is discovering new foods and/or ways to prepare them. A new cruising friend (Diane) on Jabulani made Cream of Pumpkin Curry Soup which was delicious. She kindly gave me the recipe and I bought the requisite pumpkin.