Jamaican Cooking Show

The minute I met this guy I knew I had a star on my hands LOL!!

I spent some time wandering around Lucea, Jamaica a couple weeks ago. Its a town I’ve driven through so many times but never stopped to look around. This day I decided to do just that. I wandered down towards the fishing area on the shoreline to look around. Its full of boats and little shacks where the fisherman sell their catch. My nose drew me to this shack where a man was cooking up something that smelled heavenly….GARLIC!

I just had to take a stroll over there and find out what was on the menu.  He had fresh chopped garlic simmering up in the hot oil in his makeshift frying pot over open coals.  Look closely, the firepit is an old tire rim haha.

In the picture below you can see what he’s creating…the pot contains cornmeal dumplings, yam and boiled banana.  In the bowl is some saltfish and in the big pot is onion, tomato and scallion.  I REALLY wished I could have stayed around to eat some.  The people who cook in the middle of nowhere in the streets ALWAYS have the best food!

The guy seemed really friendly about sharing and it was funny, as soon as he saw I had a camera with me the show was on!  I asked if I could film him while he did his thing.  Honestly I don’t know why I didn’t stay on him longer.  He looks so proud that I’m even interested!

I’m telling you guys, this is the importance of getting out and meeting people while on vacation!  You might learn a thing or two about how they roll in Jamaica!