Caribbean Cooking Made Easy

[quark1]

Starting tonight a series of 4 progs about the above! Strange that!

BBC2 8.30pm (oops missed that bit out)

Hosted by Levi Roots who was on the Dragon's Den with his reggae reggae sauce.

I don't think the Caribbean has been done by any travelling cooks in depth and possibly not since the days of Rusty Lee - for those who remember her on the breakfast progs.

Really looking forward to this - and Levi is a BIG character!

[allotmentlady]

hmmmm think i will pass on this one..... thanks anyway quark xx

[rustylady]

I remember Rusty Lee, and may even turn the telly on tonight

[Two_Sheds]

I LOVE Reggae Reggae sauce, so I'm taping this one

[HotStuff]

Sky+ it, sounds like an interesting series.

[Seahorse]

Thanks for the notice Quark Is it wrong that I want to buy the book before I've even seen a minute of the show

[Glutton4...]

Oooooh, read this just in time - thanks for the 'heads-up' I just lurve Caribbean food so my DH is recording it.

[quark1]

Well I really enjoyed that - happy food, happy sunshine, happy all the way!

Look forward to next week.

[marigold007]

Thanks for the heads up! The Jamaican food is a lot like the Cuban food I grew up eating. Some of the ingredients are different, though.

I wonder: Why don't they call the program "Jamaican food made easy"?

/confused American.

[Alison]

Have recorded it for later. Re the progamme name, does it only cover Jamaican or is it covering other parts of the Caribbean?

[marigold007]

Have recorded it for later. Re the progamme name, does it only cover Jamaican or is it covering other parts of the Caribbean?

I don't know. He did show a map of the Caribbean islands, but didn't state explicitly his intentions. It seems to me that when people here in the UK says Caribbean, they really mean Jamaican.

Watching the show makes me want to crack a fresh coconut. Anybody got a spare machete?

[quark1]

I think its covering many parts.

Next week's prog is coming from London with his mum, so still a heavy Jamaican influence, and somewhere on the south coast - nouvelle cuisine styled?

Wonder if it could be Brighton as we have Mama Cherris Soul Food which featured on one of Gordon Ramseys turn-around progs.

[maytreefrannie]

I wish I'd seen this in time to see the programme - I love Caribbean food but the recipes always seem to have zillions of ingredients. Made easy would suit me fine.

Anyone know if they're going to repeat it another night?

[Seahorse]

It's here for the next 7 days mtf:

BBC iPlayer - Caribbean Food Made Easy: Episode 1

Quark, have you been to Mama Cherris? I do believe I may have ordered her 'Soul in a Bowl' book along with Mr Roots offering when I was looking at Amazon earlier

[quark1]

Look out for it on i-player in the next few days - don't know if its due for repeats before next week. May appear v.late on the signed version in a few weeks time?