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Sunday 19 July 2015

Trini condiments

I don't know what it is with Trinidadian and sauce. We putting sauce on every and anything, we telling the doubles man we want all the sauces, we buy a pizza we loading it ketchup, mustard and pepper, bake and shark with all the sauces. I love the tamarind and chado beni sauces. Even when we are at Subway, some people will say they buy subway for the bread, but I heard most people like subway because of their sauce. We are a 'sauce' people I guess is because of our rich taste for flavor. Some of these sauces we enjoy  are of different origins. Garlic sauce has an Syrian origin, because of their love for garlic. However, most of our sauces are of East Indian influence.
Firstly, we have pepper sauce, pepper is a popular seasoning among the East Indian community. 'Hot peppers' also known as habaneros are the main ingredient are minced or chopped and is combined with other local spices,some people even mix it with vegetables. Also there is 'mother in law' another popular are hot peppers mixed with carrots, Carlyle and other spices. There also chutneys that come in different flavors such as; tamarind and mango. Kuchela and anchor are made from some of our local fruits like tamarind, pommecthere and mango.

1 comment:

  1. Who came up with Chow Chow? I just love how they combine different things to make condiments.

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