On 7th February 2022 Grenada celebrated 48 years of independence. My friend Winston took me to Tempe in St George’s, Grenada, to meet Curtis Boney who was making oildown, the national dish of Grenada, from scratch for the celebrations.
Oildown is a melting pot of cultural history, a one pot, hearty meal made up of local meats, fish, spices and vegetables. The ingrediants may change slightly – depending on the chef – but a must for every oildown is breadfruit, callaloo, coconut oil and dumplings. It is traditionally prepared outside in a social setting and cooked over a wood fire. | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here!
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Winston (left) and Curtis Boney in Tempe! | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis place, C&M Magic Tone Bar in Tempe | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis had green beans and had prepared seasoning comprising of onion, garlic and seasoning pepper | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! The huge pot for the meat oildown | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Inside the huge pot for the meat oildown | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! the smaller pot was for the fish oildown which had breadfruit already prepared by Curtis | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! pumpkin | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! cabbage | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! fish (on the left) and chicken back | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! pig snout | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! sweet potato, yam and sweetcorn | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis prepares the sweetcorn | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis preparing the pumpkin | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! cutting up the Callaloo for the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! adding a layer of breadfruit in the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! adding the pig snout to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! adding the sweetcorn to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! adding yam to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! A layer of chicken back is added to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! the pot receives another layer of breadfruit | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! a layer of cabbage is added to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis sprinkles seasoning in the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! green beans is added to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! pumpkin is added to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! the coconut has been grated and is blended in water | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! after blending the coconut is squeezed to make a huge bowl of coconut milk | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! several packs of saffron is added to the coconut milk | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis mixes the saffron and coconut milk | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! the saffron and coconut milk is added to the pot | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curits makes some dumplings and puts the pot on the fire | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! Curtis prepares my plate of food | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! I tuck into my oildown! | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! my oildown was DELICIOUS! | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here! thank you Winston and Curtis for a fantastic day! | Watch The You Tube Vlog Here!
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