Sunday, April 10, 2011

Guyanese Sunday Breakfast - Bake and saltfish

Breakfast in the Caribbean is very different compared to that in the North and the rest of the world. In Guyana, on Sunday mornings most families would have had what i prepared. Bakes or floats and saltfish.
Bakes or floats are made with flour, sugar, salt to taste, margarine, a dash of nutmeg, some essence (vanilla extract) yeast, baking powder and water. 
Saltfish is actually fish preserved in salt. Most people here in the northern hemisphere may know it as cod. It is extremely salt and needs to be boiled at least three times to reduce the amount of salt. Tasting a piece of it prior to cooking it is always advised.
Fried saltfish is very tasty when sauteed with oil and a generous amount of onions, Garlic, celery, tomatoes, some lemon juice and peppers.
Yumm... I am sure the pic below tells the story

                                                                Fried Saltfish

                                                                  Bakes or floats

 Salt fish sandwiched between the two halves of the bake...Yum mm.

I wish everyone had the opportunity to taste this. I have a smile on my face as type this line. Yes it was that good.
Have you ever had this?

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