Caribbean Spoon cooking is dedicated to the promotion of the traditional foods, arts, music and dance of the people of African descent around the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. We will research on the traditions and teach about the influences of the various cultures that have with time become also part of the local culture. As part of the new organic and natural food conscious movement we encourage the new generations to adjust their commitments to utilized foods from the local crops.
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| QUICHE caramelized onions!! |
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| FISH in a scabeche sauce |
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| VEGGIE salad lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, carrots, peppers, lemon wedges and purple onions!!! |
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| I Love this dessert...Cold Organic Papayas with lemon wedges skewers with a honey syrup with caramelized ginger |
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| This is the served plate of that scabetched fish that marinated for several hours and baked before serving!!!! |
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| La Botanica Organica, caribbean Spoon & Gaia Cultural Center |
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| Caribbean Spoon!!! |
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| Caribbean Spoon Table after half hour!!! |
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| More than hundred people showed up to donate for the Indigenous of alta and bajo Teribe!!! |
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| Fotos de Asia: Indonesia, India, Nepal |
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| Fotos de Africa: Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia |
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| Fotos de Africa: Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia |
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| Fotos de CR: Puerto Viejo, Bajo y Alto Telire |
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| Fotos de CR: Bajo y Alto Telire |
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| My little helpers for the day!!!They may seam a bit "wacky" but that is only because I just gave them the news.. - " we are going to make chocolate mini cup cakes" |
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1st - We got all the ingredients out and ready..just make sure we din´t have to run to the store in the middle of baking!!!!!
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| Than we started mixing all ingredients following the recipe. Thomas was in charge of wet ingredients and Foster on dry ones. I was in charge of hot ones. |
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| Thomas added the butter and I started to wisk it as hard as possible, for the recipe asked for an electrical mixer, which we didn´t have handy and a good arm work out never hurt anybody and is always needed. |
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| After some two minutes of wiskin this is what it looked like!!!! |
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| Hot water was boiling so I added it to the chocolate powder and set it aside to cool off to room -temperature. |
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| Thomas added the eggs, one at a time and the vanilla. |
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| mean time I put a pan with water on the stove and set the pan with chocolate to melt slowly!!! It worked wonderful and the kids got such a kick at the fact that the chocolate was melting and it wasn´t hot. They could stick their little finger in it with out getting burn. I needed to explain to them that is not always the case... |
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| We all got join in the wisking for mommy´s arm didn´t take well..nedd more Tae bo this week!!!! |
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| After Thomas added the chocolate powder mixture this was the final look of the batter |
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| My phone gave up and pictures didn´t turn up so well...but you get the picture!!!! |
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| These are all the veggies for my Caribbean Chicken Soup priviously chopped and ready |
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| I forgot to take a picture to the chicken before I added to the olive oil but I seasoned it with black pepper, salt, ginger powder and spanish paprika to flavor it before and it rested for about 30 min. I than sautee the chicken slightly just to get the flavor of it out. |
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| Step #3 I remove the chicken set at side and in the same pot with out removing it from the fire I add the onions, calery and garlic first sautee till tender and add all remaining veggies and move so they all get the flavor oil on them |
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| Step #4 I add the water some extra herbs I love rosemary on my soup, some scallions, and the red pepper you see on top - In Costa Rica Caribbean coast we call it Chile Panameño. cover it and let it come to a boil! |
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| These foam you see on top...I was told a long time a go that is the dirt that rises to the top so it needs to be removed.. So I always do that. I defenately don´t want my soup to be dirty!! =D |
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| Here is a very clean Chicken soup. |
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| ..and here is the finish product ready to be served |
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| I served with one piece of chicken or with out for those that don´t like to eat the meat. Sometimes I take the meat out of the bones before serving it for it is easier to eat. Why not make it with chicken breast you may ask? Well, my preference I think the pieces with the bones give more flavor to the soup for it has a bit of fat in them. |
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| My family loved it. my son who is finiky eater eat two bowls this time. We always add a little lemon for flavor or tame the hot spicy from the Panamenean pepper. |
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| My husban and I had a nice cold beer with it. It really was a good meal for thae rainy day we are having! Provecho |
