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My-Island-Jamaica Digest
Ezine: December 27, 2020
Well, well ,
Can you believe it?
Christmas 2020 is now history!
And in only a few days from now, we'll be ringing in the new year (2021).
Well first, I must tell you how I, personally, am grateful for life, for relative health and strength, for family, and friends like you, and all the blessing the almighty bestowed upon me.
I take it not for granted as it is squarely because of his grace and mercy.
We've been through so much this year, one that will go down in history as, certainly, one of the most eventful.
But we, you and I, are still here! 🙏
Thanks to you too for your continued readership, comments, and your love and support during this tumultuous year! Truly appreciative.
If you haven't read the article or watch the video as yet, please take a quick pause and do so now.
My feature for this week is not quite that though, but rather this delicious Jamaican rum cake recipe, the perfect follow-up to the Christmas Cake video that we did earlier.
We actually premiered the video version on Christmas day!
That was lovely!
Which actually takes me to my next point, the....
Oh yeah, Kayann and I were in the kitchen again, back by popular demand.
And as I noted above, she decided to do the Rum Cake as the follow-up to the Christmas Cake video that we did earlier.
At the end it came out exactly as intended, dense yet moist, and laced with Jamaican Appleton rum!
And although she didn't create much of the mix from scratch, it is still as authentic Jamaican as you'll ever get, especially since she used a traditional Jamaican favourite, JF Mills yellow cake mix to start.
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Here, below, is the full video!
Please be sure to share a comment. And if you like it, please
share it with someone, the more the merrier.
Featured Jamaican Product
Simpson, in her book "Why Heritage", boasts that Jamaica's cuisine has ’gone abroad!’
And she is right!
Our food and culinary delights are not just whetting the appetites of persons outside of Jamaica and the diaspora, but in many cases, a favorite of many of them.
And many visitors to Jamaica, before they leave, ensure that they get a taste of our famous jerk pork, chicken and fish, the detectable curried goat, as well as samples the world famous Blue Mountain Coffee, Jamaican rum, in addition to wide array of succulent Jamaican fruits.
And so today, while not singling out a particular dish or menu, I'm highlighting the Jamaican cuisine in total - a
potpourri of cultures we say.
If not already done, be sure to read this article which also outlines the history and development of the cuisine.
This week is unusual.
But quite so because it was rather unique to me.
Remember last week I told you about one Sharon?
That's the lady who reached out to me in wanting me to prepare a gift basket from Jamaica and send it to her pastor overseas!
Well she is actually Christina. And she is from Toronto, Canada.
I can saw it now as the gift was received and delivered! Love it.
And the sweetest part?
She sent me this note...
"DHL just arrived in time for Christmas! I like the gift bags and assortment of spices. The chocolate tea smells. Very nice! I can’t wait to give them to Pastor Veta and Peggy today"
She even sent me pictures! OMG. That made my day!
It's funny how its these little things makes such a big difference.
Did you know...
... that over 952 caves and caverns have been identified in Jamaica?
The bulk of them are concentrated in the northern parishes of Trelawny and St. James and also the bordering parishes of St. Ann, Manchester and Clarendon.
This too, is yet another interesting fact from my 101 Intriguing Facts About Jamaica book.
The next time (officially) we chat will be 2021!
Oh yeah!
But there are still a few days left in this eventful (2020) year.
So please, even while enjoying the season, do all you need to stay safe and encourage others to do the same. God's willing, let's not be a statistic of old year.
Blessings my friend!
Note: If you missed any of these juicy newsletter editions in the past, you can find them in our nicely arranged archives.
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P.P.S. If you are looking for authentic Jamaican grocery online, visit my grocery store here (powered with Amazon) and enjoy your favorite Jamaican
products, wherever you are!
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