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Category: Classic Bajan Recipes

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  • The vitamin C content of the Barbados Cherry – Iris Bayley

    Peter Burton

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    The vitamin C content of the Barbados Cherry – Iris Bayley

    The vitamin C content of the Barbados cherry was researched by Iris Bayley (later: Iris Bannochie) in the late 1940s and 1950s. Her research on the Barbados cherry followed on from the work done by Conrado F Asenjo and Ana Rosa Freire de Guzmán, who in February 1946 published a paper in Science on their…

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  • The Bush Teas of Barbados – Iris Bayley

    Peter Burton

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    The Bush Teas of Barbados – Iris Bayley

    Patricia Bayley Mull sent us this pre-publication copy of her mother’s work on The Barbados Bush Teas. This paper was published in 1949 see: “The Bush-Teas of Barbados” by Iris Bayley, The Journal of The Barbados Museum and Historical Society – Vol. XVI No. 3 (May 1949). Iris Bayley is also referred to as Iris…

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  • Bajan Hot Pepper Sauce

    BajanThings Team

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    Bajan Hot Pepper Sauce

    Bajan hot pepper sauce is served with everything in Barbados. Recipes and preferences vary and like Bajan Seasoning each cook or family has their own “secret” recipe. Bajan hot pepper sauce is of a thick consistency with a bright yellow colour that is flecked with pieces of red Barbados Bonney hot peppers. At first taste…

  • Bajan Seasoning

    BajanThings Team

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    Bajan Seasoning

    Bajan seasoning is found in almost every home and is the secret to the success for many mouth-watering Bajan dishes.  One of the favourite uses is to place it between the meat and skin of fish or chicken before grilling, baking, or frying. Most Bajan’s today use a ready made alternative such as:  Delish Bajan…

  • Bajan Flying Fish

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    Bajan Flying Fish

    Heaven for me when in Barbados is Bajan flying fish and a Bajan rum punch sitting overlooking the sea. Bajan flying fish is a delicacy I grew up with. In tourist literature in the 1950s and 1960s, Barbados was often referred to as: “the land of the flying fish”. A flying fish was featured on…

  • Bajan Rum Punch

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    Bajan Rum Punch

    How to make a classic Bajan rum punch… One of sour, Two of sweet, Three of strong and Four of weak is the mnemonic rhyme Bajan’s use for making Bajan rum punch. Here, the sour is lime juice, the sweet is sugar syrup, the strong is rum and the weak is water. This is how…