Caribbean food vs African food.

[Chubbs]

Explain what Bajan food is for us #djenvyvoice

cou cou and flying fish, macaroni pie, rice and peas, pudding and souse, conkies, etc

 

[ba'al]

Africa is bigger than the carribean so dueto the vast landmass thus resulting in more variety, this can't be remotely possible

"More Variety" Doesn't mean better following your logic.The place with the largest landmass has the better food which doesn't make sense in my imo.

 

[humble Hermit]

Caribbean food for me. I tried a few African (Ghanaian) restaurants in my area on different occasions but I guess my taste buds are more suites towards caribbean spices and cooking methology.
I've tried Ethiopian food and several occasions as well and it surprised me. Rich in nutrients but people from there own areas tend to make food for their diet so maybe I'm a lil bias.

Puerto Rican food is highly slept on. When I visit the virgin islands, I seek out a good Rican restaurants 7/10 over cruzan.

Trini good is also great and like said before, different than the styles in the greater Indies. So with the caribbean you the goat zone for growing fruits and provisions that would make a pretty interesting dish ...

Ot but I noticed the best caribbean chefs tend to me the men.

 

[Kasgoinjail]

Explain what Bajan food is for us #djenvyvoice

Souse

 

[Imhotep]

I'm gonna throw myself under the bus but as an East African (specifically Kenyan)

West African and Caribbean food>>>>

Our cuisine and palette is very limited on my side. I also don't love our neighbors food. Ethiopian ain't touching west African or Caribbean food etc.

The only thing we are great at is Nyama Choma. We will cook the shyt out a goat but have some lacking rice and sides

Fellow Kenyan here and I disagree
You forgetting Coasto dishes?? Wali, Pilau, Biryani? (and I am not even Coasterian)





You right about the Goat tho

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Fellow Kenyan here and I disagree
You forgetting Coasto dishes?? Wali, Pilau, Biryani? (and I am not even Coasterian)





You right about the Goat tho

I didn't forget I'm just too aware of the heavy cultural appropriation going on with those dishes. Carribean people have a lot of Asian influence in their cooking but they incorporated their own elements.

As a Kyuk I can't claim any of that shyt and even as a Kenyan shyt is still borrowed from all over. What my peeps are known for is githeri which is a great source of nutrients but what I term ultilily food. Shyt gets the job done but you don't enjoy eating it.

 

[Strapped]

Too strong a generalisation. Most Caribbean food sold in the UK restaurants is Jamaican. They sell they same food. Rice and peas, stew chicken, curry goat, patties, coco bread, red pea soup and ackee and saltfish. My mother is from Trinidad. The food is different. Pelau, coconut bake, doubles, shark and fried bake, curried mutton, pastelles, callaloo (different to Yardie callaloo, more like okra soup) and a whole lot of other things


African food also.isn't homogeneous. East African and west African food is different
My dad is Nigerian. Things like eba, moimoi, pepper soup, pounded yam okra soup, gari, dodo, jollof and fried rice were common in my house.
I do find West Africans cook their chicken to the point of unchewable.

So I choose trini

What is coco bread ?

 

[Imhotep]

I didn't forget I'm just too aware of the heavy cultural appropriation going on with those dishes. Carribean people have a lot of Asian influence in their cooking but they incorporated their own elements.

As a Kyuk I can't claim any of that shyt and even as a Kenyan shyt is still borrowed from all over. What my peeps are known for is githeri and Mukimo which is a great source of nutrients but what I term ultilily food. Shyt gets the job done but you don't enjoy eating it.

 

[Black Haven]

You better either be Nigerian or Carribean otherwise this thread gonna turn into a AA bashing thread real quick

Don’t come for Curry Goat and expect no consequences and repercussion nikkah

You want to be about Carribean vs Nigerian food (and you ain’t neither) then

if only you had that same mindset when it comes to AA centered topics

 

[Kairi Irving]

Haitian food and Jamaican food

 

[Azul]

Just made a pot of Djon Djon last night

I'll take both please, but specifically Sierra Leonean on the African side of things

Nothing like it...granat soup, cous cous, fry soup, peppe(r) soup, swit plasas

 

[the bossman]

they all eat the same food

everybody has some form of beef patties
some form of mixed rice (rice & peas, jollof rice, etc.)
everybody eats fufu or ugali or mashed yams
everybody eats plantains

 

[Nemesis]

I had curry goat and rice and peas and sweet plantain yesterday and shyt is mad overrated. African food and more importantly Nigerian food is better. I remember the first time I had Jellof rice and chicken I remember licking the spoon shyt was mad nice.

The subject area is too big to compare .....

from experience most Africans eat different food, Nigerians dont eat the same food as Ghanians or Tanzanians for example , further compounding that even in Nigeria food is different according to tribe ..... you are literally talking thousands of different dishes

 

[BigMan]

Spanish speaking Caribbean food is killing African food. Once you factor in the English and French speaking Caribbean its really no contest. Africans made it a hot line, Caribbeans made it a hot song

Spanish Caribbean food is the worst Caribbean food. Them mutts don’t believe in spiciness
And I haven’t tried west African food but Caribbean >>>>>>>>Ethiopian for sure

 

[BlackXCL]

Carribean food by far.

Specifically the GOAT Guyanese food.
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cook up rice, metemGEE, Peper Pot (OxTail version), big ass Duff dumplings boiled in coconut milk, the best roti (bus up shut), best curry.
Untouchable