First and last time I had Caribbean food (it was Dominican) was in the 10th grade. It looked like some kinda weird paste that this schoolmate of mine cooked and it was the worst thing I've ever tasted. We were doing some kind of cultural thing for English class and it was dead awful.
All I remember was that it had some strange black speckles in it and we all just looked at her like
. We all hated that sh*t and our teacher even gave her the
look.
I have honestly been scared to try authentic Caribbean food since. And the neighbors across the street are West Indian and their food even smells off sometimes. When they moved here we went over to welcome them to the neighborhood and she was cooking. My mother said "oh that smells good! It smells like greens and turkey legs!"
Island lady "nope it's a pot of beans with no seasonings". My mom went from
to straight up
. I've never smelled beans that smell like greens and turkey with a side of bleach.
Mama is too nice to folks and I hate that because we always end up with the
face.
But I am still frightened by the green stuff from high school and it's been 14 years. I am that scared to try any other food and I want to so bad.
As close to island as I've been able to get to has been that damn restaurant Pollo Tropical
...........and that's even
One of my best friends is Puerto Rican and I'm hesitant to try her food.