Comments on: Tastes Like Home

By: backchat

backchat — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:32:26 +0000

I’m like 2 weeks late for this topic, I know. But I only just read this and I have to say that one of my favorite rice dishes is egg and rice. You know when you have some rice left back in the fridge and you get home from work and don’t feel like cooking. You fry up eggs with onion and some fresh seasoning if you have it and a little bit of raw pepper — wiri-wiri or bird pepper. Then you heat up the rice and eat. YUM! Absolutely delish!

By: tasteslikehome

tasteslikehome — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:19:53 +0000

Of course! That is the ultimate comfort food for lots of people :)

By: tasteslikehome

tasteslikehome — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:18:06 +0000

I totally agree with you. Rice Pudding (Kheer) is one of my absolute favourite desserts. I meant to make some for the column but just did not get the time.

By: tasteslikehome

tasteslikehome — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:16:34 +0000

Thank you.

By: tasteslikehome

tasteslikehome — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:15:55 +0000

It is never too early to set the fruits soaked.

By: panjay hooper

panjay hooper — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:43:10 +0000

Oh my ,Cynthya,you forgot the best rice dish yet ? things are always bad back in guyana,curry always use to run out in our house hold.YOU CANT BEAT A GOOD PLATE OF BASIC.SALT AND RICE,AS WE CALL IT.RICE,ONION,FRESH BIRD PEPPER FROM THE GARDEN,SANAH WITH YOUR FINGERS WITH A FEW DROP OF COCONUT OIL AND A PINCH OF SALT.NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL REAL COMFORT FOOD.WHEN YOU ARE READY 4IT/,

By: Lachmin

Lachmin — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:30:39 +0000

Hi Cynthia, I enjoy reading your columns,I agree with all the comforts of rice and the dishes you have named,they are my favourites,but I need to add rice pudding or Kheer,I mean the ones they cook in milk until is becomes creamy and served with puri at weddings or with dholl-puri,my mom served this at Diwali celebrations,I can still taste it even now.

By: KLR

KLR — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:00:04 +0000

I had dhal, rice and spinach with shrimp for dinner tonight. Oh, I cut some okra in the dhal. It was the most comforting dinner of the week. Nice article…to encourage people to eat healthy home cooked meals.

By: Mochagold118

Mochagold118 — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:00:40 +0000

Cynthia, are you sure you are not related to my folks from Berbice? Oh my gosh, living here in the US I try to cook and eat with the seasons. That means at Summer time I am not big on rice but love me some salad and other light dishes, boy do I make my mom mad with that; sometime she just forget about me and make her a big pot of cookup rice all salad lovers forget what arugala is. For me comfort food is being able to cook some great metagee and Guyanese style soups in the winter.

As for the fruit soaking, you have invoke the memory of I something I saw my grandma doing as a child. In our home there was always a jar of fruit soaking under the bed. I guess she was preparing for some impromptu cake baking session. Thanks for the reminder I will get on with preparing my fruits since I have all that stuff at home already.