What kind of bake is it?

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Hi Everyone, so what kind of bake to make? Fry Bake, Roast Bake, Bake Bake, Coconut Bake or Pot Bake? Sounds confusing? Well, it is, especially when you don’t know all these different kinds of bakes even existed! My Trinbagonian foodie-friend, Chennette, described it as “language problems”.

The plan was to make bread but confronted by a lack of yeast, she instructed her Guyanese helper to add some more shortening and milk to the other ingredients and “mix it somewhat soft”. The idea was to make, in her words, bake bake. Chennette explained that the confusion came when she was trying to explain how to shape and bake the bake! You see,…..


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