Hi Everyone,
When I originally came up with the concept of Tastes Like Home, it was because I was missing the foods from home – Guyana. Over the years, the missing of the food has changed because many of the ingredients I missed are now readily available in Barbados, even if not always in the variety and form I like, but that is to be expected. I’m not complaining. However, as much as I have the ingredients at hand, I find myself still missing my food and not just my Guyanese food, but also my Bajan food and other Caribbean dishes.
Let me explain.
It is unrealistic to cook one serving of almost anything. Like many people, I live alone but when I cook, I cook for 2 days, so on average I end up cooking 3 – 4 servings of food. That’s fine, I don’t have a problem with that, I like having days that I don’t have to cook. The problem lies when there are certain things that I want to eat but can’t cook because even making 3 or 4 servings is unacceptable. It’s unacceptable because of the amount of work involved in the preparation and to make anything less than
