Pickled Breadfruit Bajan eats part 2

Pickled Breadfruit (Photo by Cynthia Nelson)

Hi Everyone,

This week we continue with another weekend favourite among Barbadians.

Last week we talked about Bajan pudding, but a serving of pudding and souse would not be complete without pickled breadfruit. Some people so like pickled breadfruit that they’ll order just pudding and pickled breadfruit or souse and pickled breadfruit.

To make pickled breadfruit, boiled firm breadfruit is cut into chunks or sliced lengthways – stretched out – and then doused in a pickle made of fresh lime juice, onions, scallions, parsley, hot pepper and salt. By firm I mean that the breadfruit used would one that is