How a Jamaican Breakfast Nearly Destroyed Christmas Dinner

Being part of a mixed marriage is fun. My wife's family is from the Caribbean whilst my own is a mixture of Irish and Scottish. As both cultures are rich in music and food we often have interesting moments in our life. Christmas day this year was no exception.

My lovely wife of 21 years was actually born in the United Kingdom and has a good grasp of both her Jamaican heritage and British culture. As with every other year, last Christmas she spent most of Christmas Eve preparing our traditional meal of Turkey, Brussels sprouts, carrots, peas, Yorkshire pudding and her own home made delicious cranberry sauce. It took several hours to put together and my wife devoted a lot of care so as you can imagine we where all looking forward to a feast on the big day itself.

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Everything was going to plan Xmas morning, the turkey was in the oven and we had all just come back from Church. My mother-in-law arrived as per her invitation and had unexpectedly bought with her a traditional Jamaican breakfast.

It smelt and looked delicious and because it had been cooked fresh we had to eat it there and then. With great delight my children and I munched our way through Ackee, Saltfish and fried dumplings.

At this point let me educate you about this outstanding dish;

Ackee is actually a fruit which grows on trees in Jamaica. The edible part has the consistency of scrambled egg when cooked and it truly is delicious.

Saltfish which normally dried cod goes really well with Ackee creating a rich experience of flavours. It is fried together with the ackee and forms the wonderful pungent mass in the pan.

The fried dumplings are another Caribbean delicacy traditionally served at breakfast, made from flour and water they are deep fried and just taste exceptional. All I can say about these is that they are quite stodgy and personally I find it impossible to eat more than 3.

The problem was that by the time we had finished eating this meal it was near time for my wife's festive feast to be served up and in reality we where full up.

In the nick of time I pulled the kids together, put on coats and even though we all felt lethargic insisted that we all go on a very long yuletide walk. Needless to say we burned off breakfast and even though we sat down a little later, we all enjoyed my wife's wonderful food.

How a Jamaican Breakfast Nearly Destroyed Christmas Dinner

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