Having a good breakfast is essential and Jamaicans do it with style. Pictured here are 4 popular main Jamaican entrees:
- Ackee & Saltfish: Ackee & Saltfish is our national dish.
- Callaloo: A green leafy vegetable that resembles spinach.
- Dumpling:
- Plantain: A plant very similiar to the banana.
Photo by Kake Pugh
Um hi my name is sarah and i would like to email some history on ackee and salt fish because I'm doing a repoort in school on it my parents are jamaican and I GREW UP THERE.
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Akee fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Blighia
Species: B. sapida
Binomial name
Blighia sapida
Koenig
The Akee (Blighia sapida) is a member of the Sapindaceae (soapberry family), native to tropical west Africa. It is related to the Lychee and the Longan, and is an evergreen tree that grows about 10 metres tall, with a short trunk and a dense crown. The leaves are leathery, compound, 15-30 cm long, with 6-10 elliptical obovate-oblong leaflets, each leaflet 8-12 cm long and 5-8 cm broad.
The flowers are either male or bisexual, are white and fragrant. The fruit is pear-shaped, bright red to yellow-orange, and when ripe, splits open to reveal three large, shiny black seeds, surrounded by soft, creamy or spongy, white to yellow flesh.
The scientific name honours Captain William Bligh, of the HMAV Bounty who introduced the fruit from West Africa (from present-day Guinea) to the Caribbean islands, and specifically to Jamaica in 1793. Since then it has become a major feature of various Caribbean cuisines, and is also cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas elsewhere around the world. Other names and variant spellings include Ackee, Akee, akee apple, Achee, or vegetable brain.
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Food uses
The fruit of the Akee is not edible in entirety. It is only the fleshy arils around the seeds that are edible. The remainder of the fruit, including the seeds are poisonous. The fruit must only be picked after the fruit has opened naturally, and must be fresh and not overripe. Immature and overripe Akee fruit are also poisonous. The fruit, even when ripe, is a cause of Jamaican vomiting sickness, characterized by vomiting and hypoglycemia.
The oil of the akee arils contains many important nutrients, especially fatty acids. Ackee oil makes a important contribution to the diet of many Jamaicans.
Akee and salt fish (cod) is the national dish of Jamaica. Salt cod is sauteed with akee, pork fat, onions, peppers, tomatoes, herbs, and may be garnished with crisp bacon and fresh tomatoes.
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See also
Longan
Lychee
Mamoncillo
Rambutan
List of fruits
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External links
Fruits of Warm Climates: Akee
Blighia sapida (Sapindaceae)
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akee"
Categories: Sapindales | Vegetable-like fruits
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