Dominica Cooking 101

Yup! That's a slab of "yellow fin" being skinned with an incredibly dull knife! It's now sliced, safely wrapped and in the freezer. One day soon, very soon, it will "swim in milk, then in oil" and be eaten!

On the kitchen counter is an assortment of fruits and vegetables, including coconut, green bananas, dasheen, plantain, papaya and bread-fruit fresh from the downtown "market."

Sister Cooper is peeling, coring and cutting bad spots from bread-fruit. The sink is full or slimy-limey water in which was washed dasheen and green bananas before they were boiled.

The finished products--which caused only slight indegestion and over-abundance of STARCH! FABULOUS-tasting carrots in the pan! Starchy green bananas, "swamp-grown" dasheen and boiled plantain on the plastic pretend plate at the left. Seasoned fried chicken tenders on the 'real' plate at the right.