Saturday, December 29, 2007

Breadfruit Bliss

After the cricket match on Boxing Day, we went to friends who live at Kerevat. Debbie is a great cook and she makes something everyone needs to taste before they die – breadfruit chips!!

The breadfruit is picked before it is ripe, sliced up and deep-fried in coconut oil. Bliss!!

Breadfruit comes from a tall tree which grows in tropical areas; fast growing, it can get to a height of 28 metres. Click here to find out how breadfruit caused the Mutiny on the Bounty!!!

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24 comments:

  1. Bobby D.December 29, 2007 at 9:03 AM

    Prior to my toothy troubles, I loved trying new foods!

    --breadfruit --I have always wondered what it tasted like.

    Are there not enough house pets to support a part time vet in Rabaul? I guess I'm a lucky cat after all.

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  2. quintarantinoDecember 29, 2007 at 10:30 AM

    Read quite a lot on books about South Pacific was about breadfruit (fruta pão in portuguese).

    Now got some more information about that fruit.

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  3. MarcelDecember 29, 2007 at 11:02 AM

    Once again you have entertained us with your delightful photos, and once again you have educated us. Now my mouth is watering to try some breadfruit chips.

    Thanks for adding a link to my daily photo blog.

    Happy New Year!

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  4. Ann (MobayDP)December 29, 2007 at 11:24 AM

    You know they actually have packaged breadfruit chips here in Jamaica? :-) They're pretty good actually, but nothing like having it fresh.

    Most Jamaicans prefer their breadfruit roasted, so the whole breadfruit will be roasted on an open flame. Whatever roasted breadfruit is not eaten will go into the fridge and will be fried (also in coconut oil) for breakfast the next day.

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  5. ft. lauderdale daily photoDecember 29, 2007 at 12:15 PM

    Yum, I would happily try that!

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  6. AnonymousDecember 29, 2007 at 7:48 PM

    That sounds good to me. I am surprised at the tale about the ship and why the expedition failed. I had not heard that. But surely must have and forgot it.

    These are nice photographs and you have made the story most interesting.

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  7. JillyDecember 29, 2007 at 11:41 PM

    I shall add it to my List of 'must do one day.' Very interesting, Jules, and sounds delicious. Super pics of the fruit too.

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  8. Daniel J SantosDecember 30, 2007 at 12:41 AM

    What a great post, make me want to taste that some day...

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  9. lv2scpbkDecember 30, 2007 at 1:09 AM

    Interesting looking at it up close.

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  10. LillyDecember 30, 2007 at 1:55 AM

    hmmm, I would love to try these. They look delicious.

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  11. TomDecember 30, 2007 at 2:27 AM

    Those sound great... next time have an extry potion for me.. :O)

    I do hope this message finds you and your loved one happy and well.

    Tom

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  12. GMGDecember 30, 2007 at 3:40 AM

    Tried and liked it in Brazil!
    Wish you a very happy, healthy and successful 2008!
    Blogtrotter

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  13. DonnaDecember 30, 2007 at 3:45 AM

    Sounds good...I think there's a mutiny brewing here! lol

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  14. photowannabeDecember 30, 2007 at 5:56 AM

    That sounds so good. I would love to try it right now. I hear my tummy growling for lunch.
    Thanks for the interesting information too. I didn't know the reason.
    Have a happy New Year too.

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  15. imacDecember 30, 2007 at 8:17 AM

    Sounds yummy, wish I could taste them haha.

    come and see Buckfast Abbey and the Water Wheel Mill.

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  16. JulesDecember 30, 2007 at 8:40 AM

    Hi All - wish i could send you all some!!!

    ann - would love to taste those - but as with everything fresh is best.
    Your extra info was great - thanks

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  17. alicesgDecember 30, 2007 at 12:51 PM

    Yummy. Thanks for sharing the history of the fruit. It is very interesting.

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  18. AnnieDecember 30, 2007 at 1:26 PM

    Fried! Isn't that heresy these days? But delicious heresy, I know.

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  19. M.BenautDecember 30, 2007 at 6:31 PM

    I reckon I had better look out for breadfruit in Adelaide. Those chips look 'corker'.

    Thanks for all your warm Christmas wishes, Jules. As you know, we have been in Sydney and unfortunately, didn't get even close to a computer. I hope yours was beaut and you put on less weight than we did !!

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  20. diveDecember 30, 2007 at 7:35 PM

    Damn, that looks delicious!

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  21. quintarantinoDecember 31, 2007 at 1:18 AM

    By the way, let me wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and that all of your dreams come true!

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  22. AnonymousDecember 31, 2007 at 1:35 AM

    I tasted breadfruit in Tahiti earlier this year - and learned all about the Bounty and its crew! But I didn't have chips; it was made up into a sort of mash, like mashed potato but gluggier. Wasn't quite my cup of tea but the chips in coconut oil sound delicious if a tad fattening. We're a bit bigger than we were before Christmas - the merry season was merry indeed.

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  23. Daniel J SantosDecember 31, 2007 at 2:08 AM

    Feliz Ano Novo (Portuguese)
    Happy New Year.

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  24. imacDecember 31, 2007 at 7:18 AM

    Hi,

    History of tree -and more- up now

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