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Name: Sweet potato pone
Eaten in: Caribbean, South of United States
I was on a sweet potato roll! After the pudding and the cake, I decided to make sweet potatoes a third way, as a dessert still. I had come across a “pone” recipe in one of my cookbooks. It looked fairly similar to the pudding recipe, with some additional ingredients. I secretly wished it was a faster way to get a dish that resembled the boniatillo cake I was raving about in an earlier post. …
Name: Red Stripe Chicken
Eaten in: Jamaica
Foodie: Linda
Did you ever wonder what chicken would taste if you put beer in it? The answer this Red Stripe chicken recipe from Jamaica gave is not an easy one. The flavors were complex, mainly because the beer was mixed with some coconut milk and other spices….
Name: Cake de Boniato
Eaten in: Cuba
Foodie: Linda
I first made the pudding and I was delightfully surprised, but I downright fell in love with the cake de boniato. The pudding is used as the main ingredient in this custard-like cake, which is light (not a heavy dough) but with a very rich texture….
Name: Sweet potato pudding
Eaten in: Cuba
Foodie: Linda
I used to loathe puddings. Something about the texture… Then I tried bread pudding, and I liked it, so I thought that was the exception that confirmed the rule, and then I tried this sweet potato pudding and I don’t know anymore. Can there be two exceptions? …
