(a delayed posting from Grenada)
An occasional series of practical recipes to cook aboard using the ingredients at hand.
Haul from our trip to the market
An illustration of the use of fresh local ingredients
Land crab with eyes extended
Here on On Delay, we just love the breadfruit. Gayle and I went to the market in Port of Spain, and I bought a breadfruit. We’d had it in Grenada, in oildown and other dishes, but we had yet to prepare it on the boat. Continue reading
Petite Calivigny Bay, Grenada, July 17, 2012
(Sorry about the tardiness of this posting. It has been languishing in the draft box.)
July 13th and July 28, 2012, Sauteurs, Grenada
If you ever find yourself in Grenada, I recommend a few nights stay at the lovely Petite Anse Hotel on the north tip of the island. Even if you haven’t been living on a sailboat for three months, you’ll find the Petite Anse Hotel to be charming and romantic.
July 31, 2012, Grenada
On Delay has the most beautiful trampoline pillows in all the land. (Perhaps the only trampoline pillows in the land.)
One of the nicest things to do on a catamaran is to lie on the trampoline in the evening and look at the stars. Gayle noticed that this experience was marred by the discomfort of having one’s head directly on the knotted trampoline netting. She set out to improve the experience by creating special trampoline pillows for On Delay.
Driving in Grenada best done by a Brit who missed his calling as a rally driver and responds quickly to panicked shouts of “keep left” from the back seat. Fortunately, we have all that and more in Tony Day.
Friday, July 27th, 2012, St. George’s, Grenada
Andy, our first visitor from San Francisco, arrived.
Hog Island, Grenada, July 24th, 2012
Oil down is the national dish in Grenada. (There is a recipe on the official government website: http://www.gov.gd/articles/grenada_oil_down.html. However, don’t follow this recipe; it hasn’t been tested: the chicken was left out.) Key ingredients are salted meat, coconut milk, chicken, callaloo (rather like spinach), and breadfruit and other provisions such as dasheen and plantains.
Saturday, July 21st at Petite Calivigny Bay, Grenada
The Phare Bleu yacht club hosted a day of Hobie Cat races at the marina. Although Pete had never been on a Hobie Cat before, he signed up to race. After all, he races monohulls and he sails a catamaran — no problem, right?
Tony climbs the mast