Posted on 05/11/2016 3:41:29 PM PDT by Jamestown1630
For quite a few years in the 1980's-90's, I worked two jobs, and one night a week I'd leave one job after an eight-hour day, and drive directly to the other, where I'd work for several hours more. I've always eaten my largest meal at lunch, and generally didn't need to prepare for supper on those nights; but one evening, as I drove to the second job, I was hungry!
We used to have a lot of 'High's Dairy' stores in the DC Metro area, a type of convenience store - I think they still exist, though some became '7-Eleven' stores after the High's company sold them to Southland - and there was a High's conveniently located on my route that evening.
I stopped, intending to grab a hot dog to get me through the night, but spied something I'd never seen before: a row of bright orange turnover-type pastries, looking absolutely lurid under the heat lamp near the hot dog grill. They were Jamaican Beef Patties.
I bought one on a lark, and was addicted from that first 'patty'; it's been a beloved vice ever since.
I work one job now, and no longer have to eat on-the-run between shifts; but I will still buy these little patties in convenience stores when I'm running around on errands. I've also found a great frozen brand in a local grocery, which I keep on hand; but these can be easily made at home, and it was one of the first recipes that my husband and I tried together as newlyweds.
It's interesting to me that this meat patty was adapted to local spicy taste in the Caribbean, after the introduction of Cornish Pasties there, in the olden days; it made its way to the US with Caribbean immigrants during the 1960's-70's. Here is the Wiki on 'Jamaican Patty':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_patty
Some recipes use Curry to flavor and color the crust, and some use Turmeric; and you can spice the meat up to your satisfaction. (The convenience stores usually offer 'Mild' and 'Spicy'; but lately the 'Spicy' isn't hot enough for my taste, or what I remember from that first one. )
I have even made this as a two-crust pie, when I didn't want to bother with cutting rounds and stuffing, to get my 'fix'; and that is *almost* as good as the stuffed turnover version.
Here are a couple of recipes (but Watch Out! they both use Scotch Bonnets, which some folks might want to switch-out for a milder pepper; on the other hand, if you're like me, you'll just add a little more ;-).
From the website 'Eat Jamaican', a recipe that seems a lot like what I'm used to from the convenience stores:
http://eatjamaican.com/recipes/beefpatty-recipe.html
And from Food Network, here is Emeril's much more 'fancy' take on the patty:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/jamaican-meat-patties-recipe.html
-JT
I have some, they are ready and waiting!
I don’t care for banana things ( except for kit kats & Popsicles),but my grandfather loved banana flips & Archway soft molasses & lemon icebox cookies.
My grandfather liked Archway soft mollasses cookies too.
Archway made black walnut icebox cookies at Christmastime. They were wonderful!
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Politically though they are leftists.
Never have seen those, but they sound delicious!
Not kit Kat’s, but the hard taffy squares..... kits. Yum!
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They were! I haven’t seen them in a long time. Archway selection were I live is limited, no where near what I remember. I had some frosted ginger snaps a few years ago and they were terrible, dry and hard. When I contacted the company I was sheepishly told the healthier ingredients have caused changes to taste and texture. I haven’t bought anything else.
Minto Jamaican Market (Oakland, CA, Broadway near 40th) sells the patties. I tried one and was unimpressed. It tasted like a Banquet TV dinner Salisbury steak.
The brand at my store is “Golden Krust”. Sold individually in a white paper wrapper. I try to keep a couple in the freezer for when I’m too lazy to make something else!
Red Velvet Cherry Dump Cake
METHOD Dump 2-21 oz cans cherry pie filling into sprayed 9x13" pan.
Spread even w/ spatula. Sprinkle box Betty Crocker Red Velvet Cake Mix
over evenly. Pour cup melted sweet butter over evenly. Sprinkle w/ 1 1/2 c
sweetened coconut flakes. Bake 350 deg 50-60 min.
SERVE with ice cream or whipped cream.
No, I have them on dvd.
You’re welcome!
nice!
Yes they are. I use a recipe from a Colonial Williamsburg Cookbook.
hey, any directions to go with those ingredients?
Yes, proud to say they’ve never got a dime out of this conservative Texan.
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