Haitian Food
This is what Fey LALO (Jute Leaves) looks like - Haitians love to eat Legume Lalo
For all of you Haitian-Americans who have never seen what LALO looks like, this is it. These are the leaves that become delicious Lalo Legume, a very popular dish in Haitian Cuisine.
Visit this link to see a picture of a tasty "Chodye Legim Lalo". It is guarantied to make you run to the nearest Haitian restaurant right now and get you some.
Chodye Legim Lalo - Legume Lalo - Haitian Jute Leaves Stew
What is legume Lalo? Looks delicious doesn't it? Lalo Legume is a vegetable stew made with Lalo leaves and beef. It is called Lalo in Haitian Creole but in American English it's called jute leaves.
So, lalo legume is lute leaves stew.
But in Haiti, we say: Gad'on chodye legim lalo mezanmi!
Visit this page if you want to see what Lalo leaves - the jute leaf - looks like before it is cooked.
Yon plat mayi moulen, sos pwa ak legim san vyann
Look at this nice dish of Haitian food: Corn meal with beans sauce and legume which consists of eggplant, spinach, cabbage, carrots, no meat. Add to that some sliced organic avocado and you have yourself a whole food plant based diet.
Gade sa... Bon manje neg andeyo. Yon bel plat mayi moulen blan, sos pwa ak legim berejen ak zepina, chou, kawot, san vyann ak bon zaboka peyi. Sa se yon ban manje kreyol.
Spices in Haiti: L'ail (Garlic in English)
Haitians call it "lay" in Creole, no wonder, it's l'ail in French, but in English it is is called Garlic.
Is garlic a vegetable or root?
Many people want to know whether garlic is a spice, a root or a vegetable. Take my word for it, garlic a root vegetable, the type of vegetable that grow underground?
L'ail/Garlic adds the following nutrients to your meal: Manganese, Vitamin B6, Selenium, Vitamin C, calcium, copper, potassium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin B1.
Papaya - Nutrition and Health Benefits
Raw papaya pulp contains 88% water, 11% carbohydrates, and negligible fat and protein (table). In a 100 gram amount, papaya fruit provides 43 kilocalories and is a significant source of vitamin C (75% of the Daily Value, DV) and a moderate source of folate (10% DV), but otherwise has low content of nutrients
Read more @ wikipedia.org
PHOTO: Haiti - Aransò - Harreng Saur - Smoked Herring for sale in a wheelbarrow
Look at this photo... Haiti - Aransò (Smoked Herring) being sold in a wheelbarrow (bourette) at the local market place...
Did you know? The creole word 'Aransò' comes from the french name 'Harreng Saur', the name commonly given by the food industry to salted and smoked herring, to the powerful odor.
What is the most popular fish that Haitians eat?
Believe it or not, smoked herring is the most popular fish that Haitians eat. Second to that is canned sardines.