tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83470866446571926192024-03-19T13:10:32.981-07:00Beyond BurgooChow for the crew of s/v Honey RyderUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-74444781781807947722022-11-10T17:19:00.001-08:002022-11-12T15:31:19.497-08:00Lychee Season in GuatemalaNovember 10, 2022<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div><br></div><div>Yesterday riding from San Pedro Sula Honduras to Rio Dulce Guatemala, we saw lots of evidence that lychee are in season. Pickup beds full of the red, spiky, unique fruit. There were even a few cargo trucks full of crates of lychee. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Monday, September 17, 2018<br />
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Our boat yard neighbor here in Curacao is Oscar and he is
from Venezuela. We met at the Friday
happy hour at the marina tiki hut. I
mentioned that we had Venezuelan arepas once before in Bonaire – see <a href="https://beyondburgoo.blogspot.com/2018/12/bonaire-food-venezuelan-food.html">here</a>. They were yummy. He said <i>“Oh, there is a really good place
here. Daily Arepas. It is so good. You must go.
We go all the time. ” </i> His fellow
crew member Aussie Tom said <i>“Awe yeahhhhh, (no really, he did say that), we go all
the time. I just love that place.” </i> I got Tom’s attention and had Oscar repeat
it. <i>“Kewl, we are there”</i> said Tom. That evening I said to Tom, <i>“We should tell
Oscar we want to tag along next time they go.
That way we can learn all about arepas directly from a Venezuelan” </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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Saturday morning came and I saw Oscar a couple of times but
missed the opportunity to ask him. Then
I over heard them after lunch……they had gone for arepas that day for
lunch. Darn! Oh well.
<i>“Hey Oscar. We would like to tag
along next time you go for arepas.”
“Okay. We went today for
lunch. When do you want to go? They are not open tomorrow.”</i> Tom said <i>“How about lunch Monday?”</i> Oscar said
OK. I asked again <i>“What is the name of
the place?” </i> Oscar said “<i>Daily Arepas” </i>in
his Venezuelan accent – but excellent English.
I invited our new Aussie Swiss friends on sv Perigee (David and Leanne)
to tag along.<br />
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12:30’ish Monday we
all piled into 2 hire cars. It was a
short drive – 8 mins to…….DELI Arepas.
NOT Daily arepas! It was a small
place, similar to a small Subway in the US with a long deli counter on one side
and 3 high top tables along the opposite wall.
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Oscar explained the dough is a simple cornmeal base that is
grilled/fried up on a flat griddle. This
is their daily bread like tortillas are in Mexican culture and well, bread is
in the French culture. Once this
cornmeal base is cooked, there is any number of fillings. Deli arepas had many, many options. I got the shredded chicken and white
cheese. Tom got the ground beef and
yellow cheese. Yes, that is what they
ask – <i>“Cheese?” “Yes, please.” White or yellow cheese?” </i> And a white garlic sauce that Oscar says is
standard. He has a traditional arepas Rellenos with shredded meat, black beans, yellow cheese, a touch of rice and garlic
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Leanne asked if this had Spanish origin. No.
Arepas are tradition Venezuelan food, invented in Venezuela. Oscar told Tom and I about a very specific
arepa called the Reina with an interesting tale. It seems beauty pageants are a really big
thing in Venezuela. <u><i><b> “Huge!” </b></i></u> Back in the 1950’s a Venezuelan woman won
some big beauty pageant. I don’t know if
there was a Ms Universe at that time, but I got the impression that it was
something along that level. Oscar said
all of Venezuela was so proud and excited at the win. One specific arepas shop invited and named an
arepa after this pageant winner. Reina translated sort of means <i>dress of polka dot queen</i> or <i>dress of the
queen</i>. See the winner had on a dress
with polka dots. It became a famous
dress. The arepas is chicken salad with
peas…..the polka dots…..get it? Oscar
even pulled it up on his phone to show us. </span></span><br />
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We all finished our yummy arepas and headed out for Budget
Marine (of course and the grocery store), tummies full and happy and a fun
story to boot. <o:p></o:p></div>
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It turns out the real story is slightly different than Oscar told us but who cares! It's a good story either way.<br />
<a href="https://www.ohcornarepas.com/history-of-the-reina-pepiada-the-queen">Reina Pepiada</a><br />
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May June 2018<br />
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sv Celilo suggested we go have Venezuelan food, specifically Arepas. We said....okay.<br />
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Yhanni makes them in a stand next to a big beach bar. The bar actually serves it's own food but they don't care because people like us come for Yhanni's food and buy drinks from the bar. Still a win.<br />
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Waiting for the arepas. They are hand made to order so they take a bit of time.<br />
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Waiting - adult beverages helped the wait.<br />
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Tom's first taste.<br />
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UMMMM - tasting the various flavors.<br />
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A winner! We like arepas!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-12723978422554283412018-03-29T13:23:00.003-07:002018-03-29T13:23:38.154-07:00Call of Fish or Tourist Sunset Horn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When you were someplace tropical on holiday, did you ever do a touristy thing where they blow the conch horn (shell)? Perhaps a few places in the Bahama's or The Full Moon Party at Trellis Bay BVI? Somehow this has become a sunset tradition with tourist. Many a tourist has tried to learn to blow the conch horn over a rum drink or two. A few cruisers have carried on with the tradition. There is a cruiser that does it in Grenada each night.<br />
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More importantly, did you know that the blowing of the conch horn is an island tradition that goes back many, many years. It has important meaning. You can hear it anytime of day and hopefully multiple times during the day. On the islands of the Caribbean, the blowing of the conch horn is a signal that the local fishermen are back and they have fish. The horn lets the entire village know to come down to the water to buy fish now.<br />
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It actually took us well into the second season of cruising to figure this out. Despite the fancy Japanese built and gifted (roll eyes) fish sorting houses up and down the island chain, most local fish are sold sea side in simple covered stands, shacks or even a tent. Nothing fancy. They pull in, blow the conch horn and set up business. Each place having its own processes and methods of operation to clean, weigh, and sell the fish.<br />
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So next time you are in the islands, keep an ear open throughout the day for the "<b>real</b>" conch horn. We have purchased some delicious fresh fish because the conch horn was blowing. Oh.....there it is now - Fish In. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-10255109534421939532018-03-26T06:25:00.000-07:002018-03-26T06:25:02.026-07:00Grenada Hot Pockets - NOT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There is a cruiser name Jean. She is a South African but cooks like she is French. I first tasted her cooking when she offered seafood and fresh, boatmade pasta on Hog Island. Friends had enjoyed that before and raved about it. Boatmade pasta? Yes please! I joined them the next time this came up. However, she didn't have the boatmade pasta. <i>"It was just too hot."</i> So she made rice. It was wonderful. The seafood was in a creamy type sauce. It was a measly $15 EC.<br />
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I got on her email list right after that. She would then email a small group of us to let us know when she was cooking and what. Boatmade pies were the norm. By pies, I mean savory pastry like pies, like Jamaican pasties, but way better. These are light, flaky pastries surrounding wonderfully rich fillings. She offers pepper steak, beef, chicken and mushroom and vegetarian. We ordered from her several times. She cooks and bakes all day and then hails you on VHF radio....<i>"Love, your pies are ready." </i> We dinghy over to Hog Island anchorage and pick up our still warm pies. YUM. $10 EC.<br />
She offers other items as well and passage ready food. We ordered four pies for our passage out of Grenada. Only two made the passage as we just couldn't wait and ate the other two right after we picked them up.<br />
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While spending time with local maxi driver extraordinaire Shademan aka Patrick yesterday, we learned
about Big Thyme. He pulled up near a big
rock wall along the road that was covered in green. He plucked a handful of green and gave it
to Tom in the front seat to pass around.
<i>“You know what this is?” </i> We did
not. <i>“It’s called BIG thyme. You put it in with meat and such to flavor
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It is very hardy and a tiny bit fuzzy and looks NOTHING like
the thyme we know. However, it smells
exactly like thyme. “<i>You take this home
and you can cook with it or put it in water to grow.” </i> I did just that. We shall see. <o:p></o:p><br />
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Update - It did taste just like thyme but a bit thicker, sort of tough and woody.</div>
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I first heard of Moringa in Trinidad from our local dock
neighbors Wayne and Alicia. They said it
was really good for you and cured all sorts of ills. Alicia was not really a believer until she
had a terrible cough that she couldn’t get rid of. Local Graham gave her some Moringa leaves to
chew and her cough went away. Fellow
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Right before leaving Trini, we had a little dock lime and
once again we started talking about Moringa.
Graham was there and swears by it.
He has a tree and dries his own.
He brought a big bag for Alicia and she shared some with me. It looks like dried oregano.
It smells like a simple, dried herb.
Nothing too strong. <i>“What do I do
with it?” </i>I asked.<i> </i> “<i>Make a bush tea – steep in
hot water. Or sprinkle on top of
food. Or put in food to cook.” “I just eat it as is”</i> and with that, Graham
took a big palm full of the dried leaves and popped them in his mouth. That didn’t really appeal to me but the rest was intriguing. </div>
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We are not health food nuts but I have taken
an interest in bush herbs and medicine since being down here in the
Caribbean. I have been using the Moringa since leaving Trini. A spoonful on top my yogurt, granola, nutmeg
breakfast. A spoonful in the pasta
sauce. A spoonful over the top of the rice. A spoonful in the callaloo. But I wanted to see what the actual tree
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Yesterday with Shademan
(Patrick) we were in luck.
<i>“Moringa. That is what this tree
is.”</i> he said as he and I looked out the back window of the rum bar we were in. The hillside fell away but there was a tall tree with branches close to the window.
The leaves are smallish and tender.
Tom came over and Shademan asked him to reach out and pull a big branch
in. He then grabbed several branches for
himself to take him. <i>“It’s good for
you. Fix all sorts of ails.”</i> I grabbed a few tiny branches for us. Tom did as well. I tasted the tender leaves, mild and green
flavored. Soon the other cruisers were interested and asking. I think half of us took some home to try. </div>
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We love street meat. We eat it anywhere we can. We eat it as often as we can. We have NEVER gotten sick from street meat / food vendors. </div>
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We were hungry after the mini music fest. This guy was parked off to the side of a busy intersection in Grenada. We immediately dug his set up. So very kewl. Everything there within reach as he sat perched on a small, swivel stool. Simple menu of burgers with various toppings. A fan keeping him cool on one side and a small DVD player on the other side cranking out some YouTube tunes. A hot griddle frying up some yummy chow.</div>
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Besides the way kewl van, the burgers were good. The guy is from Italy. He cooks what he has and then he heads home. It seemed like he really enjoyed cooking out of his awesome van.</div>
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Clean and peel it like ginger. Cut it in chunks.</div>
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Beware, it stains your hands, cutting board, knife, counter top and such. If you clean up right away after, it is not too bad. </div>
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Last year we used our Magma BBQ quite a bit. Even though I altered the cover to add extra
protection, the inside components still seem to last only one year. We are not the only one. ALL the cruisers we have talked to have the
same issue – replacing parts annually because they aren’t made to last. The rub is that these annual parts are
EXPENSIVE! And the grills themselves are
not cheap so buying a new grill annually is not an option either. We try to watch ebay, Amazon or stops at
Sailorman (In Ft Lauderdale) to get discount parts but it is frustrating. This year, we were looking at well over $100
to get it up and running again. I
suggested we have the parts custom made in Trini so the quality would be better
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One morning on the local VHF net, a cruiser offered up their
Australia BBQ under the Treasures of the Bilge section. <i>“Tom – an Aussie BBQ. They build those things like tanks. Go see what that is all about.”</i> Tom did.
It’s a Southern Stainless grill.
<i>*I know, Southern & Aussie = odd.
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Anyway, Tom did some pondering. It is slightly bigger than our round Magma
but not too big. He would need to
configure a mount for the rail. And it
is actually a griddle vs grill. It runs
on propane but instead of a grate and flame, it has a flat cooktop. $200.00.
What the heck. We are going to
have to put close to that into parts for another season with the old
Magma. Sold! <o:p></o:p></div>
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It is actually bigger than we thought but still manageable,
barely. Tom cleaned it up like new. We did our first test out on the dock. It was Willie’s birthday so Tom cooked up a
big batch of birthday bacon because who doesn’t like bacon for the bday and
anyone can do cake! Success. Okay, I guess we need to figure out a
mount. Mitchell was still working on our
stainless bow pulpit, Tom had him fashion two rail mounts for the BBQ. The first was crooked. Mitchell fixed it. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>Side project</u> – Our favorite cheese slicer finally broke at
the wooden handle. I have been searching
for a new one for over a year because I knew it was going to break. No luck.
Tom took it to Mitchell and he welded up a new handle out of all
stainless steel. Beefy. This cheese slicer was a gift from my
Norwegian AFS family so I am extra happy that it now has a second life. Plus we love this style cheese slicer. The wire ones are rubbish! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Meet Sheri. She is my <b>favorite</b> market lady in Trinidad. I have learned so much from her. Even though she is on the busy walkway between buildings with a <u>constant</u> stream of customers, she always makes the time to explain what stuff is and how to make it. <i>"Sheri, what is that green bundle?"</i> <i>"Oh! You don't know what bhaji is? Ok. Take this bundle. Chop it up - all of it. Fry it up in some oil (I prefer saute) with garlic and salt. So good. Here, take this bundle. You got it? You know what to do?" </i> <i>"Okay Sheri. How much?"</i> <i>"No, no, no. You take and try and then you come back and tell me."</i> She did this repeatedly with so many things. I would come back and report. Then I would buy more of whatever and it became part of the galley offering on sv Honey Ryder. Bhaji, calaloo, pumpkin soup, same beans, etc.....She was always tossing in extra as we chatted. Last year she was shocked when I knew about Diwali. <i>"You know about Diwali?" </i> Then she reached below and pulled out a bag of traditional Diwali sweets and gave it to me. The next time I saw her, I bought her no-bake cookies. She looked suspicious but graciously took the bag of melted no-bake cookies. *BTW - no bake are great because you don't need an oven. However, in the tropics, they melt a bit after cooking.<br />
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I have introduced her to numerous cruisers who have in turned learned from her and hopefully will keep buying from her.<br />
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I didn't get to spend as much time with her as I would like. Maybe someday we can hang out and lime. In the mean time, if you are ever in Trinidad at the local POS fresh market, go see Sheri. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-47364296307404897912018-01-09T17:05:00.002-08:002018-01-09T17:05:55.556-08:00New Favorite Place in Trinidad<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Westside Cuisine. We had been there before on our Taste of Trini Tour with Jesse. We tried to go another time that season but found it closed. We went again but too late for Aloo pie so we settled for doubles.<br />
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This season we hit it just right. Oh man, did we ever! We took a maxi from Coral Cove with Stu, newly arrived from South Africa. Walking up to this outdoor place we found Leo, one of Jesse's drivers and his wife and grandbaby. <i> "Leo, what are you doing here?" "Oh man. Hi. I just live up the street. We come here all the time."</i><br />
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There was a bit of a line so we waited our turn and watched. Hoo....mon.....the food is fresh made on the spot. You cannot get any fresher.<br />
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I opted for the Saltfish bake. It was HUGE! The bake is actually fried bread. Who cares! It is a golden circle of puffy pastry like a big soapia the size of a teacup saucer. It is hot out of the oil and then sliced into. Inside a big serving of saltfish (combined with finely chopped boch choy and seasoning) along with lettuce, tomato, onion and sauces ( it is Trinidad after all and Trini's love their sauces). A full serving or even two of veggies. <i>"Baby you want it with everything?" </i> I had just seen one served up this way.....<i>"Hell ye.....er....I mean Yes mama." </i>The favors were amazing. The saltfish was not too salty. The seasonings and sauces were just right. Tom and Stu had an aloo pie (potato pie) each. Aloo pie is big, golden oblong fried bread with potato inside and yet light somehow. Watching while we waited in line, they HAD to have a double each as well. Tom said not only was it hot as in <i>"peppa"</i> but hot to hold since the doubles skins were being fried up right there on the spot vs pulled out of a cooler only room temp.<br />
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Amazing!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-45197018716901969932018-01-09T11:57:00.000-08:002018-01-09T11:57:14.610-08:00Wedge Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It is always good to get back to the boat because it is
home. But it is also exciting because it
is the start of a new season – even if it is only the prep work before the new
season. Plus seeing old friends, meeting
new ones, visiting old stomping grounds and going to new places. <o:p></o:p></div>
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In Trinidad it also means it is wedge season, yes indeed –
wedge season. Café Feel Oh in Trinidad
has outstanding potato wedges. These are
just what they sound like, potatoes cut into full length wedges and fried up. Café Feel Oh doesn’t make these from scratch
but rather buys them frozen and then fries them up. Doesn’t matter. Somehow, they cook them just right and they
are GOOD. <o:p></o:p></div>
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January 2016 – we returned to Trinidad for carnival, a boat
part and as a side bonus, wedges. We had
been back a few days when we popped into Feel Oh. <i>“Two cold Stag and two orders of
wedges.” “No wedges. Finished.”</i>
Oh no, we were crushed.
Okay. A few days later we were
back in there. <i>“Two stag and wedges
please.” “No wedges today.” </i> Oh man.
About a week later we were back in, we still needed our wedge fix. <i>“Two Stag and do you have wedges?” “No wedges. “
“OH, no. When do you think you
will have wedges?” “Hum? We don’t have none at all. I don’t think it is wedge season yet.” “Wait, what?”
“Yeah, we don’t have any wedges and we won’t for awhile. I not sure when we will start wedges
again.” </i><o:p></o:p></div>
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O-Kay…..did she bascially say it’s not wedge season? But they are in a frozen bag. There is no season. Hum? After a few more beers, the manager came out of the
kitchen. We know her. <i> “Hi.
How are you? What is new?” Good.
Yes, we came back for carnival.
BTW- we also came back for your wedges.
We love the wedges here. But you
have been out.” “Yes. No wedges.
Let’s see….it’s February. We
won’t have wedges until March. After
March we will have wedges again. Now is
not wedge time.” </i></div>
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I know, I know, I know…..we are thinking the same thing as
you….how can there be a wedge <i>“time”</i> when they are frozen in a bag! We had so many questions because it just
doesn’t make sense…..to us. But she is a
lovely woman with a shy, quiet smile so instead we just chatted a bit more
about carnival and local people and happenings.
See, to us American’s this was a bizarre setup – frozen wedges having a
season and many/most American’s would, in typical American fashion PUSH to find
out more by questioning the hell out of the situation. And then when it doesn’t make any logical
sense, we would launch into a reasoning session on why it doesn’t make sense. Some/many Americans would, you know they
would. However, those that have traveled enough outside the USA understand that
many cultural things don’t make complete logical sense. This is one of a reasons we travel to see, do
and learn. Sometimes things are
different and sometimes it doesn’t make sense to us. And it’s ok.
In fact, most of the time, it makes for a really great story, which is
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We don’t
know why but now there is (to us) an actual Wedge Season much like mango
season, breadfruit season, breadnut season, sorrel season and such. We have told this story several times to
friends and family. It is a full fledged tale now. We have turned many
cruising friends onto the yumminess of Café Feel Oh wedges and of course given
the warning that there is a season for this delectable item. Now they are all taking advantage of wedge
season while it lasts.</div>
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When we returned to Trinidad this fall, it was only a few
days and we were in Café Feel Oh. We
were anxious, would it be wedge season?
We know it doesn’t start until sometime in March, but when does it
end. Oh man, we wanted wedges. We entered and there was a round of greetings
to staff and locals we know. <i>“How are
you? We are good. What is new?
Yes, yes, we are back on the boat.
Blah, blah, blah” Then it was
time…..”Two cold Stag please…….. And do you have wedges?” </i> We held our breathes. <i>“Yes, of course we have wedges. You want one order or two of wedges?” </i>YES! <o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-85236923849906546232017-03-28T13:40:00.001-07:002017-03-28T13:40:11.362-07:00Pizz Boat - Martinique<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pizz Boat lady</td></tr>
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There is a new boat in Cul de sac du Marin called Pizz Boat (their spelling). It is a catamaran with a commercial pizza oven on the back. They are in le Marin anchorage Monday - Thursday and Sainte Anne Friday and Saturday. They have very reasonable prices and yummy pizza. Delivery is $2EU.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruce and Tom</td></tr>
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We first tried Pizz Boat on Valentines day for lunch. I call them via phone. Despite their limited English and my non-existent French, I got the order placed. 20 mins later, it was delivered. YUMMY! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Annika and Stephan</td></tr>
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A couple of weeks ago when the wind was up, we decided a Friday pizza party was in order. Sy Tango and sv Wild Matilda were onboard as well. They all came over to our boat and we figured out our order. Tom and Stephan hopped in a dinghy and buzzed over to place the order in person. 20 mins later, the Pizz Boat lady arrived with three pizza's. Squalls came and went but it never dashed our pizza party that ended up running into evening. Good times! <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pizzboat/">Pizz Boat</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-51782213309306300952017-01-22T18:57:00.001-08:002017-01-22T18:57:05.734-08:00Off The Charts In Guyana - Thanksgiving 2016<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I was up and had the pumpkin in the pressure cooker by
7:30AM. Next came the crust for the
Pumpkin Pie Dessert or Harvest Dessert as I have renamed it. Then the steamed pumpkin was cooled and draining.
I have learned that fresh pumpkin has quite a bit of water in it. This time I used the small, mesh basket I use
to rinse quinoa to strain the water out.
However, straining through a cheese cloth would actually be best if you
are trying to get the consistency of a can of pumpkin. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Straining the cooked pumpkin</td></tr>
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The propane tank promptly ran out. Tom switched over to the other one. It was overfilled which caused a slight scare
of high pressure but it turned out ok.
Whew. Harvest Dessert in the
oven, next step was the béchamel sauce for the green bean casserole. Then make the stuffing. I used a box mix I found in town. Big mistake.
It had been sitting on the shelf for quite some time. The dehydrated breadcrumbs were stale. I covered it with sautéed onions and
callaloo, veggie broth and a generous amount of grated nutmeg. The stuff was turned into stuffing muffins in
the oven. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The green beans found in Guyana are similar to the bodi beans found in Trinidad. They are about
12” long but these are very thin, thin enough to fit between the tines of a
fork, SO….I bought a huge bunch. The
homemade béchamel sauce worked just fine as did the farina topping. </div>
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Tom helped by digging out ingredients needed from their
various hiding spots in the port settee, opening cans, lighting the oven,
washing pots, mixing bowls and such as we went and finally holding the broiler
button on twice to brown the tops of the Harvest Dessert and Green Bean
Casserole. Our broiler is acting up and
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13:00 I got dressed and we started gathering things up. We missed the weather window by 3 mins. A rain shower passed over, just enough to put
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Baganara Resort had agreed to let us use a couple of tables
for our Thanksgiving. The staff greeted
us immediately <i>“Good day. Happy
Thanksgiving to you.” </i> I brought
appetizers of smoked eggplant and pineapple chow with crackers. The Thanksgiving feast itself was a wonderful
assortment of yummy food. We shared with
Cindy, Racquel and her kitchen staff, inviting them to take a plate to
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There are four boats left in the anchorage off Baganara
Resort – 5 Americans and two East German Canadians. Perfect number for a Thanksgiving potluck. We decided on a rough menu but we knew we
would need to wing it a bit – cranberries don’t exist in the Caribbean, turkey-
forget it. However, I had brought a
frozen turkey breast from Trinidad. We
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Bruce volunteered to take sv Wild Matilda back down the
river to Bartica so we could all go shopping.
After the morning SSB Coconut Net the tide had turned so we weighed
anchor and headed out, towing two dinghies behind so we could all get
ashore. <o:p></o:p></div>
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First stop was a food stand for morning snacks – egg rolls
(hard boiled eggs surrounded by mashed cassava and fried up golden – yum) and
chicken balls (same but with minced chicken inside). Then we headed to the halal meat shop to get
chickens and check on our meat order.
This place has fantastic beef tenderloin for $600 a pound - $3US. Last week I ordered 4 pounds cut into 1 pound
pieces. Then we headed to the bank and
then across the street to the local grocery store – small, crowded shop with an
ok selection of canned and dried goods. We had to hurry a bit because this little shop
and many others close between noon and three because of the heat of the day. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Soon we split up to get whatever was needed for our specific
dishes. I couldn’t find yellow cake mix so
I substituted with the one white cake mix I found. There was NO Campbell’s cream if whatever
available anywhere for green bean casserole…..as I suspected, so I ended up
making a béchamel sauce from scratch.
Same was true for the French’s Crispy Onions used to top this
casserole. I decided to try Brazilian
Farina. It’s dried cassava that is the
texture of course cornmeal. It is used
as a coating, topping or mixed with water or milk to make a porridge. <i>“It expands in your stomach and fills you
up.”</i> Said the guy at the grocery store when explaining to me what it was and
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When we got to the fresh market, one door was closed. Hum?
We were able to get in the other door but many of the vendor booths were
closed up. Hum? However, enough were open that we were able
to get the fresh stuff we needed.
<i>“What’s up? Why are some of the
booths closed down?”</i> I asked the lady I was buying from. <i>“Every other Wednesday the market closes at
noon.” </i> It was now 12:30 or so! <i>“But don’t worry, you will be able to get
out.”</i> I am not sure how we have been in
country this long and not know this but we were lucky to be able to get our
ingredients. It would have been a sad
little Thanksgiving had we been shut out of the fresh market. <o:p></o:p></div>
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We all met back up at Kenny Rogers. Kathy and I enjoyed a cold beer and
conversation with the locals while the guys took all the stuff out to the
boat. They came right back and we went
in search of lunch. The streets were
pretty empty (except an odd cow wondering the main drag) in the heat of the
day. Tummies filled, we headed back to
the boat. Despite threatening skies, the
guys did two fuel runs. We had light
sprinkles but managed to dodge two major deluges. Back on our boats, we all collapsed from a
busy and hot day of shopping. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The food is similar to typical Caribbean food with some
additions. Rice, peas, beans, lentils,
ground provisions (minus breadfruit – I have seen very few of those trees and
none in the market), pineapple, bananas, watermelon, ect…. </div>
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Pasties – like Jamaican meat pies with the standard minced beef and chicken but lighter
like French pastries and filled with more choices like ham and cheese or
straight cheese.</div>
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<o:p>Cassava meatballs - seasoned minced meat surround by mashed cassava and then fried. YUM!</o:p></div>
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With sour sauce- green mangos, garlic, hot pepper, salt, water</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first attempt at sour sauce - not bad, in fact yummy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brazilian bakery also did killer pizza</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Braziliana Farina - like cornmeal</td></tr>
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brought over from India as indentured servants (another word for slave
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A favorite lunch place - local food, cheap prices, big portions</td></tr>
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Pepperpot is supposedly the national dish of Guyana but we didn't see it much. We only ate it at Iwokrama. I think it must be for special occasions and holidays.</div>
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We love street food. In our humble opinions, some of the best food in the Caribbean is street food made by auntie whoever. Or Uncle Rasta. And good value as it is usually cheap and plentiful.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rasta man cooking up lunch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Homemade juices served in plastic bags</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All fresh from his garden and home</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yah mon - serious food</td></tr>
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If packing take away containers was an olympic sport, no doubt the women of the Caribbean would take the gold. OMG - they PACK the containers! You get your $ worth. What really cracks me up is no matter where you go in the Caribbean, food vendor always have a table that is <u>just </u>big enough to hold all the pots - <b>NO </b>room for working / filling the orders. Thus they take the lid off this one and put it on top of that one and then scoop out the rice and peas. Then they put the lid back on and take another lid off and set if over on top of the rice and peas and scoop out the potato salad and so on and so forth. Occationally, you are asked to help hold a lid or take away container but not often. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piled high - Gold Medal</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We got our money's worth</td></tr>
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Meat day – There are several butcher shops in Bartica but for some reason the cruisers that arrived before us decided one particular halal butcher was their butcher. Okay. Beef tenderloin was the choice cut. We followed the rest and started ordering whole tenderlions. They are as big as back in the USA ( about 4 lbs worth) but they were tender. $5US a pound was hard to beat so we stocked the freezer. The chicken were good too. We often saw cow roaming around Bartica. </div>
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While in Guyana, I and three other cruisers took a cooking lesson from Racquel - local and cook at Baganara Resort. It was a wonderful experience. Please see the full write up here.....<a href="https://wildcatsailorgirl.blogspot.com/2017/01/off-charts-in-guyana-cooking-lesson.html">Off The Charts In Guyana - The Cooking Lesson.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-54300297189411167012016-10-11T04:55:00.000-07:002016-10-11T04:55:04.456-07:00Philodendron or Spinach<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Philodendron? That was the question running through my head. <i>"What is this?"</i> I asked Sherry, my favorite market lady here in Trini. <i>"Oh that. It's like spinach. It's out my of garden. Here take a bunch. Chop it up and fry it up like you would spinach. Here, you take some too."</i> handing both Donna (sv Merlin) and I a bundle each. She would not take any money for it. <i>"You try and let me know what you think." </i><br />
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Time for plan B. Slice up some garlic and get it warming in olive oil then toss in the spinach, sauteing it lightly. <i>Sauteing sounds so much better than "Frying"</i> <i>doesn't it?</i> I guess the leaves and stems of this are no different than say mustard greens or kale (meant only as garnish around the local salad bar IMHO) as they are thicker but hearing it was <i>"like spinach"</i> just stuck in my head. <br />
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Or dried dog food as I call it.....and as it looks.<br />
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I had seen this in many of the grocery stores here in the southern end of the islands. It is usually on the bottom shelf in a variety of sizes, shapes, flavored vs unflavored and at least 3 different brands. Finally I asked fellow cruising chick Sarah <i>"Have you ever used that stuff?"</i> <i>"Oh yeah. Bryn loves it. I used it in Bolognes sauce and such and to stretch meat and cut back on fat." </i>Hum? <br />
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Several weeks later I bought a bag of soy chunks (dog food) - unflavored. Several weeks after that I decided to give them a try as we were making spaghetti sauce. The instructions said something to the effect of soaking the soy bits in water, broth, or such to reconstitute them - 30 mins. Rut -row, I hadn't counted on that and we are hungry now. Hum? Okay, I'll soak them for 30 mins. 20 mins later I called it <u>good enough</u> and tossed them in. They were so so in my opinion. Tom thought they were fine. They really didn't have much flavor. I know <i>"Unflavored"</i> duh! But I thought the soy dog food would take on the favor of the tomato sauce. The texture was spongy for those that reached full reconstitution level and ever so slightly crunchy for those that didn't - none seemed to have that <i>"meat"</i> feel in my mouth. Hum? Tom decided to gave the soy bits a try on one of his boat made pizza's. He bought a flavored dog chow type. He soaked them for a good, long time. It was better. <br />
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I messaged Sarah a few days later asking for guidance on the reconstitution part. <i> "Oh, I don't soak them. I chuck them in with whatever while cooking it up." </i> Ah ha. Good news as I am not always a meal planner. <i>"Chuck them in"</i> is my kind of flexibility. Many weeks later we were trying to use up the last of the provisions towards the end of the season, I had another go at using the soy dog food bits. This time I simply <i>"chucked"</i> them into the pressure cooker dry along with all the ingredients. I used broth as well as some other seasonings to flavor the whole thing up. I actually forget what I was making. I think it was a stew of some sort. Bingo! The soy bits had the right texture and blended well with the rest of the dish. <br />
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We still had some left at the end of the season so we gave them to our veg head friends on sv Kelly Nicole. They had not yet seen or tried these soy doggie bits but were willing to give it a go. Flash forward to last week - I have been provisioning for season 4 (can you believe it) and I bought another bag of unflavored soy dog nuggets to supplement. I made a big pan of bolognese with real ground beef, soy chunks and chickpeas. The soy doggy bits and chickpeas really stretched the sauce and we were able to get 3 meals out of it! Additionally, it all tasted good. I am not sure I am really to go full soy dog food on it's own but it has given us options. <br />
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We are currently at 10 + degrees of latitude. At this latitude, temps are warm - 30 + C and Nutella starts to turn from a spread to a liquid. Oh well. Shot of Nutella anyone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347086644657192619.post-45611991735688713542016-04-30T17:58:00.000-07:002016-05-01T05:12:29.894-07:00Watermelon Year Round<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfd7disTYZYoWmwxWwZfCRjO_KCYibaxmBXPeYonwQWiAtUlOhCXLctHN4aA3okrs0arItzloCRaXKKoDhn_2JAGLa-leAjlJhmG6DY01jbcNqLrOy-rGQjrVvUCycFcZIMa7UBB1hxA0j/s640/blogger-image--483749709.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfd7disTYZYoWmwxWwZfCRjO_KCYibaxmBXPeYonwQWiAtUlOhCXLctHN4aA3okrs0arItzloCRaXKKoDhn_2JAGLa-leAjlJhmG6DY01jbcNqLrOy-rGQjrVvUCycFcZIMa7UBB1hxA0j/s640/blogger-image--483749709.jpg"></a></div><br>
Year Round! Crazy I know!! And yes, I realize these days you can get just about any produce at any time of the year in decent grocery stores in the USA. However, we all know buying off season usually means less than great produce. In fact, more often than not, it's some anemic looking fruit or veg that has been shipped half way around the globe. Yuck! But if you are insistent on fresh strawberries for New Years Eve, knock yourself out! Instead most of us take advantage of growing seasons to buy whatever is in season. Sometimes we go a little crazy because stuff come into and out of season quickly. Raise your hand if you have gorged yourself more than once on strawberries, tomatoes, hatch chilies, etc....because they were in season. <br>
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Anyway, one of the many things we love about Trinidad and Tobago is that you can buy wonderfully ripe watermelon year round. And I am not talking about the so-so seedless stuff that exists now. NOPE - I am talking about super sweet, bright red WITH seeds watermelon we all remember from our youth. It seems the farmers simply plant throughout the entire year, rotating fields. Boom - luscious, juicey watermelon year round. Love it!<br>
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We took advantage of Trinidad and Tobago's low fuel costs to refill one of our propane i.e. cooking gas bottles. This is not always an easy task as a cruiser. More often than not it involves a tax ride and or hike to an actual commercial LP gas plant. Sometimes there are services that do this for cruisers for a fee of course. Costs vary widely. The most we have paid is in BVI's - $30 US for a refill on a 10 lbs bottle that wasn't even empty. Antigua was expensive as well. The cheapest has been Tobago. We walked a couple of miles to the NP commercial gas facility at the SW corner of the airport. Unlike Trinidad, no need for a rental car or special dress. The plant in Trinidad requires you to wear long pants and closed toe shoes to even get past the security gate. Here in Tobago, they took the bottle and directed us to the administration building. By the time the lady in window one filled out the triplicate form and gave it to Tom and he took it to window three to pay, our bottle was filled and delivered back to us. Cost was $10.50 TT or approximately $1.50 US. </div>
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We have two 10 lbs bottles that we rotate thus always having gas. We also have one 5 lbs we use for our grill and two of the green gas camping bottles for the grill as well. One 10 lbs bottle will last us approximately 45 days. Tom marks the newly filled bottle with a piece of tape showing the date we filled and where so we can track it. In general, cooking gas is used for coffee, eggs or oatmeal in the morning and at least one pressure cooker meal a day and sometimes two. These are usual 15-20 mins total. Afternoon snack of popcorn is often in the mix as well but quick on the stove using very little gas. We don't use the oven much - maybe two or three times a season. Too hot otherwise. Plus many islands we are able to find really good local bakeries. The longest use of the cooking gas is for our stove top smoker. That generally smokes for 25-30 mins. </div>
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We have been told that Trinidad & Tobago cooking gas is a mix in of propane with a little butane. I guess butane burns at a lower rate and thus lasts longer. Today's receipt says <i>"70% 30% mix."</i> Not sure what the that means. Maybe 70% propane and 30% butane. Hum? </div>
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We have American style aluminum propane bottles. These are easy to get filled in the Caribbean. No special fitting needed. This won't always be the case as we travel further afield. We shall have to see what the options when we run into that challenge. One option is various fittings that allow for fills in other parts of the world. Or perhaps just buying a local propane bottle for say a new continent. </div>
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We had the best meal we've had in three years in the Caribbean at a
local place in Charlotteville called the Suckhole. Yes, I know....crazy name. But how
can you not at least try a place called the Suckhole! Plus we had heard
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