Weh f u cum frm sum a unu a sellout worst dan unu misters over all who born an grow bck home u ready to push aside an gi this WB ambassador ova my own ppl man get TF away
Fantastic job as usual..miss eating fresh cooked ackee and saltfish. How is Owen and Tarek doing being home? Yes, you would make great tourism ambassador for Jamaica
Just for those who don't know, ackee & saltfish doesn't need any powdered seasonings on it, salt and black pepper do just fine with the vegetable seasoning such as onions, scallion and such. To be honest even the black pepper is optional especially since u already hv the scotch bonnet pepper. This therefore means that Mike's special blend was optional, it isn't a necessary ingredient so for those who might want to try preparing this dish u don't really need to add any other powder seasoning other than salt (and or) black pepper.
I don't even need the salt fish sometimes, just a lot of tomatoes, onions and thyme with a very nice flavored hot pepper. Bell peppers for me is optional just for color since they don't do much in terms of flavor and taste. By the way, use coconut oil to get the best results.
@@janetholness304 If you are using canned ackee you definitely don't have to as the ackee is canned in brine. If you are using fresh ackee, it depends on how long you soak the fish. I recently soaked my salt fish for longer than usual and had to add a bit of salt to my ackee and salt fish.
@@mnqolivia I do have a low tolerance for salt so maybe that is why I've never felt the need to add salt. It does worry me seeing salt being added due to the prevalence of high blood pressure on the island and of course worldwide.
My husband and I were over here in the States salivating over the Ackee and Salt Fish and roast Breadfruit in this video! Absolutely love your friend! Such a beautiful woman with an equally beautiful smile and personality!
Love love Irine; she is such an honest and objective soul. I am happy that she found her relaxation and happiness in Jamaica. I wish her all the best getting her citizenship and that she will live the rest of her life. She should definitely be the Ambassador for Jamaica. Lots of love to her.💖❤💗💟💕💚💛👍🏼👏🤗⬆️♾✅
Ackee any time; all time; every time. I have 2 trees in my yard - butter ackee (soft, always almost rotten on tree) n the regular type. My freezer is never out of frozen ackees. 🇺🇸🇯🇲🇬🇧💥✝️🤣🙏
Damion, if you haven't already, join your Sister and the rest of us Jamaicans who LOVE "Jamaica With Irie". P.S. I lived in Hartford, CT, after moving to the States. Went to Weaver High School (Class of 1985).
I've held young (green) ackees before. My mom told me that I immediately had to wash my hands because I'd been handling them lol. But Ackees are DELICIOUS!!! Had them for breakfast and for dinner. Prefer them mainly without the saltfish though lol.
Very informative channel, i love your straight to the point no nonsense talk which makes everything IRIE. God bless you and keep up the straight and truthful videos of such a beautiful island...
You dweet again Irena!!!!🎵🎵🎵 I learnt a few things like the scientific name and how it was named. I had both varieties growing up (cheese variety is better) we ate it every day when in season!!! I west Africa the eat it raw I am told by those from the region. Nice info
Mmmm!! Is there anything more delicious than buttery and creamy Ackee and Salt Fish with fluffy fry dumpling wash down with proper homemade chocolate tea for breakfast? Cant think of any. Already looking forward to next video. Thank you.
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIE Could you please stop doubting and selling yourself short, You are "GREAT". Also a great inspiration and without knowing anything about producing audio visual content it is obvious that you are a perfectionist and every mi-nute detail is taken into consideration by you. I do not have words to describe your video quality and the audio is beyond Ahhhh-mazing!!! I know it's good to evolve and progress, heck again I don't know anything in this arena but I cannot possibly think of "1" thing I would like you to change. I just figure keep doing what you have been doing and it will come. It's better to have 30,000 fanatics waiting for the moment you drop the latest edition, than to have 300,000 and only 10% active viewers.
Nice video Irena and its always a delight to watch you all the time, I can see that the Jamaican cuisine is such an enjoyable treat, I enjoy your guest with the contributions of cooking ackee and salt fish. Stay bless and stay safe until your next video comes on.
Thank you again for another awesome video, I didn't realize ackee have so many benefits. All these things we grew up eating and drinking became superfood when a certain demographic started eating and drinking them, so it will be for ackee.....give it some time!
You are on point with your explanation, people just run away with "it is poisonous" and before you know it, it becomes as poisonous as the bite of a rattlesnake. LOL.
A very enjoyable teaming up again Iris. They both seems so loving. Yes the good old ackee, it save the day so many times when money low. It never fails. We can only get the tin ackee here in the States; and it’s so expensive. But I really wish we can get it natural here. As usual I enjoy your videos. Nice one👍👍👍
Hopefully RUclips will keep my comment up. I have seen numerous ackee trees in Miami. It seems as though the residents who have them, are not in a hurry to pick them, and use them. Once I also got a little seedling from a gentleman. A Jamaican neighbor in Miami, I brought it to Tampa, but it did not survive. Possibly because I didn't know or have the time to care for it, to nurture it. So it didn't survive. I have a friend here in Tampa, that grows it in her backyard. I get it twice a year at least, from her.
If you live “down a country” you know this was a lie from day one. Country people know what is poisonous from morning... now a evening. Good Vlog as always. Hope your Nationalization is going well.
Food looked good and everything looked fresh. Where's the bammy or baumee, fry dumplings and festival? Ijs...I don't get to eat them as much as I'd like to.🤗❤👍
My first Ackee and Saltfish experience I had with a guy from a guesthouse in Port Antonio. I often cook it here in Switzerland with canned Ackee. One day I will do it from the scratch in Jamaica again. Thanks for your entertaining and interesting content. 🙂
How do you find the canned Akee quality? We can only buy canned in Canada as well, but I have been hesitant as I am not sure of the quality and would hate to turn off my family, cause I know the fresh stuff is really good.
@@rowankee4599 I recommend the Linstead Market brand if you can find it. I have an ackee tree and if there is none on the tree and I feel like eating ackee, I buy that brand.
@@rowankee4599 grace canned ackee is very good I find them here in food basic in Canada 🇨🇦 , when I cut the tin open I poured it in a strainer to drain then pour a little of that codfish water over it just to wash off the preservatives.
This is why i always watch your videos with an open mind. You never fail me yet. What you said about it not being poisonous is true but im going to add to that a bit. One of the main reasons why you hear many people say its poisonous is because of unscrupulous people who pick green/young ackee and slit it open and sell it when its extra poisonous sometimes they will mix it with the open one to fool you. So im sure you have heard to never buy force open ackee those are the deadly ones. Thats why you hear that its just precaution and why people have their own vendors they buy ackee from.
Yep, you're absolutely right! And one more thing - sometimes people fail to see the tiny black seeds in "baby ackee" and they get into food. However, these cases are quite rare. Most serious cases come from various countries in West Africa, where ackee isn't eaten, but children there sometimes pick them unripe or eat the seeds unfortunately.
@powertoolfreak good point but this is not 100% guaranteed. There are some vendors only looking to make a quick buck and will have both open and unopen ackee mixed together in hopes of making a money. So even if i do buy them i pick them myself and not the vendor. Any that look forced open i toss one side and even tell the vendor. Thats if i go somewhere new to buy ackee
Good morning Irina! I loved this episode so much, your co-hosts Mike and Queen Shamera were delightful! I am Jamaican and i learned more about ackee in this vid than I knew in my lifetime! Can you do an episode on Breadfruit next? I haven't seen this as a daily staple in other countries and i am curious. I could do my own research, but it's more entertaining listening to you. lol. Happy Sunday to you and your family.
So Delicious! You making my mouth water, Lol We love ackee and Saltfish with Dumplings, Breadfruit you name it...many combinations possible. My Husband's favorite Jamaican breakfast 😋 Great Video guys!
IRINA. Hello, we had 3 ackee trees in CROSS ROADS where we lived, any ackee that hasWRINKLED skin, falls apart really quick, so it looks like scrambled eggs, now the SMOOTH skinned, just as you picked. They stay more together, usually keep about 6 cans, I only buy when the price is good salted cod is easy to find haven’t made it in a long time, and now my wife passed on in FEB 21, I Could make some, but will have to freeeze some, BTW the treatment for ackee poisining is lots of strong sugared water, as it lowers your glucose levels ‘hypoglycemia’ BTW back in the 50s my brother &I took an ACKEE with 7 seeds to the INSTITUTE of JAMAICA, on EAST STREET, as an oddity ,& accepected it. , cheers 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇮🇨🇺🇸
Irena. I ♥️👍♥️👍 this video today. It truly connects with me,; as ackee is one of my favorite fruit/food since I was a little girl growing up in Jamaica. My parents yard, my childhood home also had several ackee trees with branches hanging out on the sidewalk and in one of the neighbor's yard, thus my family were not the only one partaking of it. Thank you for putting out there the myths vs. facts and going as far as demonstrating/ debunking one of the myth😀😃( that was funny😁🤣😂). God Bless you. I also enjoy your fun, energetic, and delightful guests. This was truly a wonderful , educating and enterrtainig video that I share because it is very informative, educating, delightful, enjoyable and entertaining♥️♥️♥️♥️👍
Hello Queen Shameria, pleased you are teaming up with Irie again to make "Ackee and Saltfish Dish. Love some. You could roast the ackee on the coal fire as well, just as good.
@@Ubetterworkblog You can follow me on Instagram. I post a lot about herbs and healthy stuff. Glad I wasn't there but my children are. My daughter electric and water was out, she had to find refuge at a friend.
I think kids should learn the truth about whatever from early on in life if we want to de-spell myths. I learned all i need to know about Ackee from the age of 6 onwards. How to climb the tree, pick the fruits, clean them, spread the seeds to grow new plants and so much more. I taste raw ackee a few times but didn't really like it, however, I know a 4 years old girl who loves to eat raw ackee and never once mistakenly tried to eat the unfit fruits. This is is because she was educated on what is good and what was not from very early. By telling your kids that the raw ackee is poisoned, they will tell a friend who will tell a friend which continue to spread the rumors that we are here trying to get rid of.
It's true, but think of it this way: you tell your child the truth and he/she will eat raw ackee safely, BUT then tell another child that it's ok to eat raw ackee "see, I do it and it's ok!", but will not explain the details - that kid tells other kid.. and risk is that some child would end up eating unripe ackee. I personally think that it's better to teach the truth at start, but it has to be done properly, so the child won't spread the info with other kids.
Great video Irena! 👌 Very informative and on point. My other half made ackee and saltfish with festival the other week and I absolutely loved it 🥰 it's such unique taste as well, wish it was more popular in Europe.
😊😊😊 he's amazing. He make it hard not to love on him. Am right there with you. I barely cook except for curry dishes, rice and peas and cornmeal porridge, the only Jamaica dishes he haven't mastered. He tries and it's good but he says mine is better 😌
Oh my!!! Irie dweet Again!!! I loved it! The Lovely couple. Both so beautiful, and fully complimenting each other. Super cute. Love the video so much! Thanks so much for the info, because I indeed learned a lot. Blessings always Irina!
@powertoolfreak lol. I haven’t had it in awhile..there use to look be lil spot in ochi Rios that I use to get it from every time I go down..but after awhile they always sold out by the time I get there.
@powertoolfreak thank you my friend..when you say all you can eat buffet I was really thinking “ all you can eat buffet in Jamaica “ can’t be the same as the one here in the states.. I pass through moneague from time to time when I’m out there so I’ll be sure to check it out. Hope food is still as good. Places lose their touch overtime
Ive never thought of removing the skin before boiling it. And, Usually i boil it 3 times, that is, put in water and bring it to a boil. Pour that water off, add fresh water and boil again. This is what i do when im only cooking salt fish. I boil the salt fish one time less when its being done with achee or broad beans. Try adding some curry to your achee and salt fish dish.
I used to boil my salt fish but switched to soaking. I have found that soaking the salt fish overnight rehydrates the fish nicely and it ends up plumper and more juicy than when I boil it. It is a completely different texture compared to when it is boiled.
You are so right on this on Irene. I eat ackee as a kid and almost die, I ended up in the ER where they removed parts of my intestines. I have the scar on my stomach to remind me of ackee. Until this day I can’t eat it ,my body literally reacts to it right away by giving me bumps and rashes all over my body.
Oh, wow, how old were you? The treatment of ackee poisoning is actually hospitalization with a lot of liquids, they treat the symptoms. Can't imagine why they would have had a surgery done due to poisoning, maybe it was long time ago when they didn't know how to treat poisoning, hm. I also wonder if you had such a serious case because you are allergic to ackee? 🤔
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIE I don’t actually remember my age at that time, but I was in grade 2 in primary school. All I remember was i was playing in the yard and was eat green almond fruit all day, just eating the outside portion of the fruit, not cracking the inner core and eating the nuts itself. So that day we had ackee and salt fish for dinner and the next thing I remember was vomiting blood and ended up in the ER. They remove apart of my intestines that went dead. Soooooo!!!!!! up until this day I have a huge allergic reaction once Ackee touches my mouth. You know how the almonds are in Jamaica right?
@@Tadrian4084 yeah, looks like the didn't know how to treat poisoning back in the day. Green almonds are ok to eat if they are ripe (as far as I know, it's ok for both: the outer fruit part and the almond itself). Not sure about unripe almonds. Seems you're allergic, but allergy doesn't usually cause vomiting, so it might have been ackee poisoning if they were cooked unripe or seeds got in. 🤔Sucks! Sorry that happened in your childhood!
I became allergic to the cooked version around age of 16. I always thought eating it raw did indeed lead to sickness and death. I learned #facts!!! Love your videos!!! Everyone please watch until the end -- so important!!
Miss Irina, I should not have watched this video on an empty stomach. Now, I don't have any substitute and I am in St Lucia 😂😂🇱🇨 Big up to your two friends and assistant cooks! They seem to be a good team/partners.
@powertoolfreak Yes he's the quiet type so we Balance each other out. I am happy to be home. At only 41 in 4 days you can say am retired. We sell our little herbs and make ourselves content. But we working on an affordable housing project for our low income people. We at the space in life where we don't need all those material things be happy. We happy with the little we have cause we have peace.
@powertoolfreak That's a very wise person. I came home with exactly 2 suitcases. 1 with my desktop, laptop, printer and office supplies and one with clothes. I left everything else in America. Took pity on a family who cry homeless, a veteran family at that. Let them stay at our home furnished with the agreement that they'll pay the rent. Less than 2 months they sold off alllll our furniture for crack money and the apartment evicted us since the lease was in our names. Though we were in Jamaica and with covid no fights was leaving so there was nothing we could do. When the apartment but out the garbage they left, a friend ran there to grab whatever little she could in terms of our personal stuff like pictures. My brother we lost everything. In trying to help we lost it all . But no one to blame but myself. Spirit or my inner voice told me to sell the furniture and give up the apartment but I didn't listen. If I had done that I could have come home with a good couple thousand dollars in my pocket instead of the $600 dollars I came home with. But sir we rebuilding here and sooooooooo happy we are HOME.
And the USA need to stop invading nations and bullying smaller nations and stop locking up their own people on bullshit charges and actually rehabilitate their convicts.
In the USA where I live, I get my Saltfish from a Produce Store, and it is sold in Halves and Dried; also, it is NOT frozen, so it is very very salted to preserve it. So I soak it it overnight to remove the excess salt. I purchase the Ackee in cans, found in one of my local Kroger's, or from (you guessed it), Amazon. Made some Ackee & Saltfish just last week, with Fried Dumpling. The dumpling was made with Coconut Milk (something I learned from another You Tube VLOG). Some people mix the flour with regular milk also. Trust me, if you try either of these methods, would never mix flour with plain water again, when making Fried Dumplings
I’m a new here, been watching a lot of your videos and been loving them, many thanks for showing off the beauty of my beautiful Jamaica 🇯🇲 and our lovely food. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💙💙💙🇯🇲🇬🇧🇯🇲🔥
Irina, RESPEK! In all my decades on this earth, and being a voracious lover of ackee, neither I nor anyone I know have ever been poisoned, or know of someone whose been poisoned by ackee. NEVER! Ackee has unjustifiably gotten a raw (no pun intended) deal. I tried a wee bit of the raw fruit as a very young child because I saw a peer eating it all the time uncooked. Once was good enough for me. I didn't like it raw, however I never got sick, nor had my peer ever gotten sick from eating it raw, as you did. There's very slim chance that an unsupervised, small child will be sickened from eating the closed unripened fruit, because accessing it will not be an easy task. If an intelligent adult chooses to pick/harvest a closed up, unripened fruit to consume it, he or she will suffer the consequences of doing so. Great research on the health properties and benefits. It just reinforces my profound love for ackee.
Ackee oks out muma...weh clean out a go? Irena! Awesome video. Will definitely share with my foreign friends and have them learn about this beloved fruit of my island coming from Africa. Keep it up. Also Twi, as far as my knowledge takes me, it would have a pronunciation as though you were saying 'tree'.
Irina. Here's a video to pursue. One that features animals and fruits that were developed in Jamaica. Eg. Jamaica Hope, Jamaica Black (cattle) ortanique, ugli fruit, seville orange (citrus), etc.
@@Lifestylewithjada They can grow in any tropical and warm subtropical climates, In South Florida they are very popular, almost every Jamaican with a backyard grows Ackee trees...Jamaicans have taken the seeds from Jamaica and grown them successfully.
Hey Irena.... Jamaica Tourist Board nuh call yuh yet fe de Ambassador job? 😄😄😄😄🙏🏽 Blessing Always. Well done. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why would she want the headache of a 9 to 5. She's free doing Airbnb and RUclips. Why people think everyone wants to work for others.
Weh f u cum frm sum a unu a sellout worst dan unu misters over all who born an grow bck home u ready to push aside an gi this WB ambassador ova my own ppl man get TF away
@@Spacenetwork25 lol chill out it’s not that serious
Fantastic job as usual..miss eating fresh cooked ackee and saltfish. How is Owen and Tarek doing being home? Yes, you would make great tourism ambassador for Jamaica
The couple warmed my heart, I love their interaction. "my darling husband" awww😍
Andrea Henry... Yes. They were a fabulous couple.
Just for those who don't know, ackee & saltfish doesn't need any powdered seasonings on it, salt and black pepper do just fine with the vegetable seasoning such as onions, scallion and such. To be honest even the black pepper is optional especially since u already hv the scotch bonnet pepper. This therefore means that Mike's special blend was optional, it isn't a necessary ingredient so for those who might want to try preparing this dish u don't really need to add any other powder seasoning other than salt (and or) black pepper.
My yute, Yuh Know ow di tingg Set!!😉
True, people cooked ackee how best suit their taste. I never add any powdered seasoning. It's optional as you rightly said.
Kyafi, totally agree...but from a personal choice, I like to put "Seasoning" when I make mine....but the fresh stuff also
Exactly 💯
I don't even need the salt fish sometimes, just a lot of tomatoes, onions and thyme with a very nice flavored hot pepper. Bell peppers for me is optional just for color since they don't do much in terms of flavor and taste.
By the way, use coconut oil to get the best results.
The lady is very good and patient (can tell she has a warm heart)
Love my people 🇯🇲🇯🇲.
Thanks for this video Irena! Very informative
Love from a Jamaican ❤️🇯🇲
As usual ...another great video . Thank you for loving Jamaica.
Until you hear the voice of your ancestors say " _That's enough my child_ " It's funny because it's so damn *true*!
Why is it necessary to add salt to ackee n salt fish. Unbelievable.
@@janetholness304 If you are using canned ackee you definitely don't have to as the ackee is canned in brine. If you are using fresh ackee, it depends on how long you soak the fish. I recently soaked my salt fish for longer than usual and had to add a bit of salt to my ackee and salt fish.
@@mnqolivia I do have a low tolerance for salt so maybe that is why I've never felt the need to add salt. It does worry me seeing salt being added due to the prevalence of high blood pressure on the island and of course worldwide.
@@janetholness304 I understand that point of view.
@@mnqolivia You are correct, sometimes you wash out all the salt and have to add it back. That is the simple reason
My husband and I were over here in the States salivating over the Ackee and Salt Fish and roast Breadfruit in this video! Absolutely love your friend! Such a beautiful woman with an equally beautiful smile and personality!
Love love Irine; she is such an honest and objective soul. I am happy that she found her relaxation and happiness in Jamaica. I wish her all the best getting her citizenship and that she will live the rest of her life. She should definitely be the Ambassador for Jamaica. Lots of love to her.💖❤💗💟💕💚💛👍🏼👏🤗⬆️♾✅
Ackee any time; all time; every time. I have 2 trees in my yard - butter ackee (soft, always almost rotten on tree) n the regular type. My freezer is never out of frozen ackees. 🇺🇸🇯🇲🇬🇧💥✝️🤣🙏
My sister love watching your videos i live in Connecticut, jamaican-born and raised..
Irina is a jamaican encyclopedia. She is brilliant. Her channel is the place to learn all things Jamaican.
Damion, if you haven't already, join your Sister and the rest of us Jamaicans who LOVE "Jamaica With Irie". P.S. I lived in Hartford, CT, after moving to the States. Went to Weaver High School (Class of 1985).
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK .I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.GOD BLESS YOU ALL🙏/.............
Irina "It's hot." The host "Honey I am Jamaican." Cracks me up.
My mouth is craving some Ackee and Salt Fish!
I've held young (green) ackees before. My mom told me that I immediately had to wash my hands because I'd been handling them lol. But Ackees are DELICIOUS!!! Had them for breakfast and for dinner. Prefer them mainly without the saltfish though lol.
Hi Irina - please feature this couple again....love all your videos. Makes me want to move back home. 💐🇯🇲
❤❤❤ Thank you! Can't wait for breadfruit! 🇯🇲 Great Video! Happy week all!
Very informative channel, i love your straight to the point no nonsense talk which makes everything IRIE. God bless you and keep up the straight and truthful videos of such a beautiful island...
You did it again Irie....pure unadulturated immersion into
the culture. Salivating from afar.
very nice thank you its in our blood, start eating it early you will win gold medals.ACKEE
You dweet again Irena!!!!🎵🎵🎵 I learnt a few things like the scientific name and how it was named. I had both varieties growing up (cheese variety is better) we ate it every day when in season!!! I west Africa the eat it raw I am told by those from the region. Nice info
I'm gonna watch this later. As soon as I saw the notification, I clicked! The thumbnail alone had me BOL! And I LIKED!😆
Always here for the good information 🇯🇲🇯🇲
Mmmm!! Is there anything more delicious than buttery and creamy Ackee and Salt Fish
with fluffy fry dumpling wash down with proper homemade chocolate tea for breakfast?
Cant think of any. Already looking forward to next video. Thank you.
Absolutely nothing!
Everything you produce is a winner. From back ground music to scenery to content, well put together.
Thank you so much! I just need to learn to do more catchy thumbnails, so more people can watch the videos :)
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIE Could you please stop doubting and selling yourself short, You are "GREAT". Also a great inspiration and without knowing anything about producing audio visual content it is obvious that you are a perfectionist and every mi-nute detail is taken into consideration by you. I do not have words to describe your video quality and the audio is beyond Ahhhh-mazing!!! I know it's good to evolve and progress, heck again I don't know anything in this arena but I cannot possibly think of "1" thing I would like you to change. I just figure keep doing what you have been doing and it will come. It's better to have 30,000 fanatics waiting for the moment you drop the latest edition, than to have 300,000 and only 10% active viewers.
@@Mousirelen Oh, wow, thank you so much for all this support! Much appreciated! 💚🥰
Thoroughly fulljoying this vid, good vibes people 👍
Nice video Irena and its always a delight to watch you all the time, I can see that the Jamaican cuisine is such an enjoyable treat, I enjoy your guest with the contributions of cooking ackee and salt fish. Stay bless and stay safe until your next video comes on.
Thank you again for another awesome video, I didn't realize ackee have so many benefits. All these things we grew up eating and drinking became superfood when a certain demographic started eating and drinking them, so it will be for ackee.....give it some time!
You are on point with your explanation, people just run away with "it is poisonous" and before you know it, it becomes as poisonous as the bite of a rattlesnake. LOL.
A very enjoyable teaming up again Iris. They both seems so loving. Yes the good old ackee, it save the day so many times when money low. It never fails. We can only get the tin ackee here in the States; and it’s so expensive. But I really wish we can get it natural here. As usual I enjoy your videos. Nice one👍👍👍
Hopefully RUclips will keep my comment up. I have seen numerous ackee trees in Miami. It seems as though the residents who have them, are not in a hurry to pick them, and use them. Once I also got a little seedling from a gentleman. A Jamaican neighbor in Miami, I brought it to Tampa, but it did not survive. Possibly because I didn't know or have the time to care for it, to nurture it. So it didn't survive. I have a friend here in Tampa, that grows it in her backyard. I get it twice a year at least, from her.
Yes here in West Palm Beach area there are ackee trees in people's yards and on the side of the highways
Why dont you get some seeds and try growing them yourself in Florida.
@@oliviamonteque6407 I am not from Florida
I so enjoyed watching this video!
Love it. "Thats enough my child"
If you live “down a country” you know this was a lie from day one. Country people know what is poisonous from morning... now a evening. Good Vlog as always. Hope your Nationalization is going well.
C J... I think the Ackee lie, was perpetrated by the US... A ploy to hurt jamaican producers which it did!
@@patriciabarnes7034 Jesus Christ, those MFERS. I wouldn’t doubt you for a second. Babylon system is a vampire.
That was so cute! A man's famous last words, "She said it was a good idea!" 🤣🤣
LOL, I laughed at that also. At least he admitted HE thinks it was also, by comparing Austin's weather to Jamaica's...
Food looked good and everything looked fresh. Where's the bammy or baumee, fry dumplings and festival? Ijs...I don't get to eat them as much as I'd like to.🤗❤👍
Much love and blessings to you and family. You doing a excellent job!!!
Nuff love and respect
My first Ackee and Saltfish experience I had with a guy from a guesthouse in Port Antonio. I often cook it here in Switzerland with canned Ackee. One day I will do it from the scratch in Jamaica again. Thanks for your entertaining and interesting content. 🙂
Thank you! I hope you come to Jamaica soon!
How do you find the canned Akee quality? We can only buy canned in Canada as well, but I have been hesitant as I am not sure of the quality and would hate to turn off my family, cause I know the fresh stuff is really good.
@@rowankee4599 I recommend the Linstead Market brand if you can find it. I have an ackee tree and if there is none on the tree and I feel like eating ackee, I buy that brand.
@@rowankee4599 grace canned ackee is very good I find them here in food basic in Canada 🇨🇦 , when I cut the tin open I poured it in a strainer to drain then pour a little of that codfish water over it just to wash off the preservatives.
@@rowankee4599 the canned is more soft than the fresh ackee but it does depend on the brand. Grace is pretty good though
This is why i always watch your videos with an open mind. You never fail me yet.
What you said about it not being poisonous is true but im going to add to that a bit.
One of the main reasons why you hear many people say its poisonous is because of unscrupulous people who pick green/young ackee and slit it open and sell it when its extra poisonous sometimes they will mix it with the open one to fool you. So im sure you have heard to never buy force open ackee those are the deadly ones. Thats why you hear that its just precaution and why people have their own vendors they buy ackee from.
Yep, you're absolutely right! And one more thing - sometimes people fail to see the tiny black seeds in "baby ackee" and they get into food. However, these cases are quite rare. Most serious cases come from various countries in West Africa, where ackee isn't eaten, but children there sometimes pick them unripe or eat the seeds unfortunately.
Troven, very good point
@powertoolfreak good point but this is not 100% guaranteed. There are some vendors only looking to make a quick buck and will have both open and unopen ackee mixed together in hopes of making a money. So even if i do buy them i pick them myself and not the vendor. Any that look forced open i toss one side and even tell the vendor. Thats if i go somewhere new to buy ackee
Cool to see now! Great video now! Keep up the good work now! Be well now!
Oh man this was so good, got me some saltfish but I'll need to get out and get some ackee and cook it up tomorrow!
Great content......
I love breadfruit ripe roasted and fried with Ackee and corn pork.
Bredda guh easy you wah get we homesick?
Yeah mon guh easy! Sound like the next time you visit yuh haffi guh dig up a breadfruit tree and pack it inna yuh grip.
@@shanewright2213 fi tru
This is making me miss home- also making me hungry! Keep making your videos and we will keep supporting. Big up!👊🏿💪🏿👍🏿♥️
Excellent video 💯. I’ll be vacationing to Jamaica from the U.S. later this year.
Awesome! I hope you will enjoy your time to the fullest! Don't forget to have some ackee and saltfish when here! :)
Thank you..,All a them running competition to see who can bring the most Murder stories
"Honey I'm Jamaican" Love that!
When I lived in Panama there were a few trees in the city but nobody eats it, they fall off the trees in the street and cars run over them.
Good morning Irina! I loved this episode so much, your co-hosts Mike and Queen Shamera were delightful! I am Jamaican and i learned more about ackee in this vid than I knew in my lifetime! Can you do an episode on Breadfruit next? I haven't seen this as a daily staple in other countries and i am curious. I could do my own research, but it's more entertaining listening to you. lol. Happy Sunday to you and your family.
There will definitely be video on Breadfruit this year! :))) Thank you so much for the support, glad you like the videos!
LOVE the music. Also, another GREAT VLOG
So Delicious! You making my mouth water, Lol We love ackee and Saltfish with Dumplings, Breadfruit you name it...many combinations possible. My Husband's favorite Jamaican breakfast 😋 Great Video guys!
IRINA. Hello, we had 3 ackee trees in CROSS ROADS where we lived, any ackee that hasWRINKLED skin, falls apart really quick, so it looks like scrambled eggs, now the SMOOTH skinned, just as you picked. They stay more together, usually keep about 6 cans, I only buy when the price is good salted cod is easy to find haven’t made it in a long time, and now my wife passed on in FEB 21, I Could make some, but will have to freeeze some, BTW the treatment for ackee poisining is lots of strong sugared water, as it lowers your glucose levels ‘hypoglycemia’ BTW back in the 50s my brother &I took an ACKEE with 7 seeds to the INSTITUTE of JAMAICA, on EAST STREET, as an oddity ,& accepected it. , cheers 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇮🇨🇺🇸
I've eaten raw ackee before - out of curiosity. Good video.
Irena. I ♥️👍♥️👍 this video today. It truly connects with me,; as ackee is one of my favorite fruit/food since I was a little girl growing up in Jamaica. My parents yard, my childhood home also had several ackee trees with branches hanging out on the sidewalk and in one of the neighbor's yard, thus my family were not the only one partaking of it. Thank you for putting out there the myths vs. facts and going as far as demonstrating/ debunking one of the myth😀😃( that was funny😁🤣😂). God Bless you. I also enjoy your fun, energetic, and delightful guests. This was truly a wonderful , educating and enterrtainig video that I share because it is very informative, educating, delightful, enjoyable and entertaining♥️♥️♥️♥️👍
Awesome video as always
Hello Queen Shameria, pleased you are teaming up with Irie again to make "Ackee and Saltfish Dish. Love some. You could roast the ackee on the coal fire as well, just as good.
I am definitely going to try that 🤗😊
Wow! I learned a lot. Shamera is such a beautiful woman with a great personality 🇯🇲.
Ahhhhhh thank you 🤗😊
@@TheEchoingPen you're welcome. I need to learn about herbs from you. Glad you guys weren't in Texas last month when they went through that disaster.
@@Ubetterworkblog You can follow me on Instagram. I post a lot about herbs and healthy stuff.
Glad I wasn't there but my children are. My daughter electric and water was out, she had to find refuge at a friend.
@@TheEchoingPen oh my goodness, that's rough. I found you on RUclips I think. Will find your channel on IG.
@@Ubetterworkblog
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I think kids should learn the truth about whatever from early on in life if we want to de-spell myths. I learned all i need to know about Ackee from the age of 6 onwards. How to climb the tree, pick the fruits, clean them, spread the seeds to grow new plants and so much more. I taste raw ackee a few times but didn't really like it, however, I know a 4 years old girl who loves to eat raw ackee and never once mistakenly tried to eat the unfit fruits. This is is because she was educated on what is good and what was not from very early. By telling your kids that the raw ackee is poisoned, they will tell a friend who will tell a friend which continue to spread the rumors that we are here trying to get rid of.
It's true, but think of it this way: you tell your child the truth and he/she will eat raw ackee safely, BUT then tell another child that it's ok to eat raw ackee "see, I do it and it's ok!", but will not explain the details - that kid tells other kid.. and risk is that some child would end up eating unripe ackee. I personally think that it's better to teach the truth at start, but it has to be done properly, so the child won't spread the info with other kids.
Sweet beautiful lovely lady thank you for sharing your videos with us nice beautiful love take care be safe bless up
Irina, your posts are a delightful respite from busy days. Thank you!
Another great video Irene. Lovely content, and of course educational!!
Great video Irena! 👌 Very informative and on point. My other half made ackee and saltfish with festival the other week and I absolutely loved it 🥰 it's such unique taste as well, wish it was more popular in Europe.
That’s what I had last week Sunday for dinner.
London blessings
I love how she loves on her hubby and I love Jamaican food! My hubby does everything-don’t even remember how to cook now😂😂😂
😊😊😊 he's amazing. He make it hard not to love on him. Am right there with you. I barely cook except for curry dishes, rice and peas and cornmeal porridge, the only Jamaica dishes he haven't mastered. He tries and it's good but he says mine is better 😌
Oh my!!! Irie dweet Again!!! I loved it! The Lovely couple. Both so beautiful, and fully complimenting each other. Super cute. Love the video so much! Thanks so much for the info, because I indeed learned a lot. Blessings always Irina!
Ackee is one of my fav dish..I could eat it all day wit whatever..ackee n corn pork...ackee n chicken back..ackee n salt fish..
@powertoolfreak lol. I haven’t had it in awhile..there use to look be lil spot in ochi Rios that I use to get it from every time I go down..but after awhile they always sold out by the time I get there.
@powertoolfreak thank you my friend..when you say all you can eat buffet I was really thinking “ all you can eat buffet in Jamaica “ can’t be the same as the one here in the states.. I pass through moneague from time to time when I’m out there so I’ll be sure to check it out. Hope food is still as good. Places lose their touch overtime
Blessings to you all
Ive never thought of removing the skin before boiling it. And, Usually i boil it 3 times, that is, put in water and bring it to a boil. Pour that water off, add fresh water and boil again.
This is what i do when im only cooking salt fish.
I boil the salt fish one time less when its being done with achee or broad beans.
Try adding some curry to your achee and salt fish dish.
Another way to remove the excess salt is to soak it overnight (sometimes a couple nights). This avoids overcooking it by doing multiple boiling.
I used to boil my salt fish but switched to soaking. I have found that soaking the salt fish overnight rehydrates the fish nicely and it ends up plumper and more juicy than when I boil it. It is a completely different texture compared to when it is boiled.
@@mnqolivia I agree
Loving the video Irina. Very Good info. We definitely need to dispel these myths about ackee.
Mama Irie let's go cook some Ackee
You are so right on this on Irene. I eat ackee as a kid and almost die, I ended up in the ER where they removed parts of my intestines. I have the scar on my stomach to remind me of ackee. Until this day I can’t eat it ,my body literally reacts to it right away by giving me bumps and rashes all over my body.
Oh, wow, how old were you? The treatment of ackee poisoning is actually hospitalization with a lot of liquids, they treat the symptoms. Can't imagine why they would have had a surgery done due to poisoning, maybe it was long time ago when they didn't know how to treat poisoning, hm. I also wonder if you had such a serious case because you are allergic to ackee? 🤔
@@JAMAICAWITHIRIE I don’t actually remember my age at that time, but I was in grade 2 in primary school. All I remember was i was playing in the yard and was eat green almond fruit all day, just eating the outside portion of the fruit, not cracking the inner core and eating the nuts itself. So that day we had ackee and salt fish for dinner and the next thing I remember was vomiting blood and ended up in the ER. They remove apart of my intestines that went dead. Soooooo!!!!!! up until this day I have a huge allergic reaction once Ackee touches my mouth. You know how the almonds are in Jamaica right?
@powertoolfreak yes that’s what I thought
@@Tadrian4084 yeah, looks like the didn't know how to treat poisoning back in the day. Green almonds are ok to eat if they are ripe (as far as I know, it's ok for both: the outer fruit part and the almond itself). Not sure about unripe almonds. Seems you're allergic, but allergy doesn't usually cause vomiting, so it might have been ackee poisoning if they were cooked unripe or seeds got in. 🤔Sucks! Sorry that happened in your childhood!
Irie all ways. Love you video nice
I became allergic to the cooked version around age of 16. I always thought eating it raw did indeed lead to sickness and death. I learned #facts!!! Love your videos!!! Everyone please watch until the end -- so important!!
Love your videos.You area Jamaica’s World Ambassador
Extraordinaire.Love you.
Miss Irina, I should not have watched this video on an empty stomach. Now, I don't have any substitute and I am in St Lucia 😂😂🇱🇨 Big up to your two friends and assistant cooks! They seem to be a good team/partners.
This couple need their own *Jamaican* channel, no doubt👍
We have a channel but it's not as put together as Irena. We just post raw videos. Too busy for all that editing and stuff.
@powertoolfreak Yes he's the quiet type so we Balance each other out. I am happy to be home. At only 41 in 4 days you can say am retired. We sell our little herbs and make ourselves content. But we working on an affordable housing project for our low income people. We at the space in life where we don't need all those material things be happy. We happy with the little we have cause we have peace.
@powertoolfreak That's a very wise person. I came home with exactly 2 suitcases. 1 with my desktop, laptop, printer and office supplies and one with clothes. I left everything else in America. Took pity on a family who cry homeless, a veteran family at that. Let them stay at our home furnished with the agreement that they'll pay the rent. Less than 2 months they sold off alllll our furniture for crack money and the apartment evicted us since the lease was in our names. Though we were in Jamaica and with covid no fights was leaving so there was nothing we could do. When the apartment but out the garbage they left, a friend ran there to grab whatever little she could in terms of our personal stuff like pictures. My brother we lost everything. In trying to help we lost it all . But no one to blame but myself. Spirit or my inner voice told me to sell the furniture and give up the apartment but I didn't listen. If I had done that I could have come home with a good couple thousand dollars in my pocket instead of the $600 dollars I came home with. But sir we rebuilding here and sooooooooo happy we are HOME.
@powertoolfreak Thank you. Things are already better and the best is on the way. Stay blessed too and have an awesome evening.
At queen shamera peace of mind every time and simplicity always the best
Good going and link mi the the low income houses
wish people would treat us the way we treat them in our country.
Your people need to stop the crime sprees in foreign.
Stop killing each other
And the USA need to stop invading nations and bullying smaller nations and stop locking up their own people on bullshit charges and actually rehabilitate their convicts.
@@troystpaul100i know it's 2yrs later but pls try again... The crim was here long before any Jamaicans and will continue to be.
Shameria is lovely! Lots of well studied info 👍🏻👍🏻
This is very good information to share as there are not true stories out there on this delicious fruit.
Thank you for sharing ❤
Love me some ackee and roast beautiful
I like my ackee just barely cooked and firm. I can live off ackee and breadfruit alone.
Soaking the salt fish at least an hour before cooking is better
I could never eat it thus, I love it when it plaka, plaka
In the USA where I live, I get my Saltfish from a Produce Store, and it is sold in Halves and Dried; also, it is NOT frozen, so it is very very salted to preserve it. So I soak it it overnight to remove the excess salt. I purchase the Ackee in cans, found in one of my local Kroger's, or from (you guessed it), Amazon.
Made some Ackee & Saltfish just last week, with Fried Dumpling. The dumpling was made with Coconut Milk (something I learned from another You Tube VLOG). Some people mix the flour with regular milk also. Trust me, if you try either of these methods, would never mix flour with plain water again, when making Fried Dumplings
@powertoolfreak , yeah, the Coconut Milk does that too. I'm 55 and I just learned about using Coconut Milk / Milk only a month ago.
Heeeyyyyyy Trevor!! Thanks for the tip!! 😉
@@Weislawa , YW
Mi woulda eat a plate now.
Me to lol, we hav de bes food ina de worl
@@dcbb6865 yes we do period!
I’m a new here, been watching a lot of your videos and been loving them, many thanks for showing off the beauty of my beautiful Jamaica 🇯🇲 and our lovely food. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💙💙💙🇯🇲🇬🇧🇯🇲🔥
Thank you and WELCOME! 😊💚🖤💛
Great video as usual😌❤
Irina, RESPEK!
In all my decades on this earth, and being a voracious lover of ackee, neither I nor anyone I know have ever been poisoned, or know of someone whose been poisoned by ackee. NEVER!
Ackee has unjustifiably gotten a raw (no pun intended) deal. I tried a wee bit of the raw fruit as a very young child because I saw a peer eating it all the time uncooked. Once was good enough for me. I didn't like it raw, however I never got sick, nor had my peer ever gotten sick from eating it raw, as you did.
There's very slim chance that an unsupervised, small child will be sickened from eating the closed unripened fruit, because accessing it will not be an easy task. If an intelligent adult chooses to pick/harvest a closed up, unripened fruit to consume it, he or she will suffer the consequences of doing so.
Great research on the health properties and benefits. It just reinforces my profound love for ackee.
@powertoolfreak Precisely roots! It's a case where people were just ignorant and not knowing the facts to explain the how and why.
Ackee oks out muma...weh clean out a go?
Irena! Awesome video. Will definitely share with my foreign friends and have them learn about this beloved fruit of my island coming from Africa.
Keep it up.
Also Twi, as far as my knowledge takes me, it would have a pronunciation as though you were saying 'tree'.
Irina. Here's a video to pursue. One that features animals and fruits that were developed in Jamaica. Eg. Jamaica Hope, Jamaica Black (cattle) ortanique, ugli fruit, seville orange (citrus), etc.
Irina your videos are such a joy to watch....Thank you! Alas, here in North Carolina, I have all the saltfish in the world and no ackee...
Godwin, you can purchase Canned Ackee from off Amazon
@@trevorsteer7331 Really? Did not know!
Lol I really enjoyed this video☺️. The couple is super authentic. Thanks again for a great video.
Love your videos. I have learned so much, and I look forward to your videos each week!!!❤🧡💛💚💙
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode...learned so much. Thanks again for another gem, Irina!
You are so good at this👍
I enjoyed watching you guys...very pleasant...I wish I could be a part of your feast.
Twist and turn is stuck in my head now 🥰 amazing video ❤️🇬🇧
Lol 😆.
WE need more vids with Shamera, the onscreen chemistry together is genuine!!💖💖😎
yum yum.....please make more cooking videos
Hi again, me and my family been watching on the big screen lately and we love di vibes🌹
They grow in orlando Florida
What!!!!! Uncle Sam doesn’t know that it’s there, trust me 😂 😂
What? First time hearing about this i thought it only grow in the Caribbean and Africa😳
@@Lifestylewithjada right!!!! Uncle Sam doesn’t know that’s its there lol
@@Lifestylewithjada They can grow in any tropical and warm subtropical climates, In South Florida they are very popular, almost every Jamaican with a backyard grows Ackee trees...Jamaicans have taken the seeds from Jamaica and grown them successfully.
Hawaii also but more so on da west side dryer side. Just hard to find. Da one tree I knew about was cut down
That was a very informative subject in which I've enjoyed... 👍
A little fry plantain would go well with that right now 😋
Let's fry it
Yes!
@powertoolfreak yes man ripe plantain is definitely what I was thinking about 🙂