Yatties made with lentils and veggie mince.
Stew: Peas and peanuts, Irish potato, carrot, callaloo, coconut milk, scallion, thyme, pepper, salt, pimento seed.
Sip: It's called sip, and not soup, as it contains no meat.
Yatty: This is similar to patty but the Rastafarians say yatty as it contains no meat. It is made mainly of peas and beans and flour used for making the crust.
Vegetables: Callaloo, cabbage, carrots.
Processed vegetarian produces: Mince, chunks and tofu.
Peas: Gungo, lentil, round red peas, black eye, split peas but not cow peas. Only the women are allowed to eat red peas as it is said that when men eat red peas it causes their carnality to rise (lust of the flesh).
Sweeteners: Wet sugar, honey and molasses.
Ground provisions: Irish potatoes, bananas, and plantains are some of the few (except those from the vine).
Solids: Flour, rice (white, brown, black or wheat) and cornmeal.
Nuts: Peanuts and almonds.
A typical daily menu at Bobo Hill.
BREAKFAST:
Porridge: Cornmeal mixed with whole wheat flour, plantain.
LUNCH:
Sip (soup), bread, fish (for a few people), callaloo, stew, courage (a stew made of peas, Irish potato, carrot).
DINNER
Rice and peas and courage or sip
Did you know?
Residents call Bobo Hill the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress Church of True Divine Salvation.
