Nah, allergies aren't worth the try. Thanks for the suggestion though.
sorry to hear that you are not physically able to try a scotch bonnet.
Nah, allergies aren't worth the try. Thanks for the suggestion though.
sorry to hear that you are not physically able to try a scotch bonnet.
sorry to hear that you are not physically able to try a scotch bonnet.
Dominican food sucks! Eat Yuca and die.
one comment that has been directed at Dominican cuisine is that it lacks flavor, and that the DR is the land that spice forgot. however, there is another thing to factor into the equation, which has dawned upon me over the years. Dominican spices have very little flavor. i have no idea why this is so. if you compare allspice berries from the DR with those from other caribbean islands, you will see the obvious difference. skellions, also known as puero fino here, have very little pungency, unlike the ones from the other islands. the black pepper is bland, and the capsicums like habaneros have heat, but not the nutty flavor that scotch bonnet is known for. the ginger has no explosiveness, like Jamaican ginger, which Schweppes uses to make their ginger ale. i have no idea whether it is caused by the soil, or the particular species. i would love to find out why this is so. even the coffee beans in Jamaica have a superior flavor.
now don't all attack me at once....
It has everything to do with soil, however having said, Dominican tomatoes, or at least where we get them from are delicious and very full of flavour , same with the onions. I have ginger and cinnamon tea every night and it's good, but I've never had it from other islands so I can't do a comparison. Dominican cacao is also very good.
It has everything to do with soil, however having said, Dominican tomatoes, or at least where we get them from are delicious and very full of flavour , same with the onions. I have ginger and cinnamon tea every night and it's good, but I've never had it from other islands so I can't do a comparison. Dominican cacao is also very good.
i've been planning to buy some coffee on amazon for a while now. yeah, yeah, shipping wood to the forest, i know. but i would like to try some other coffees too. in the UK i used to buy mainly african produce... when we went to colombia we bought few kilos of their coffee and it was superb.
i will agree that some things in DR really have no taste. i have not encountered yet an onion that would squeeze tears from my eyes. tomatoes have zero taste. spring onions taste like paper. pineapple and watermelon are both good, thou. maybe it's a question of the climate: tropical fruits and veggies grow here naturally, european produce - not so much.