Mmm, my parotid, sublingual, and submandibular salivary glands are getting a work-out just thinking about it.
Filling your cart at the supermarket is another kind of challenge. Each week, I take the bus to IGA and walk up and down the aisles searching for brands that sound familiar or even for food items that sound familiar. For example, who on this planet would buy "cock soup?" 
This past weekend, I was lucky enough to take a break from slaving over the hotplate in my kitchen to sample some of Grenada's finest cuisine. My new friends and I made a reservation (yes, we had to plan in advance!) at Patrick's Local Homestyle Cooking. Owner, chef, waiter, and entertainer, Patrick Levine treated us to a feast of local dishes--20 total! It was delicious and all served with a spicy nutmeg rum punch.
Here's a rundown of the 20 courses: ginger pork, ocean crab salad, fresh fish steaks, eggplant in beer batter, cod fish fritters, rice and peas in coconut creme, stir-fried rabbit, callaloo, pumpkin, beef casserole curried mutton, lobster salad, chicken in white wine sauce, fried plantain, cray fish broth, potato salad, lamb, sea urchin, coo coo, and several other dishes that were simply fabulous, but I had no idea what I was eating.
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MMMM you're making me hungry! It would seem I need to make a trip to Grenada. Stat.
Meg, that sounds like so much fun! Please post more pictures of your meal, it sounded delicious...I have to say that I am also quite intrigued by "cock soup"--are you sure you don't want to give it a go? I am also jealous of your new friends that get to spend time with you.
WARD! What would you say is better: the feast you ate, or a lower live personal pan pizza? Tough one, right?
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