Bajan Grandmother Teaches Me How To Cook The National Dish Of Barbados!/ Cou-Cou and Flying Fish

flying fish

🥗Healthier: grilled chicken

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is more accessible and affordable while still providing protein.

cornmeal

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: polenta

Polenta offers a similar texture at a lower cost.

Introduce the dish cuckoo and flying fish, explaining it's the national dish of Barbados.

Meet the grandmother who will teach how to make cuckoo and flying fish.

Discuss variations of cuckoo in Barbados and the Caribbean, noting that today they will use salmon instead of flying fish due to availability.

Show the ingredients: cornmeal, okra, sweet potato, tomatoes, sweet peppers, flavored pepper, thyme, onions, pickled cucumber, and salmon.

Start by heating water in a pot and adding salt to it.

Wash hands before continuing with the cooking process.

Add cornmeal to the boiling water and stir continuously to avoid lumps, using a coco stick or a whisk for better results.

Add okra to the boiling water with the cornmeal and keep stirring.

Chop onions and prepare them for cooking with the salmon.

Use any type of oil to sauté the onions before adding the salmon.

Discuss the affordability of the ingredients, noting that they are inexpensive in Barbados.

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