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Rachel @rachel
Thanks Sonia, I love the name too! I was taught to make Jamaican food at university and it’s easily some of the best food I’ve ever had! I’ve got a huge bag of scotch bonnet chillies, I might put some more in my cookbook!
Carla Brown @Carlab
This is not Jamaican Saturday soup. Stop misleading people. Jamaican Saturday soup does not have parsnip, cabbage, red lentils or greens in it. 🤔 I advise any one who wants to make authentic Jamaican Saturday soup to get the recipe from a JAMAICAN person or a real Jamaican food site.
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Rachel @rachel
It’s was my interpretation of something I was taught by my ex when I was a student. I added the seasonal ingredients that I had on this occasion. I’m not trying to mislead or offend, in fact I was simply sharing the recipe of something I made for my lunch. I’ll change the name and I apologise that it has upset you.
Rachel @rachel
Please feel free to recommend a recipe or to give me any advice and tips, I would welcome them. I make variations of this soup all the time and for me it’s the combination of allspice, Thyme, cloves and scotch bonnet chillies that is important for the flavour. I shared this recipe as it’s a favourite and I love eating it. To be honest, I write my recipes down as a little record for myself (like an online recipe book) rather than to ‘share’. I’m always looking to improve my cooking and I’ love to learn.
Carla Brown @Carlab
It has not upset me however it is misleading to people who do not have any knowledge of JAMAICAN cuisine. Even the name Jamaican Saturday soup with spinners. All Jamaican soups have spinners in there. Also you put British seasonal vegetables and Indian red lentils in a JAMAICAN soup. Ingredients such as yam, Jamaican sweet potato (not super market sweet potato), scotch bonnet, thyme, chow chow are commonly used ingredients used in Jamaican soups as they are grown on the land. That's what makes Jamaican Saturday soup. If your gonna put your own spin on it then you should at least state this from the start.
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Rachel @rachel
It’s just the name given to me when I was taught to make it and it has stuck. I wrote this recipe down for a personal e-recipe book that I was making to share with my son, which included some of the recipes we make together. I was merely stating it had dumplings in it and they were the spinner and sinker type. I loved the name when I was taught to make them.
Thats what I do with my recipes Carla, my thing is to use local and seasonal produce or to find plantbased alternatives to traditional dishes. I hope you can see I’m not trying to mislead - I don’t actually expect it even want anyone to use my recipes! Any advice on how to improve the recipe would be totally appreciated.
Thats what I do with my recipes Carla, my thing is to use local and seasonal produce or to find plantbased alternatives to traditional dishes. I hope you can see I’m not trying to mislead - I don’t actually expect it even want anyone to use my recipes! Any advice on how to improve the recipe would be totally appreciated.
Carla Brown @Carlab
It's not your recipe you have taken a Jamaican recipe thrown in your extras and still called it by its name Jamaican Saturday soup. This is a classic example of cultural appropriation.
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Carla Brown @Carlab
This not a plant based alternative either. Not every Jamaican Saturday soup has meat in it.
Rachel @rachel
I’ve changed the name - as I said I was not trying to offend or mislead and it was meant for my family use. Like I said, I used seasonal and local ingredients to make my interpretation. I make lots of variations of this. It’s sometimes traditionally made with a packet soup mix base which often isn’t vegan. Like I said, I would welcome any tips you might have to improve my cooking. Thanks 😊
