Fry Jacks are puffed up fried dough eaten traditionally in Belize for breakfast. They are usually served with refried beans or eggs. I love fry jacks but I have never been able to achieve a good result with recipes found on the Internet. I mentioned this in passing to a Belizean friend and she was aghast at the fact that I had not mastered the art of Fry Jacks after all these years and promptly organised a lesson for me.
This is the authentic Fry Jack Recipe. It works great and the end result is a light puffed up fried dough.
Oooooh!!! I made these ones…
Thank-you Francisca!!
The heat is Punishing; It’s stifling hot and we are suffering in the midst of dry season in Belize. I’m not whining for nothing…it has been a real feel of 117F (47C)! Phew!! The Piggies are whining in Paradise too…with squeals, squawks and prolonged weeeeeeeeeees! Mmmm…maybe we should do a Piggie Haircut Day…anyone for a mow-hawk!! It’s not a joke by the way, we do shave their hair as an annual event..
Hope you are having an enlightening Good Friday! Well, it’s hot and we are definitely in the midst of dry season which means it is time to tap copal (Protium copal) for the resin. The most popular use for the copal blocks is as incense. To use, just break off pieces and burn over charcoal. Another use for copal is as a skin treatment for rash, inflammation and itch; copal has been used by the Ancient Maya for centuries as a traditional remedy for skin ailments. It also has natural anti-septic qualities so can be used for minor bacterial and fungal infections. Here are some pictures of fresh copal:
For the people of Punta Gorda, we have a fresh batch of coconut cream at Green Supaul’s. You can’t miss it…it’s in the same freezer as the ice cream and the almond Snickers bars. Here is a snapshot to remind you!
We have been waiting for the “Iguana Rains” for two days now. At 5pm today we had a slight drizzle but not enough to fill two large water tanks. C’mon then…let’s have a downpour, if not for us, but for the sake of the iguana population; they need wet ground to lay their eggs:
Oooooh! We got a whole load of goodies from Singapore. It always feels like Christmas when we open up the box and let all the lovely South-East Asian jars, bottles and silver-foiled packets roll out. We really miss Real Chinese food!!
We’ve been working all weekend to get our new gutters up to catch the rains tomorrow.
It has been soooo hot and dry lately…as they say here in Belize, “The heat punish me.” The other morning, Gnome left the house and said that he was going to mow around the farm. He was gone for a fair bit and I didn’t hear the motor starting so I went to look for him. Well, he certainly wasn’t mowing because the cat had nicely settled down for the day!
