Tropical Sun Jamaica Callaloo (in Salted Water) 540g - (Pack of 3)

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Good price.quick delivery.

Now that I live out of the city of London I miss the supermarkets and market spaces that sell a wide an diverse collection of international food, so thank goodness for Amazon! 3 large tins of callaloo for 8.99 was a reasonable price, enabling some good old-fashioned West Indian recipes to be cooked to perfection. I've had fresh calloo, cut and cooked from the ground and the flavour of this tinned product is just as good. Nice to know that as a country girl I don't have to compromise!

I don't know what it is exactly that makes callaloo so tasty, but I've bought this brand of tinned callaloo many times now, and was just about to buy some more, but noticed how few reviews there are. I've never been to a Jamaican restaurant before, which is something I should fix soon. But yeah, I bought callaloo out of interest because it's low carb and seems like a universal thing over in Jamaica to add whatever you want to. You could fry it with meat, or with eggs, or with rice, or with pasta, or whatever you want seemingly, it's like the universal base for food over there, and I can see what. It just tastes absolutely gorgeous. I saw it described as Jamaican spinach a few times, but, and I love spinach too, it's 100x better than spinach. They are just gorgeous. Fry them up, with rice and meat or whatever, as you're supposed to, and your children will have zero problem finishing the callaloo. They'll love it even if they're the picky type who hates most vegetables and needs to he forced to eat them. One can has a LOT of calalloo in it, enough for at least 2 people, easily, especially if you're adding a lot of extra ingredients to it that are filling such as meat.Just, you'll be shocked, genuinely shocked, at how good these taste. I can't really describe the shock very well with words. It's just, I love vegetables, and before I tried callaloo I thought I'd love them too. But my actual reaction is so far beyond that that "love" is not a good enough word for it. They're so great they're addictive, in a way that usually only food that's bad for tou is (like chips, or French fries for the yanks (even though they were invented by Belgians)). I finished the whole can in one go the first time I cooked them, and was absolutely stuffed, but I still wanted more. I had bought quite a few tins of calalloo that time and thought they'd last me a while but unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) they didn't last long because I instantly began having callaloo based meals for all 3 meals a day, every day. This is what I mean about being shocked at how good they are. They're gorgeous even just say on their own with some butter melted over it all. Again I love vegetables, and I always cook them properly (i.e. never boil them, because that makes veg taste awful (and for Brussels sprouts it's what makes them bitter, don't boil sprouts and you'll discover they're not actually bitter at all, they caramelise up and are sweet), plus boiling them leeches out all the good nutrition they have into the water that you then simply pour down the sink; no, I always cook veg correctly, which most of the time means roasting or frying (fat is good for you, we need it to live, it's vital for your immune system, and for brain function) because it tastes much better and retains all the good nutrition like vitamins and minerals so that they're healthier on top of tasting better, though sometimes I slow cook veg side dishes, with no water, just butter)So I already love vegetables. Roast brocolli is divine. But callaloo is something else. I really really don't know what it is about them that I love so much. I just know that I do. And you will too. Try them, out of curiosity, like I did. It's not exactly a huge investment for an experiment like that. And do not boil and drain them because that's dumb, and a waste. No, look up real Jamaican recipes for what to cook with them, again they're used as a base for a ton of different dishes so whatever you like, you can make with callaloo added. Frying them is the best thing to do. Now every time I have a fry up, I fry callaloo with it these days. It's a lifechanger, for sure. The most common way to cook them in Jamaica is apparently to fry them up with chunks of saltfish, bell peppers, onion, and garlic. I've tried that and let me tell you it's a staple dish for a reason, it is utterly gorgeous. Your life will change for the better when you finally try callaloo, and that's not hyperbole. Especially if you have kids who you can't get to eat their vegetables. They'll be devouring this stuff like it's chicken nuggets, and you'll never have to have an argument with them about it ever again.

Good but to pricey