Comments on: A is for Ackee http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/ First they came for the verbs and I said nothing, for verbing weirds language. Then they arrival for the nouns and I speech nothing, for I no verbs. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Orville http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-656 Orville Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:49:05 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-656 I been eating the ting since a was a little bitty boy and aint never got sick from it. I be 54 years old now. Like anything its just a matter of learning the right way to do it. I been eating the ting since a was a little bitty boy and aint never got sick from it. I be 54 years old now. Like anything its just a matter of learning the right way to do it.

]]> By: guyana-gyal http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-557 guyana-gyal Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:27:45 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-557 Lawd have mercy. And here I am, staring at the ackee tree growing out this window, here, right now. And my uncle, when he lived in Guyana, used to pick it [opened, of course] and eat it RAW, UNCOOKED!!! And an aunt, too. Lawd have mercy. And here I am, staring at the ackee tree growing out this window, here, right now.

And my uncle, when he lived in Guyana, used to pick it [opened, of course] and eat it RAW, UNCOOKED!!! And an aunt, too.

]]> By: Ria http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-556 Ria Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:44:10 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-556 New slogan for the Ackee Marketing Board: <br/> <p> <font face="Verdana" size= "4" color="red" padding-top="1.5em">If de cookin don't kill ya, de cancer will!</font> </p> <br/> New slogan for the Ackee Marketing Board:

If de cookin don’t kill ya, de cancer will!

]]> By: Mad Bull http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-555 Mad Bull Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:56:41 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-555 I love it myself, though Natty is allergic to it, so we don't eat it often., Still Ackee is supposed to be very high in fat and is mentioned as one of the food contributing to the high incidence of prostate cancer in jamaica. See <a href="http://www.madbull4.net/testblog/archives/001363.php" rel="nofollow">here</a>... I love it myself, though Natty is allergic to it, so we don’t eat it often., Still Ackee is supposed to be very high in fat and is mentioned as one of the food contributing to the high incidence of prostate cancer in jamaica. See here…

]]> By: Ria http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-554 Ria Thu, 26 Jan 2006 03:02:10 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-554 Zinnia, I imagine it went something like this: King: OK. Make a note: seed also poisonous. Now bring forth the next volunteer to drink the cooking water! Ivo, apart from tasting good, for many people ackee is free food. I often see men with long poles and hooks "fishing" for ackee in the trees by the roadside. Zinnia, I imagine it went something like this:

King: OK. Make a note: seed also poisonous. Now bring forth the next volunteer to drink the cooking water!

Ivo, apart from tasting good, for many people ackee is free food. I often see men with long poles and hooks “fishing” for ackee in the trees by the roadside.

]]> By: ivo http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-552 ivo Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:55:25 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-552 i agree... i can't believe people can eat that fruit but... i want to try it :) ZS i agree… i can’t believe people can eat that fruit but… i want to try it :)

ZS

]]> By: Zinnia Cyclamen http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-551 Zinnia Cyclamen Wed, 25 Jan 2006 08:09:53 +0000 http://riabacon.com/2006/01/25/a-is-for-ackee/#comment-551 Very interesting - I've only ever seen ackee in cans over here, and never knew it was such a scary fruit. I wonder how anyone ever discovered the conditions under which it could be eaten! Very interesting - I’ve only ever seen ackee in cans over here, and never knew it was such a scary fruit. I wonder how anyone ever discovered the conditions under which it could be eaten!

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