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Cocoa Tea Chronicles

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Every Sunday, our ritual in my household would be cocoa tea and home made bread or bakes with whatever filling we may desire, once available of course. I loveeeeeeee Cocoa tea, the grease, the taste, the flavor of spices and most of the all the after effect- sweating. Most people, not all, can make Cocoa tea very well, some might be thin, others too thick, or not enough milk; whatever it is, there are few people who can make a good cup of Cocoa tea. I like to class myself in that bracket.  Here are some simple steps in making a good cup of Cocoa tea, Grenadian style. Ingredients:  Serve hot 1-2 cocoa balls 1 bay leaf (optional) pinch of salt 1/2 cup evaporated milk 1 heap TBSP flour (for thickness) 1- 1 1/2 cups of water  Methods: 1. Fill pot with 2 cups of water, bring to a boil.  2. Add salt, bay leaf and cocoa balls. (cocoa balls will dissolve) 3. Fill cup with 1 or 1 1/2 cups of water, add flour. Mix gradually to avoid lump, ensure flour is disso

Caribbean People, Do We Date?

.......Do we? I've sat down and tried to analyse this, even in the company of my peers. Basically we've came up with the conclusion that we do not date in the Caribbean, but merely go through a process or stage of getting to know an individual and giving a time frame after which things would kick off into the serious business- the " we are exclusive" . At this point the relationship has been defined or D.T.R . We've decided that dating seems more a Foreign culture which may or may not have been adopted by various Caribbean individuals. D.T.R - Now providing that both parties have sat down and discuss this, with both understanding what ever they propose their relationship would be and not one party (in their mind) having a relationship, while the other seems to be single. In most cases, this happens, I call it "miscommunication or the situation-ship" . Of course, over a period of time, with growth and aging this so call miscommunication will dimin