 Posted 10/23/2008 1:58:32 PM
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| Jamaicans are the only group of Caribbean people I know that eats lunch and dinner for breakfast. Yam, green banana, sledge hammer dumpling, mackerel, liver- how do they handle that kinder of food so early in the morning
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Posted 10/29/2008 10:04:04 AM
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Your post offensive!? lol
My Voice
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Posted 10/29/2008 10:07:00 AM
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 what is a sledge hammer dumplings?
My Voice
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Posted 10/29/2008 3:21:29 PM
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I too agree that this is offensive. I am Jamaican and I take offense to your comment. I have had Trini breakfast that is just as big as "Jamaicans" with the real big fried bake or the oversize roast bake.
Blessup
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Posted 5/1/2009 9:08:36 AM
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| What is offensive about this post - is it the way that the question was stated or is it the fact that it was raised? This question is a legitimate one and one which I have asked on a number of occassions. Jamaicans do have a large breakfast and I believe that historically the origin can be traced to slavery and the immediate post-slavery period. Breakfast generally includes, yams, dumplings, ackee and saltfish etc and these are all inheritance from the slavery period. On inquiry, I was told by a Jamaican that his grandparents who worked in the sugar industry indicated to him that they always ensured that a large breakfast was eaten before going to the estates so that they would have the energy to get quite a lot done and to remain the field as long as possible. Naturally, this is one aspect of that culture which has remained and ought to be celebrated in the same way Trinidadians queue up to enjoy their doubles in the morning. Differences in culture should serve not to divide but to bring us together as we appreciate the uniqueness of the islands. What Next am assuming a sledge hammer dumpling is one of those that is kneaded very tightly. I've had those, they go down well with saltfish: :-)
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Posted 1/19/2010 6:03:10 PM
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| I believe that this stemmed back from Slavery days...Our slave fore-cousins used to tell themselves that they had to work from sunrose to sunset, and they needed the carbs for energy.......The tradition in my opinion never died....I mean if Jamaicans want to eat plenty in the morning..then by all means go ahead....You only have one life so enjoy all the dam delicioius food and "when man belly full, 'im belch....beerrp!"
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Posted 1/19/2010 6:04:51 PM
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| I read Yute's comment after I wrote mine....and it is similar....Go Yute
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Posted 1/28/2010 9:39:02 AM
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| Yes agreed this is apart of our culture and yes we should embrace our cuture..blah blah blah. Yes it stems back to days of Slavery blah blah blah!. BUT please lets not fool ourselves this generation does not even come close to doing the hard sweat work that our foreparents did. We dont farm lands or pick cottons all day nor do we get our *** whopped by anyone if we dont work. So we cant sit around and eat sledgehammer dumplins, yam, banana etc on a daily basis just because we are upholding apart of our cuture...This generation hardly walks, we sit at desks, and computers all day. So yes it is good know where we come from but modification is absolutely necessary in the way we eat..yes and that includes the dumplins, doubles, roti (baked or fried), yam, banana and the list goes on.
Blessup
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Posted 1/28/2010 10:57:59 AM
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| The word blah as far I understand means boring and is generally associated with vomitting. In trying to give explanation as to the reasons Jamaicans have held on to their tradition our views have basically been referred to in blah blah terms. This I find minimally humourous but I respect the fact that people are entitled to their views. I still subscibe to Garvey's view that a people who doesnt understand their history will continue to live in ignorance as to who they really are. Culture and a consciousness of that cultural is critical in developing a people with confidence in themselves and their abilities...that is no blah.
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Posted 2/14/2010 5:23:50 PM
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| Eating like that so early in the morning is part of Jamaican culture from what was said, in few replies. I think part of Jamaican culture is to do and say things backward so that is the reasons they lunch for breakfast.
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