So it’s customary in my household while growing up in Jamaica that Saturday’s meal would be soup. The soup ranges from:

• Chicken Foot Soup
• Beef Soup
• Peas Soup
• Crowfoot Soup
• Red peas or Gungo Soup
• Fish Tea
• Mannish Water

I remember traveling to other places on the island like Portland and got Busu (a snail like creature in a black miniature shell). Which I was tasked by my father to make soup. On another occasion, we would spend summer days on Hellshire Beach and would pick up wilks along the seashore and then again I was tasked to make soup.

Why did I always have the cooking responsibilities? It did not dawn on me that it was preparing me for a future in culinary. Cooking at home and also being professionally taught, in addition to professional experience allows me to be competent in culinary arts.

I share with you my soup:

Enjoy!