Where He leads...: A Haitian breakfast

A Haitian breakfast

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One of my all-time favorite meals is Haitian spaghetti. If prepared right, it is the most flavorful dish! Perhaps the most interesting thing about eating spaghetti in Haiti is that it's often served for breakfast. Sometimes it's not much more than plain noodles with oil, onions, and seasoning. I love it with the "red sauce", peppers, onions, and ham! There will always be ketchup within reach, as it's a staple for this dish and many others. Here's one of the best recipes I've found for Haitian spaghetti. And if you're down for a visit, I'll point you towards an oceanside restaurant that cooks it up perfectly!

Our cook Yvette and I have been dreaming up an idea for a cookbook. She's the fifth cook I've had throughout my time in Haiti and while all the ladies were fabulous, Yvette takes the win! She has such a wide range of culinary skills. Of course she can master any Haitian dish, but she also knows how to make pizza from scratch, her chicken lasagna is to die for, and she'll even surprise us with gooey Rice Krispies treats! She'd love to write a cookbook that she could share with our guests. The challenge will be for me to somehow get the recipes down since Yvette spends all day in the kitchen, floating from one pot to the next, no measuring utensils in sight. But we will find a way to make it happen! And of course you all will be the first to know when it's in print! :)

Creole vocabulary of the day:
The noun "food" and the verb "to eat" are both "manje" in Creole. [mahn - ʒay]

The "an" sound is pronounced like the "on" sound in "con". The "j" is pronounced like the "si" sound in "vision". In Creole, an "e" is pronounced like a hard "a".