Cook up a goodly amount of delightful and intriguing Jamacian Meat Pies.
Take them into the work place or to neighbors and share them with all people.
Invite and encourage discussion of family and community with all. Savor the good food and friendship available between all men.
Kingston Meat Patties, Eric V. Copage
Spicy meat-stuffed pastries with a distinctive yellow crust are sold by street vendors all over jamaica. You can make them with any ground meat you fancy--Lamb, pork, or even turkey.
Pastry:
2 1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 t. curry powder
1/2 t. salt
1/8 t. cayanne pepper
3/4 C. vegetable shortening, chilled
1/3 C. ice water
Filling:
2 T. butter
1 Lb. ground meat
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 fresh hot chili pepper, preferably scotch bonnet, seeded and minced.
1 clove garlic, minced
1 T. all purpose flour
2 t. curry powder
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. dried tyme
1/4 t. ground allspice
2 T. tomato paste
2T. water
1 large egg beaten
1. Make the pastry dough: in a medium bowl, stir together the flour,curry powder and salt and cayenne. Using a pastry blender or two knives, cut in the shortening until it resembles coarse meal. Tossing with a fork, gradually sprinkle in the ice water, mixing just until the mixture is moist enough to hold together when pinched between your thumb and fore finger. Gather the dough and form it into a flat disk, wrap it in waxed paper and refrigerate at least one hour or overnight.
2. Make the filling: Heat the butter in a large skillet. Add the ground beef and onion and chili pepper and garlic. Cook over medium high heat, stirring often, until the meat is no longer pink, about 5 minits.
Then add the flour, curry powder, salt, thyme, and allspice, and stir for 1 min. Stir in the tomato paste and water and cook until thickened, about one min. Remove the skillet from the heat and allow the filling to cool completely.
3. Position a rack in the top third of the oven, and preheat the oven to 400 degrees. lightly grease a baking sheet.
4. On a floured work surface, roll out the dough to form a 12 by 14 inch rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Cut into eight 6 by 3 inch triangles.Place about 1/4 cup of the filling in the center of each rectangle, fold it over to enclose the filling, and press the edges with a fork to seal them. transfer the patties to the prepared baking sheet, and brush them with lightly beaten egg.
5. bake until a golden brown, 25 to 30 minits. Serve hot, warm, or at room temperature.
games to play...
songs to sing...
Stuff The Turkey
Brown paper bag
two small brown lunch paper bags
newspaper
tissue paper
tape
stapler
glue
Fold down about 4" of the large brown bag - keep the fold inside. Fold and staple in each of the four edges of the bag so that the opening is smaller. Smooth out the opening to make it rounded. Stuff the two small paper bags with newspaper. Twist the top of the bags and tape to form the drumsticks. Cut strips of the red tissue paper and glue around the twisted top of the drumsticks for decoration. Glue the drumsticks on the sides of the "turkey". For the stuffing, wad up pieces of the newspaper and tape together to form balls.
TO PLAY: Players stand back about four feet and take turns tossing the "stuffing" into the "turkey". See who can get the most in.
This is sung to the tune of the Hokey Pokey but the children will pretend that they are turkeys as you all sing things like:
You put your right wing in, put your right wing out, You put your right wing in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your left wing in, put your left wing out, You put your left wing in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
You put your red beak in, put your red beak out, You put your red beak in and you shake it all about. You do the Turkey Pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about.
clean paper towel tube
glue
construction paper
scissors
acorns
Cut a ring off of the paper towel tube about 2 1/2 inches. You can paint this, or leave it brown. Cut out different colored leaves from the construction paper. Glue the leaves to the top of the ring. Then add a couple of acorns for a finishing touch.
Here's a snack your kids will love! Take a pint of vanilla yogurt and put it in a bowl mix it with granola cereal, stir and serve it. It's a great snack idea.
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