I got schooled
Yesterday I got a lesson in medicina verde Nicaraguense from Doña Goya, a lady from Nueva Vida. We made the general health syrup known as Miel de Jicaro (jicaro is a calabas) which included the pulp of 4 jicaros, oregano, dulce negro (sugar cane/molasses type sweetner), lemon grass, cinnamon and rum. It smelled delicious. And it tastes delicious.
Doña Goya cracks the jicaro and gets all the pulpy goodness out.
Everything goes into the pot and we stir a lot.
While the Miel de Jicaro was cooking, we also made Miel de Carao. This is good for anemia, the lungs, general upper respiratory health as well. Carao is the bean pod of the Cassia grandis tree. In this remedio we put the pulp of the bean pod in a glass jar along with sugar and rum. Today I have to go and add some cinnamon because we ran out. At this point Doña Goya made fun of me because I didn't buy enough cinnamon, but more than plenty rum. Well... oh well.
Doña Goya serves up the rum.
This concoction will set for 6 days, and then it is ready to serve. To use this stuff just warm a bit of milk up, pour in a little of the happy juice and eat a bit of the pulp. Sounds great.
Once the other remedio was complete, Doña Goya poured it into our giant glass vessel and it is ready to go! Tasty.
Doña Goya cracks the jicaro and gets all the pulpy goodness out.
Everything goes into the pot and we stir a lot.
While the Miel de Jicaro was cooking, we also made Miel de Carao. This is good for anemia, the lungs, general upper respiratory health as well. Carao is the bean pod of the Cassia grandis tree. In this remedio we put the pulp of the bean pod in a glass jar along with sugar and rum. Today I have to go and add some cinnamon because we ran out. At this point Doña Goya made fun of me because I didn't buy enough cinnamon, but more than plenty rum. Well... oh well.
Doña Goya serves up the rum.
This concoction will set for 6 days, and then it is ready to serve. To use this stuff just warm a bit of milk up, pour in a little of the happy juice and eat a bit of the pulp. Sounds great.
Once the other remedio was complete, Doña Goya poured it into our giant glass vessel and it is ready to go! Tasty.
Labels: herbal medicine, Nica, recipe
- Alyse - 12:31 PM
3 Comments:
what i meant by there's always fast food is that I may have to work at one... bah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sorry i did not write for a while, but i got some problems in my computer and lost your blog address, but i found it, and here i'm. i see that you are learning a lot about a latino culture, and experiencing all the difficulties living in a poor village. juan
Hey, nice to see this kind of pages.
Did u also taste the Semilla de Jicaro, is refreshing and diuretic.
Thanks for visit and learn things from my country!
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