Season 1 · Episode 18
018: Ackee and Saltfish
The History Hotline · Deanna Lyncook
December 21, 202025m 9s
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Show Notes
This week we'll be exploring the Christmas breakfast staple in any Jamaican household and Jamaica's national dish: Ackee and Saltfish. Its improbable history takes us on a journey along the triangular trade route, from West Africa to Northern Europe and finally the tropic climates of Jamaica. The dish embodies the nation full of 'pieces that don’t seem to fit together,' but somehow work.