Commercial farmers and hobbyist gardeners hate bachac with a passion. They have been known to strip entire orchards or kitchen gardens overnight like a swarm of nocturnal locusts, leaving behind just twigs and naked trees in their wake. Hate them or not, you must admit they are indeed hardworking animals. …
Read More »Apple apologises for slowing iPhone, offers $29 battery
Every holiday season, the latest iPhone is on the top of a lot of people’s Christmas wish list, and Christmas 2017 was no different. What also happened this holiday season was the damning revelation from Apple no less they have been “throttling” older iPhone models. In other words, if you …
Read More »Pineapple Chow after a two-year wait
We at Sweet TnT Magazine believe that homemade is the best made so we planted the crown of a ripe pineapple expecting that we would be eating Pineapple Chow in no time. What followed was the longest run up to this delicious food recipe. After two long years, the homemade …
Read More »A rustic family adventure to Matelot!
By Nerissa Hosein. This year my family decided to take a vacation down to Bacasa Beach House in Matelot. I had really never been down on that side of the island so it was an adventure. The drive to the beach house was almost four hours from our home in San …
Read More »The mammy apple one of my favourites
By Marika Mohammed. I know it as mammy apple. This fruit creates a buzz when I give it to someone to eat. Many people may have heard of it but never seen or taste it while others may not even know of its existence. What is a mammy apple? It has …
Read More »Love thy neighbour like a Trini would
By Marissa Armoogam. The people in Trinidad are well known for our tremendous love of celebrations and public holidays, actually we look forward to any time that allows us to step away from work and relax for a bit (I have personally witnessed offices and schools closed due to “Hurricane Watch” …
Read More »Long time snacks very interesting and delicious
By Marissa Armoogam. This year at the start of August vacation my children made what sounded like a mandatory list of places they would like to go, things they’d like to get and numerous daily request for snacks and junk food. So in my attempt to try to fulfill these very …
Read More »Liming in Gasparee Caves ‘Down De Islands’
By Chantelle Wilson. I have always heard about the famous Gasparee Caves Down the Islands and for a long time I really wanted to go. Earlier this year, I went by my hairdresser and one of her clients was talking about how she and her church group recently had a lime …
Read More »Hot pepper – turn up the heat
By Annisa Phillip. Roti, doubles, pholourie, pelau, Japs and wantons. What is the one thing that they each have in common? Oh how Trinis love pepper. Pepper sauce is one condiment that every food establishment has to have available so as to have even a marginal chance at prosperity. I remember …
Read More »Green fig for the Trini soul
By Marissa Armoogam. Living in the Caribbean has awarded many of us the opportunity to relish in the bounty of the earth and all the goodies she has to offer. The warm sunshine and rich soil pair well together and help bring forth some of the most mouth-watering fruit and vegetation …
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