Family: The Haitian Culture

I am from the Island of Haiti with French and African ancestors. The Haitian culture is very much part of our family. Haitian food has a sense of the Creole that is a blend of influences. Mixed roots and spices. In our household, we don’t have a particular time that we eat or a specific diet. My mom and I do most of the cooking in our household. It does take a very long time to cook a meal because of how we prepare our meat. All of the meat is seasoned and left to marinate hours before it is cooked with a special mixture called Epise Blended vegetable and chicken flavored Maggi cube. We eat everything from Chicken, pork, beef, goat and seafood. Also, potatoes, rice, corn, beans, plantains. There is also a strong presence of tropical fruits