Bajans love love love pork.  We may like chicken and love fish and beef but we reserve the zenith of their affection for sus domesticus (scientific name for pig). Seems we are not alone as pork is the most consumed meat worldwide.  FAO data for 2002 shows that likkle Barbados had higher consumption of pork  per kg per person than its larger neighbours, Jamaica and Trinidad.

Our love of pork is married  to a love of variety in its preparation. We will pickle, barbeque, roast and bake pork We pickle the less prime cuts of the meat such as the feet, ears, knuckles and tail.  While the pickling of pork  (boiling in salt water and then cooking in spices) is  perhaps not as common outside the Caribbean, weekends are incomplete for most Bajans without a good serving of souse from their favourite joint.   We also pickle pig tail but the barbequed preparation of this delicacy is probably more popular.  We pull and roast pork to spread breadfruits or as  fillings for  buns or salt bread.   In Barbados ham is not reserved only for Christmas.  Our beloved ham cutters are a sought after ready to go snack or meal ( depending on your appetite) that are available year round.  As is the case with  pudding and souse, Bajans are particular whom they will patronize for their cutters. Hunter’s Bar and Restaurant in town is famous for its cutters and it’s rumoured that they count Mick Jagger as a former customer. You can experience n Hunter’s famous cutter when you join us on the Bridgetown Food and Heritage Tour.

We  have also left a our pudding and souse recipe for the serious foodie cooks.  But if simply  following the recipe is not enough, you can  purchase our cooking demonstration.

Happy cooking!