Caribbean cooking is as imprecise an art as you can find. Asking for a recipe from a friend or family member is better shown than read, because hardly anyone writes down recipes with exact measurements. You can ask a question like, “How do you make this”? And you will get a response of, “Oh, I will show you!” or “You put in some of this, and some of that!” The oral tradition remains an active part of our cultural landscape.
Recipes are guarded, and handed down from generation to generation with each person adding their own contributions. On this blog you will sometimes see words like add “a bit of” ingredient X, or “some of” ingredient Y, or other unquantified terms as a substitute for the word “Pinch”.
Just following tradition, and encouraging you to add your own creative flair!