Chicken back shortage!

August 10th, 2013

Teri Ann Renee Paisley, Gleaner Online Writer Chicken, done in various ways, is a favourite dish of many Jamaicans. In fact they love it so much they utilize every aspect of it in their recipes. Where else do they in the world do people salivate over chicken foot soup and eat chicken back? You would [...]

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‘Chicken Merry Hawk de near’

October 20th, 2010

The Jamaican saying, ‘Chicken Merry Hawk de near’, actually does not have anything to do with chickens.  It means that when things seem to be going well, danger might be just around the corner.   Of course that’s only my interpretation but everyone knows the predatory nature of hawks and that chickens are their favourite meals.  The way how things are [...]

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