scotch bonnet
Cultural layer
The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (Alfred W. Crosby, 1972)
Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica (Helen Willinsky, 1990)
Provisions: The Roots of Caribbean Cooking, 150 Vegetarian Recipes (Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau, 2018)
Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica (Helen Willinsky, 1990)
Belly Full: Caribbean Food in the UK (Riaz Phillips, 2017)
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Rite
The scotch bonnet is dropped into a Jamaican pot whole and taken out before it bursts, so the dish carries the perfume and not the full heat, and bursting it is a cook's error with consequences. It is the required chili of jerk and of pepper pot. Heat used as an aromatic rather than as a test of endurance is a distinction the Caribbean makes and the wing-eating contest does not.
Provisions: The Roots of Caribbean Cooking, 150 Vegetarian Recipes (Michelle and Suzanne Rousseau, 2018)
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Connections
15 bonds · 15 sourcedScore unexamined
Jerk seasoning base.
Searched in Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, pages 14 and 15, the rub and marinade, thyme with the hot pepper, which pages 19 and 20 name as the Scotch bonnet.
The ackee and saltfish saute.
Read in Willinsky's Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 78, codfish and ackee, which she calls almost Jamaica's national dish: the hot pepper, preferably a Scotch bonnet, sautéed with the oil and scallions before the ackees and flaked codfish go in.
Rice and peas, simmered with a whole scotch bonnet.
Read in the Rousseaus' Caribbean Potluck, 2014, page 142, rice and peas, simmered with one whole Scotch bonnet, which is removed before serving; the cited Provisions was not the copy in hand.
Buljol: flaked salt fish with tomato, onion and Scotch bonnet under hot oil.
Read in the Rousseaus' Caribbean Potluck, 2014, page 151, buljol, which the book calls traditional Trini salt fish: flaked salt fish mixed with tomato, onion and Scotch bonnet, hot oil poured over, coriander added. It is dressed, not sautéed. Also read in Willinsky's Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 78, codfish and ackee, which she calls almost Jamaica's national dish, where a Scotch bonnet goes into the sauté.
Escovitch fish: rubbed with lime juice before frying, pickled with Scotch bonnet sauce.
Searched in Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 75, escovitch fish, which the book says is found throughout the Caribbean: the fish rubbed with lime juice, fried, and pickled with hot pepper sauce, preferably Scotch bonnet. The rub and marinade of pages 14 and 15 have no lime.
Rice and peas: a whole Scotch bonnet cooked unbroken in the coconut milk.
Searched in Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 112, rice and peas, a staple of the Jamaican diet: kidney beans cooked with coconut milk, scallion, thyme and a whole fresh Scotch bonnet kept intact. No rundown in the book, and no coconut milk in its curry goat, page 96, in the text returned.
The jerk pair, ground pimento against the pepper.
Searched in Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 14, the jerk rub, ground pimento with four to six hot peppers finely ground; pages 19 and 20, the hot pepper is the Scotch bonnet, whose sauce heats the rub and marinade.
Escovitch fish: whole pimento berries and Scotch bonnet sauce in the pickle poured over the fried fish.
Searched in Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 75, escovitch fish: the fish fried in plain oil, then a pickle of cucumbers, onions, pimento berries, vinegar and hot pepper sauce, preferably Scotch bonnet, boiled and poured over it. Nothing goes into the frying oil.
Steamed callaloo.
Read in the Rousseaus' Caribbean Potluck, 2014, page 17, callaloo cooked down with onions, garlic, thyme and Scotch bonnet; the cited Provisions was not the copy in hand.
The jerk paste for suckling pig: pimento, hot pepper, thyme, scallion and garlic.
Searched in Jerk: Barbecue from Jamaica, 1990, page 34, jerked roasted suckling pig, served at weddings, Christmas and New Year's Eve parties: the paste is onions, scallions, thyme, salt, ground pimento, nutmeg, cinnamon, hot peppers, black pepper, oil and garlic. The marinade of page 15 has no garlic.
Accara with kani, the Scotch bonnet sauce: you must stand the heat if you want accara.
Searched in Senegal, 2015, page 101, accara: the batter is black-eyed peas, onion, baking soda and salt, and the heat comes on the side, as the Wolof saying the book quotes has it, ku beuggeu accara daye gneme kani; page 229, kani, built on Scotch bonnet. The pepper is not in the batter.
Scotch bonnet (ata rodo) is the specific pepper, more precise than generic chili.
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Studio Culinar-E, "scotch bonnet", Pantry Archive, Studio Monk-E, 2026. https://studioculinar-e.com/archive/scotch-bonnet
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