Food from Treasure Island

“I’m a plain man’ rum and bacon and eggs is what I want, and that head up there for to watch ships off.”

Ale

Cold pie

‘So a big pigeon pie was brought in and put on a sidetable…’

barrel of apples

pickles and wine

‘I found them all three seated round the table, a bottle of Spanish wine and some raisins before them…’

‘Marooned three years agone,” he continued, “and lived on goats since then, and berries, and oysters.’

‘Well, many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese–toasted, mostly–‘

pork

biscuit

bread

Parmesan cheese (‘a cheese made in Italy’)

brandy grog

pickled fruits

wine

port

cognac

hot bacon

salted goats’ meat

A Treasure Island dinner party menu

The food mentioned in Treasure Island wasn’t quite realistic for a dinner party, so I took my inspiration from Trinidad and Jamaica- popular hang outs of pirates in history. Realistically, you don’t need as many dishes as what I prepared for eight people, but I always prefer to overfeed people. I’ll be posting the recipes each day for the next week and a bit, and will link as I go. Otherwise, you can keep checking back to the main Treasure Island page on this blog.

Beverages

Coconut water in coconuts

Caribbean Rum Punch

Crystal Head Vodka (is a skeleton head bottle) and Kraken Rum

Water with lime

Mains

Jamaican Red Bean and Rice

Meat cooked on spit

Jamaican Swiss Chard/Silverbeet

Jerk Chicken

Chickpea curry

Doubles

Aloo balls

Caribbean Salad

Fruit platter with jackfruit, pineapple, cantaloupe (rockmelon).

Green mango chutney

Dessert

Tequila Shot Pie

Kraken Rum Cake

Rum and Raisin Jamaican Coconut Ice Cream