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Friday Happy Hour: Skol Lager, My Local Beer in St. Kitts & Nevis

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Ask around for the local beer in Nevis and just about everyone will give you the same answer – Carib.
While Carib is, indeed, produced in St. Kitts, we all know that its roots are really in Trinidad. It may taste a bit different (some say stronger) in St. Kitts & Nevis, probably owing to the islands’ very special natural water (more on that next week), but a Carib is still a Trini beer, if you ask me.
As is our wont here at Uncommon Caribbean we were looking for something a bit more unique to the local area during our visit to Nevis last weekend.

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Taste of the Caribbean: Souse

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To some, pigs are cute. To others, they’re kinda’ gross. Throughout the Caribbean, though, it seems most everyone agrees on one thing about pigs: they’re just plain tasty.
Throughout our travels, we’ve found pork to be a staple meat used in a wide range of West Indian cooking traditions, be they English, French, Dutch or Spanish. The many dishes featuring “the other white meat” vary about as much as the destinations where they’re served. On this particular Monday, we’re hungry for some souse.
A soupy broth consisting primarily of pickled meat culled from Porky’s more exotic anatomic regions — the head, feet, tail, etc.

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