Rum War Dem A Start

Okay I don't know about you, but Christmas is not Christmas without deh white dem. (Jamaican white rum). We use it for sorrell, Christmas Cake, Christmas Pudding and so on. So why did the people at Wray and Nephew dem lay off their workers right before Christmas. Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot?

According to what one of the protestors that was laidoff told RJR news, "For years, Wray and Nephew (has been) a coming that has been making a lot of money ... they just decided one morning that we no longer need the Engineering Department so all of you guys go home ... persons with 10, 15 even 20 years of experience ... what are we to say to our families, a week before Christmas when we cant feed the babies.

Now the company workers (at the engineer department) do have a union, so I assume someone gonna have to answer to the layoffs.

Cuts are going on everywhere on the island, just as it is all over the world. The recession that the United States is feeling is a Global thing. Everything trickles down. What is sad is that many of the smaller islands do feel it more. When you don't make nothing, you don't have nothing and people try to take that "nothing" away from you, it hurts.

For more of the story at Wray and Nephew read -------> HERE

Jamaican Sorrel Drink

This is a drink that is very common around the holidays. Above are two main ingredients- (lots of that mon).

The floral leafs are boiled and seeped, The syrup is then flavored with ginger and sugar. It has the benefit of lowering high blood pressure when dealing with family gatherings.

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 To my mind  it should not be made thick and sweet, for then it becomes sickly and cloying.
It should be a light, refreshing drink that one accepts gladly during one's
round of Christmas visit and not one to be avoided.
The drink can be made from dried sorrel or sorrel syrup

8cups(3 1/2 pints, 2 litres) Sorrel petals Rum
2 oz (50 g) grated ginger      
Sugar
12cups (5 pints, 3 litres) boiling Water
Place the sorrel and ginger in a large container and pour on the boiling water.
Cover and leave  overnight, then strain through a muslin cloth or a sieve.
Add a little white rum  to preserve and sugar to sweeten. Bottle and refrigerate.
Makes approximately 4 1/2 pints (2.75 litres).