Island Wisdom

What My Mother Taught Me (Part 1)

If you ever want to frustrate a Caribbean mother, walk into her kitchen while she’s cooking and ask her for exact measurements (lol). Ask her, “Ma, how many teaspoons of thyme did you just put in the pumpkin?” She will look at you like you asked her to calculate the wingspan of a mosquito. “Teaspoons?” she’ll kiss her teeth and say, “you just put until …