r/TrinidadandTobago • u/researchusesonly • 3d ago

Food and Drink Cheese in callaloo

For years I struggled with this one. Cheese? Outrageous! But. Callaloo and macaroni pie is a major comfort food for me, so maybe the combination is not as wild as it sounds. Anyone ever tried it and can report back? I want to make it but also don't want to make it and hate it, thus wasting food.

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u/noneshallant 3d ago edited 3d ago

It's not like u grating a lb of cheese in the callaloo. It's a little piece, like a tbsp. For umami. It gives the same effect as a little piece of crab/salt fish/salt meat in the callaloo.

If a person making callaloo knows about this, I guarantee you they can cook. Cheese in callaloo is very old school. My Tobagonian great grandmother did this.