Caption:
President of the Santa Rosa Carib Community, Ricardo Bharath-Hernandez singes a banana leaf over a fireside, as he prepares to make pastelles at the Carib Community Centre in Arima yesterday. The community prepares dozens of pastelles annually for sale.
PHOTO BY AZLAN MOHAMMED
This image and caption appeared on the front page of the Newsday Newspaper (December 20, 2006). Sadly, the website of the Santa Rosa Carib Community no longer appears to be operational however there is still information to be gleaned from their Wikipedia entry. The Caribs are the descendants of Trinidad’s aboriginal peoples.
This post was originally published December 21, 2006. It has been updated once since then.
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I love pastelles but i always found for some reason people chinks on the meat. When I made pastelles I didnt chinks but i think I put too much hahahahah
I love pastelles but i always found for some reason people chinks on the meat. When I made pastelles I didnt chinks but i think I put too much hahahahah
Heee like you making a burrito ?
I’ve never had fish ones before! Can’t wait 
Long as the pastelle doesn’t have capers I’m cool with it
My mom’s friend brought over a batch of fish pastelles ‘specially made pour moi
Heee like you making a burrito ?
I’ve never had fish ones before! Can’t wait 
Long as the pastelle doesn’t have capers I’m cool with it
My mom’s friend brought over a batch of fish pastelles ‘specially made pour moi
We made pastelles today.
It had capers in it.
:-p
We made pastelles today.
It had capers in it.
:-p
Lilandra – eeeew caperzzz ….
why all yuh make pastelles so late? 
Lilandra – eeeew caperzzz ….
why all yuh make pastelles so late? 
what you mean so late?
you mean instead of for christmas?
well for christmas we were in guyana
and we don’t celebrate christmas
and we only cook when we have the energy! :-p
it was ground up! you might not have noticed!
what you mean so late?
you mean instead of for christmas?
well for christmas we were in guyana
and we don’t celebrate christmas
and we only cook when we have the energy! :-p
it was ground up! you might not have noticed!
Lilandra – lolz
but people belly full of pastelles alraedy 
i don’t celebrate xmas either but heheh i kinda figure Jan 1 is a code for wrap up lolziez 
where mine? 
ground up is ok 
my mom’s friend made me fish pastelles, never had those before. i like!
Lilandra – lolz
but people belly full of pastelles alraedy 
i don’t celebrate xmas either but heheh i kinda figure Jan 1 is a code for wrap up lolziez 
where mine? 
ground up is ok 
my mom’s friend made me fish pastelles, never had those before. i like!
well i figure food is for when you want it :-p
if we ran out of lamb mom and i would’ve considered opening a can of tuna (the flavoured ones…u know lemon pepper, sun dried tomato, the hot one) and using it.
but we didn’t
i even bothered her with taking icky cameraphone pictures
i hungry
i should go eat
well i figure food is for when you want it :-p
if we ran out of lamb mom and i would’ve considered opening a can of tuna (the flavoured ones…u know lemon pepper, sun dried tomato, the hot one) and using it.
but we didn’t
i even bothered her with taking icky cameraphone pictures
i hungry
i should go eat
Lilandra – lamb pastelle?
all yuh bussin’ style 
Lilandra – lamb pastelle?
all yuh bussin’ style 
well i doh eat beef
and we had minced lamb
so we use it!
go see!
well i doh eat beef
and we had minced lamb
so we use it!
go see!
This is the second christmas that I made my own Pastelles. I gave some to a few of my friends who said they tasted great and are behind my wife and I to get into the catering business. We cook and make many Trini recipes. However, can anyone tell us where we can get a Pastelle Press here in New York? Your help would save me the tedious task of pressing the Pomasa between two iron Tarwas.
Sincere Thanks. C.J.
Hi Carlyle, I hope that someone will be able to answer this question for you… if not I’ll move it into a main post… have you tried searching for a tamale press…? you may have more luck searching under that term
This is the second christmas that I made my own Pastelles. I gave some to a few of my friends who said they tasted great and are behind my wife and I to get into the catering business. We cook and make many Trini recipes. However, can anyone tell us where we can get a Pastelle Press here in New York? Your help would save me the tedious task of pressing the Pomasa between two iron Tarwas.
Sincere Thanks. C.J.
Hi Carlyle, I hope that someone will be able to answer this question for you… if not I’ll move it into a main post… have you tried searching for a tamale press…? you may have more luck searching under that term
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