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How to make Haitian Pain Tatate (Sweet Potato Bread) for Thanksgiving

How to make  Haitian Pain Tatate  (Sweet Potato Bread)  for Thanksgiving

How to make Haitian Pain Tatate (Sweet Potato Bread) for Thanksgiving

Pain Tatate, or Sweet Potato Bread, is another Haitian favorite during Thanksgiving. Usually served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, the bread is made with sweet potatoes, spices and coconut. First the potato and coconut is grated together, or processed in a food processor, and then it is mixed with milk, spices and other baking ingredients. The secret ingredient though may be the crushed bananas that get added after the mixture is cooked, but before it is baked.

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Haitian Style Turkey for Thanksgiving

Haitian Style Turkey for Thanksgiving

How to put some Haitian flavor into your Thanksgiving dinner.

Turkey season is here again, and Haitian culture far from precludes Thanksgiving from their annual cultural festivities. Few things are as important as the Haitian Style Turkey for Coden Fris. To make this, one would cut a turkey steak into two pieces, thoroughly clean it with limes, then marinate in a mixture of vinegar, lime juice, salt, pepper and epis. This would then be boiled in the marinade, with additional water, and fried once tender.

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Does Haiti Celebrate Thanksgiving?

Does Haiti Celebrate Thanksgiving?

There is no other place in the world where people have suffered so much in one year. A 7.0 earthquake killed nearly 300,000 lives in a matter of minute. One of the poorest nations on the planet without a single sewage treatment plant bravely encountered an epidemic of cholera that took over 8,000 lives and infected more than 600,000. It is even sadder because cholera epidemic is treatable but the supplies were not readily available in Haiti.

But that never means Haitians are not grateful. They have much more now than they had few years ago. Thanks giving day is a time when families and friends come together and thank god for His blessing throughout the preceding year. It is a moment of appreciation for all of His blessings-- maybe it is as simple as basic food, rain, new roads, electricity or generous donors. It is also a time to pray and thank for the less fortunate and sick.

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