Readers of Dominica News Online who participated in an online poll, have largely chosen callaloo as the next choice for Dominica’s national dish.
3,106 readers participated in the poll which presented five choices: callaloo, sancoche, broth, fig and saltfish and titiwi.
The results are as follows:
-Callaloo – 1,106 votes (36 percent)
-Sancoche – 684 votes (22 percent)
-Broth – 486 votes (16 percent)
-Fig and Saltfish – 429 votes (14 percent)
-Titiwee – 401 votes (12 percent)
The result of DNO’s poll is only a small part of the overall process of determining what the national dish is going to be.
The result of the poll will be sent to the National Emblems Committee which has been working in collaboration with the Independence Committee and the Statistical Division to come up with the dish.
Then there will be simulcasts on all the radio stations in Dominica where listeners will call in to also cast their votes. The date of the simulcast is yet to be determined.
There will be a texting feature sponsored by LIME where Dominicans will be able to text in their favourite choice for the national dish.
Hotels and restaurants around the island will also form part of the voting process.
Then all the data will combined and the dish with the highest number of votes from all the different sources will be the winner.
Chief Cultural Officer Raymond Lawrence said the national dish will be announced by late June to early July.
callaloo is already the national dish of Trinidad and their preparation is almost the same as ours SO…….
Now can anyone share a recipe for callaloo or point to a link. Would be greatly appreciated.
i’m jus wandering if callaloo can b made without using pork or crabs,i’ve never eaten it but few persons i asked all said it involved crabs…………..i personally thing d national dish should be something everyone feel comfortable eating….pork n crabs is a no no in my belief
it can be done. as long as you add coconut milk. this is what makes it unique
Yes other meat as beef and chicken could be substituted, whatever the preference. Not everyone eats pork. I previously commented on that.
I do not think this poll is final. Who knows? Someone may come up with another type of dish.
Poll should be extended for another 1 month
The Jamiacans and trinidadians have already claimed Callaloo, wy not broth that is so unique to dca.
I am beginning to wonder how many of our hotels and restaurants would offer callaloo as a dish to its customers? That sounds more like a side dish to me just as some restaurants offer a little soup before or with the main meal.
Sweet and sour chicken chineese dish soon take over Dominicans love that food bad. Wi
I love callaloo. My mother made delicious callaloo on Saturdays with (also) crab meat when it was in season. When I visited a friend, callaloo was especially cooked for me. The meat used was smoked turkey. What a treat! It was delicious!
I spoke to a friend over the weekend who told me his wife cooked a delicious callaloo which he enjoyed. I asked him what meat was used. He replied, “chicken”.
For color, some red, yellow and orange sweet peppers could also be cooked with the callaloo.
These peppers require very little cooking. They could be added when the callaloo is almost cooked. The peppers could be slightly roasted prior to placing them in the callaloo. A variety of meat could be used.
Smoked pork could be used which will make this dish tasty.
If callaloo is chosen as the national dish, I cannot wait to hear as well as taste in when I visit Dominica. Looking forward to this.
i personally think that this is a big mistake… we’re turning our backs on the Crapaud during its difficult times as an endangered species… what message are we sending as a society… that we abandon those in need? what are the authorities really thinking… if the crapaud is removed as the national dish, what next? we will remove it as a national symbol? i hate this about my country… we never support those in difficulty
Are you suggesting we eat the crapaud into extinction?
A national dish is something that has be eaten and consumed and not be in name only. With the crapaud near extinction we cannot afford to lose one for consuming.
I think the crapaud is already a national treasure and should be protected as such…the authorities should name it as something else, not as the national dish.
As it was previously stated on DNO’s article, the crapaud is diseased. Furthermore, it is seasonal. The main ingredient for the national dish must be year-round.
What are you on about Delroy? I think you have missed the point..Read again!!!!
AAAAAAwwwwaaah, callaloo? we eat more broth than callaloo in d/ca wi,unless the broth looks like callaloo…lolololol whoosh tootoosh.
Y not kfc
Dominicans alone i seein dere
What is titiwhee?
where are you from? We are Dominicans are you? LMAO
r u from china..as a matter of fact even chiness know what is titiwee but maybe u from there and visiting d/ca for the first time
the person just ask a question u dominicans r 2 negative #GetALife
This poll went on for so many weeks in comparison with the voter id poll that was on only for a few days.
Very surprising. I’ve never heard that word even said in Dominica!
salt rich or enriched. Readers rather not reader.Typo
Dumbs in cans need to come up with more updated local food rich in iron vits protein etc bt low salt and fat base nutrition.Ms lambert let us hear you.
Callaloo chose reader for hypertension study says.
Most callaloo in DA is with jell coshon slat rich.
I love pork. If they so wish that could be changed. They have the option to substitute beef and/or chicken, seasoned of course, whatever the preference. It is too bad the crapaud – mountain chicken is no longer edible due to disease. It could also have been used in the callaloo. You know, it would add to the variety of meats.
Sancoche is tastier. But fair is fair. majority won.
I agree with you. Sancoche looks like a more complete dish.
Chupz bigmack
aww man Cat and Iguana didnt make it
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I can’t believe that Titiwee came last. That is the most Dominican dish on the list. All over the caribbean people make Calaloo.
Irish potato would have been more appropriate!
Lol. yeah, since those potatoes grown in Dominica takes longer to cook because they are hard like yam.
smoked irish potatoe in barbecue sauce!
who ever that bigmack is, u must b the clown on dno always coming up with some nonsense
do you plant irish potato?