WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.201 --> 00:00:01.433 - There's a lot of beans in there 00:00:01.433 --> 00:00:02.732 I hope you sleep by yourself. 00:00:02.732 --> 00:00:04.666 Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba! (laughter) 00:00:05.878 --> 00:00:07.568 (drums playing) 00:00:09.674 --> 00:00:11.498 - My mom is from like a really small village 00:00:11.498 --> 00:00:15.155 in Tobago which is like the sister island of Trinidad. 00:00:15.155 --> 00:00:15.977 - Yeah. 00:00:15.977 --> 00:00:17.394 - Each village has their own harvest so 00:00:17.394 --> 00:00:20.018 around harvest time Black Cake is always coming out. 00:00:20.018 --> 00:00:23.059 - This my friends is a very very very very very 00:00:23.059 --> 00:00:25.416 popular dish called Tembleque, all I'd eat was 00:00:25.416 --> 00:00:28.949 frijol negro which is like black beans with rice and tostone 00:00:28.949 --> 00:00:31.168 and Tembleque, like that was like my diet 00:00:31.168 --> 00:00:32.916 whenever I went to Puerto Rico. 00:00:33.025 --> 00:00:34.569 - My family would get together on the weekends 00:00:34.569 --> 00:00:36.600 and there was this lady like up in 181st 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:38.783 you'll see like a long line in New York City 00:00:38.783 --> 00:00:41.430 there's people waiting to buy the Habichuelas con dulce 00:00:41.430 --> 00:00:44.042 - My father he does a lot of poetry 00:00:44.042 --> 00:00:46.481 and we go to like African and Caribbean festivals 00:00:46.481 --> 00:00:48.721 and we'd go and buy these from the 00:00:48.721 --> 00:00:49.858 street vendors. 00:00:49.858 --> 00:00:51.448 - My first introduction to Pain Patate was 00:00:51.448 --> 00:00:53.202 probably during my communion because it 00:00:53.202 --> 00:00:55.720 so hefty sometimes it would literally be the only meal 00:00:55.720 --> 00:00:57.149 it's like what are you in the mood for 00:00:57.149 --> 00:00:58.808 oh today Pain Patate and then they 00:00:58.808 --> 00:01:00.086 would just make that and then that's 00:01:00.086 --> 00:01:01.166 what you would have for dinner. 00:01:01.166 --> 00:01:02.664 - This is like the most Cuban thing I've ever said 00:01:02.664 --> 00:01:06.621 My tia Yoya would take the bus and visit 00:01:06.621 --> 00:01:08.502 my grandfather, my grandfather's sister, and she 00:01:08.502 --> 00:01:10.696 always made flan for us, when it was time 00:01:10.696 --> 00:01:12.844 to see Tia Yoya, it was time to eat some flan. 00:01:12.844 --> 00:01:14.958 Even though flan is very popular in other 00:01:14.958 --> 00:01:17.198 countries if I didn't choose this I would 00:01:17.198 --> 00:01:19.066 be disowned by my own people. 00:01:19.066 --> 00:01:20.233 I love you! 00:01:21.306 --> 00:01:21.784 - You ready? 00:01:21.784 --> 00:01:22.723 - I'm ready let's do this. 00:01:22.723 --> 00:01:23.883 - Yo you ain't ready for this! 00:01:23.883 --> 00:01:25.992 - Don't drop it I swear to God 00:01:26.020 --> 00:01:27.268 - I got this. 00:01:28.260 --> 00:01:30.363 - Cookies are awesome, they have the cross in there 00:01:30.363 --> 00:01:31.616 - Those cookies came straight from 00:01:31.616 --> 00:01:32.939 the Dominican Republic, alright? 00:01:32.939 --> 00:01:34.182 So you enjoy every cookie. 00:01:34.182 --> 00:01:35.906 - That's really good. 00:01:38.749 --> 00:01:40.089 - It feels like the yam was soaked 00:01:40.089 --> 00:01:41.448 in there for so long, it's really sweet. 00:01:41.448 --> 00:01:42.911 Let me dip it in the beans actually. 00:01:42.911 --> 00:01:44.026 - That's a good idea. 00:01:44.026 --> 00:01:45.912 You've discovered something new. 00:01:46.186 --> 00:01:50.225 - Open up like a Jamaican Dominican fusion treat store. 00:01:50.225 --> 00:01:51.577 - Oh my God. 00:01:51.606 --> 00:01:52.188 (laughter) 00:01:52.188 --> 00:01:53.789 - We're gonna be rich, okay we gotta cut 00:01:53.789 --> 00:01:55.815 this is our idea. (laughter) 00:01:56.006 --> 00:01:56.680 - Cheers. 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:57.893 - La Haim. 00:01:58.270 --> 00:02:00.719 - Yeah great, it's coconut-y but it's not. 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:01.579 - It's subtle. 00:02:01.579 --> 00:02:02.948 I did a good job when I made it. 00:02:02.948 --> 00:02:04.283 That's so funny you don't like coconut 00:02:04.283 --> 00:02:05.718 I don't like raisins. 00:02:05.770 --> 00:02:06.663 - Tell me what you taste. 00:02:06.663 --> 00:02:08.125 - It's so good it's almost like a bread pudding. 00:02:08.125 --> 00:02:09.485 It doesn't feel unhealthy. 00:02:09.485 --> 00:02:10.785 - Wow you should tell my Mom that. 00:02:10.785 --> 00:02:12.062 - I'm so impressed with this, I could eat 00:02:12.062 --> 00:02:13.559 this all the time, thank you so much. 00:02:13.559 --> 00:02:15.125 It's so good, thank you. 00:02:15.125 --> 00:02:16.206 - [Mother on Phone] You're welcome. 00:02:16.206 --> 00:02:17.227 - I like her so much. 00:02:17.227 --> 00:02:18.086 - My mom is dope. 00:02:18.086 --> 00:02:19.620 - It dances, even the flan knows 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:21.523 how to dance meringue, bom-ba-dom-ba-dom 00:02:21.523 --> 00:02:22.499 - Check this out. 00:02:22.499 --> 00:02:24.037 - It's really good. 00:02:24.565 --> 00:02:25.458 - I know, I know my shit. 00:02:25.458 --> 00:02:26.944 I'm gonna dive into this flan, this looks 00:02:26.944 --> 00:02:29.273 like an enemy from Final Fantasy 7. 00:02:29.359 --> 00:02:31.217 That is bomb, that is very good. 00:02:31.217 --> 00:02:32.423 - Yeah it looks like there's hair in it 00:02:32.423 --> 00:02:34.618 I didn't realize that it was because of the sweet potato. 00:02:34.618 --> 00:02:36.185 Considering that I've been eating sweet potato 00:02:36.185 --> 00:02:37.925 every day like a good girl. 00:02:37.925 --> 00:02:39.203 - Why? 00:02:39.203 --> 00:02:41.119 - It's packed with nutrients, this is not 00:02:41.119 --> 00:02:43.800 an after school special, what is happening 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:45.682 right now we are crossing the streams. 00:02:48.582 --> 00:02:50.011 - The funny thing about the Caribbean is like 00:02:50.011 --> 00:02:52.797 you pretty much like remixes of each other 00:02:52.797 --> 00:02:54.295 - I was raised in the Bronx you know 00:02:54.295 --> 00:02:55.875 there's like Dominicans, Puerto Ricans, but 00:02:55.875 --> 00:02:57.290 this is awesome and I actually want 00:02:57.290 --> 00:02:59.113 to like look up the recipe and make it. 00:02:59.113 --> 00:03:02.051 - It's crazy that I visited your country 00:03:02.051 --> 00:03:04.475 but did not have your country's food 00:03:04.475 --> 00:03:06.113 and I am missing out clearly. 00:03:06.113 --> 00:03:08.016 - I feel like at home, having you eat 00:03:08.016 --> 00:03:10.327 that Tembleque, like my heart is happy. 00:03:10.327 --> 00:03:11.477 - And my mom is happy. 00:03:11.477 --> 00:03:12.429 - Yes. 00:03:12.429 --> 00:03:14.692 - That you at some Black Cake from Trinidad. 00:03:14.692 --> 00:03:16.492 - You know I live by Jamaicans in New York City 00:03:16.492 --> 00:03:18.628 and I never ever tasted this, I'm glad 00:03:18.628 --> 00:03:20.914 I was able to taste this, this is delicious 00:03:20.914 --> 00:03:21.913 this is amazing. 00:03:21.913 --> 00:03:23.051 - Shout out to the Cubans, this is bomb. 00:03:23.051 --> 00:03:24.381 - Shout out to the Haitians. 00:03:24.897 --> 00:03:26.364 (laughter) 00:03:31.410 --> 00:03:32.577 - Crazy man. 00:03:33.012 --> 00:03:34.084 (laughter)