It’s far from the traditional today. The only cooking instructions you need to follow are clearly displayed on these boxes of quick and delicious frozen products found in super attractive boxes. We were introduced to the curried chicken by assistant news editor, Charmaine Clarke, who had picked her package up at Mega Mart. “It’s great for persons who cook for one,” she explained to Thursday Food. I had enough for two dinners”. No further encouragement was needed and very soon we were enjoying Home Styles stew peas with pigs’ tail, stew peas with beef and curried goat. At very attractive prices, too, and with very little labour necessary we hurriedly found Claudette Tenn of Homestyles to shed a little more light on the matter as we hurriedly spread the word.

Tenn shared with Thursday Life that she always had a catering service with goat as the best seller. With much trial and error, Tenn successfully packaged the product, got Bureau of Standard’s and Ministry of Health’s approval and the rest is as they say is history. The boxes of Jamaican delight are in almost every supermarket in Kingston and Portmore, as well as Ocho Rios and Mandeville. No surprise that Tenn has been approached by Jampro (to consider export) and Grace Kennedy.

Not yet ready for that quantum leap, Tenn continues to perfect the product. We’re happy to perfect the art of eating eat.