Goat water

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| country = Montserrat

| region = Caribbean

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| type = Stew

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Goat water, also referred to as kiddy stew, is a stew that is a part of the national cuisine of the Caribbean island of Montserrat.{{cite web|url=http://www.iexplore.com/travel-guides/caribbean/montserrat/food-and-restaurants|title=Montserrat — Food and Restaurants|work=iexplore.com|access-date=13 November 2015}} It has been described{{by whom?|date=August 2024}} as a national dish of Montserrat.{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cd7t6HVo0qgC&pg=PA128 | title=Islands Magazine | date=March–April 1995 | access-date=13 November 2015}} It has also been described{{by whom?|date=August 2024}} as a national stew.

Goat water is prepared using goat meat, onions, herbs and chible (scallions/spring onions and thyme), hot green pepper, salt and pepper to taste, garlic, cloves, oil, water, marjoram, ground mace, and flour. It is sometimes served with rice or crispy bread rolls. The dish has been described{{by whom?|date=August 2024}} as spicy and flavorful.

Origin

Goat water was adapted from Irish stew in Ireland.

References

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{{cite book | last1=Planet | first1=L. | last2=Berkmoes | first2=R.V. | last3=Grosberg | first3=M. | last4=Masters | first4=T. | last5=Matchar | first5=E. | last6=Presser | first6=B. | last7=Sainsbury | first7=B. | last8=Schulte-Peevers | first8=A. | last9=Thomas | first9=P. | last10=Zimmerman | first10=K. | title=Lonely Planet Caribbean Islands | publisher=Lonely Planet Publications | series=Travel Guide | year=2011 | isbn=978-1-74220-682-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IqV9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1293 | page=1293|quote=Goat water, Montserrat's national dish, is far more loved than its dubious sounding name would suggest.}}

{{cite book | last=Coogan | first=T.P. | title=Wherever Green Is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora | publisher=St. Martin's Press | year=2002 | isbn=978-1-4039-6014-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I2zNMo8YTDEC&pg=PA576 | page=576}}

{{cite book | last=Prospere | first=I.S. | title=Memories of Montserrat | publisher=Trafford Publishing | year=2009 | isbn=978-1-4269-7707-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xmGihNn379UC&pg=PA61 | page=61}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=January 2018}}

{{cite book | last=Fergus | first=H. | title=Tongues On Fire: A History of the Pentecostal Movement of Montserrat | publisher=Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies | year=2011 | isbn=978-976-95223-3-6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r6DEep2ln1MC&pg=PA58| page=58}}

{{cite book | last=Fergus | first=H.A. | title=Montserrat, Emerald Isle of the Caribbean | publisher=MacMillan Caribbean | series=Macmillan Caribbean guides | year=1983 | isbn=978-0-333-35829-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BVsAAAAMAAJ&q=Goat+water,+Montserrat | quote=Anthropologist John Messenger has no doubt that 'goat water' is Irish in origin because, in 1965, an aged Connemara housewife gave his wife a recipe identical to the delicious Montserrat pottage. Racial and religious persecution was ...}}

{{cite book | last1=Showker | first1=K. | last2=Brennan | first2=M. | title=Caribbean Ports of Call: Eastern and Southern Regions: A Guide for Today's Cruise Passengers | publisher=Globe Pequot Press | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-7627-4538-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjIZG0sOcOAC&pg=PA176 | page=176}}

{{cite book | last1=Skinner | first1=J. | title=Before the volcano: reverberations of identity on Montserrat | publisher=Arawak | year=2004 | isbn=978-976-8189-21-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3fOE2QT9U0C&pg=PA143 | page=143}}

{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19690827&id=CN0hAAAAIBAJ&pg=5596,6653698&hl=en | title=Goat Water is Featured in Montserrat Cookbook | newspaper=Reading Eagle | date=August 27, 1969 | access-date=13 November 2015 | agency=Associated Press | pages=29}}

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Category:Caribbean cuisine

Category:National dishes

Category:Culture of Montserrat

Category:Saint Kitts and Nevis cuisine

Category:Stews

Goat water

Origin

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