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HookersAreTrueLove t1_j75unmz wrote

I like breadfruit. It's kind of like a mix between winter squash and potato.

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ijmacd t1_j75vej4 wrote

The movies are good, but I prefer the Marlon Brando one to the Mel Gibson one. I can't vouch for the historical accuracy of either one though.

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encreturquoise t1_j765nxy wrote

I’ve eaten breadfruit gratin in Mauritius, it’s really good

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xfjqvyks t1_j76gphw wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,720,281)

My favourite part is that the reason the crew was pissed in the 1st place, is because they were being taken away from the beautiful Tahitian locals, who were much less sexually conservative, and would have sex in exchange for iron. To the point that ships were said to become structurally unstable because crew members were digging nails and fixings out of the ships frame to have iron to barter with. Sailing away from this rum soaked, beauty filled paradise to go and toil in squalid conditions and eat hardtack, turned the whole crew of the Bounty into a giant powder keg lol

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tuffgrrrrl t1_j76tgoe wrote

Yeah when you go to any Caribbean museum, botanical garden, or any other cultural thing having to do with nature they always tell the story of Capitan Bligh and they have plaques about him in various places.

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seatangle t1_j773zez wrote

I’m from Guam and breadfruit was an indigenous staple carbohydrate before modern rice was introduced to the island from Asia. I didn’t realize people also ate it in the Caribbean until I was in my 20s living in a Carribean neighborhood in Brooklyn, which is when I learned about this history. It was a nice reminder of home to be able to have breadfruit in NY.

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canadianpastafarian t1_j779c44 wrote

I tried breadfruit while on Pitcairn. Delicious. I would eat it more often if I could.

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luxtabula t1_j77gkff wrote

I was born in Jamaica, and have been back several times to visit family.

A lot of people don't know that Jamaica has tons of plants not native to the island due to it having a tropical biome closest to the UK. As a result, you can find plants there that would be located on the other side of the planet.

Breadfruit is a common delicacy in Jamaica. Usually is eaten for breakfast and fried. It has an almost potato like quality to it.

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theboa_fromgoa t1_j77il0f wrote

I like to eat breadfruit and I also like to listen to it.

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KentuckyFriedEel t1_j77ln1c wrote

Replying to xfjqvyks (#1,720,671)

Could you imagine seeing only puffy- dressed women your entire life, and then you come to this beautiful paradise where women wear much less (because it’s so hot) and they’re suntanned, hairless and without christian conservative values so they do (ahem) … “other stuff?” Because I can!

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coldwatereater t1_j77tmd4 wrote

I miss eating breadfruit. Any way to purchase it here in USA?

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snowflakesevrywhere t1_j77ui7r wrote

I was at the Greenwich Maritime museum last week they have a section* on Bligh which explains this very thing.

*of their Pacific exhibition room from which my main takeaway was how astonishing the Island peoples' feats of navigation were - they basically memorised the current flows for various islands, prevailing winds, constellations etc. before they even set out. This knowledge was passed down by word of mouth for generation after generation and they used it to cross thousands of miles of ocean safely on boats held together with twine(no iron avaliable). Massive tangent there but it really blew me away.
I recommend visiting the museum if you have the chance, it's even free entry.

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Hero_Doses t1_j77voow wrote

People that know this story know it from the movies, but the tangential stories are amazing as well.

  1. While being bad at discipline (with 2 uprisings against him), Bligh was still an amazing leader and mariner. Even though the mutineers dumped him and about 8 others in a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Bligh managed to make it all the way to Jakarta to report the mutiny, losing only one man to a hostile islander along the way.

This would be near impossible today, let alone ~200 years ago.

  1. After the mutiny, Fletcher Christian and the other mutineers found Pitcairn Island and hid there, knowing it would be hard for the British Navy to find them.

The island was rocked multiple times by racial violence, often spurred by sexual intrigue and alcoholism, after one of the mutineers learned to make alcohol from a native plant on Pitcairn.

Interestingly, most of the women seemed to be devoted to their English husbands, avenging their deaths when they were killed by some Tahitian men who had been brought along as slave laborers.

One Englishman, Ned Young, slept through the mutiny AND possibly also the massacre of the English.

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TheRevererdWilliams t1_j787ivv wrote

Replying to Hero_Doses (#1,723,563)

When my daughter was born we identified her mother's place of birth as PI for the Philippines. Daughter just turned 26 and about a month ago I noticed her birth certificate states mother's place of birth as Pitcairn Island. That is going to mess up a future genealogist.

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ihaveredhaironmyhead t1_j78ajko wrote

Bligh was unfairly maligned. His crew mutinied, but only because they wanted to keep having orgies with Tahitian sex slaves and Bligh wanted to keep to the mission. He was set adrift with a dozen loyalists and saved all of their lives by navigating thousands of miles with nothing but a compass on a fucking life boat. One of the most impressive feats of human sea faring ever. Stupid Mel Gibson

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MyNameIsIgglePiggle t1_j78iahj wrote

Replying to roguetrick (#1,723,600)

You are right, but I think what's in your head is way more formal than what went down.

According to Rum: a distilled history of colonial Australia

https://www.amazon.com.au/Rum-Distilled-History-Colonial-Australia/dp/1460759427?ref=d6k_applink_bb_dls&dplnkId=705a0906-9c38-43a7-9c5a-00dcc982e27e

It sounds like it was a pretty rag-tag group of "soliders" that were so drunk they had trouble stumbling up the hill to arrest him

It was definitely organised by a cartel though who had strong financial motivation to keep rum flowing in the colony

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themitchapalooza t1_j78ktp1 wrote

Replying to seatangle (#1,722,025)

Currently living in Mangilao. Hafa Adai!!!

But yeah, a single breadfruit tree could support more than a family. I can’t go through all the breadfruit in my yard. Makes great knockoff bbq in the slow cooker with bbq sauce, same taste and texture of pulled pork

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jdb888 t1_j78l2qx wrote

Replying to xfjqvyks (#1,720,671)

Then post mutiny they took a few beauties to their remote island and promptly engaged in an orgy of murder over the beauties.

Bligh was a skilled navigator and a Capt Cook alum. I'm sure he was a hardass but the man knew the sea.

The Bligh Waters in northern Viti Levu, Fiji are named for him.

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degobrah t1_j78oqqa wrote

I lived in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for 2 years. At the botanical gardens they is a breadfruit tree that is a direct descendant of one of the first breadfruit tree Capt. Bligh brought to the island. But then, I suppose they all are. Anyway. Breadfruit is delicious

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RealVenom_ t1_j78tb6p wrote

Replying to feochampas (#1,724,515)

I think it's more a point of he was a hard but fair leader. Half the ship left with him during the mutiny, almost certain death, but they went with him anyway. Needless to say he somehow managed to overcome those ridiculous odds.

The rebellion was in the face of wild corruption, the "hiding under the bed" thing was very much a myth, there is no actual proof of that. It was likely a story made up in the moment to destroy his reputation, but nothing about his character and experiences hints that he would have done that.

It was hard times back then, he was a loyal servant to the motherland and didn't compromise his ethics throughout his storied career. Gotta respect that.

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xfjqvyks t1_j78vi5c wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,725,134)

See now, that’s just how they snare you. One minute you’re professing how immune you are to the charms, next minute you’re on the open seas committing multiple types of high treason

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one_salty_cookie t1_j78zvzf wrote

On Tobago, I've had it roasted and it is pretty bland. I think it would be better fried with some spices added. Nonetheless, I can see how it is a valuable starch for the diet.

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richvide0 t1_j7919b2 wrote

Replying to flavortown_express (#1,723,681)

Oh God yes. With mayo-ketchup mmm.

We have have a breadfruit tree (we call it pana in Puerto Rico) but the damn thing hardly produces any fruit and when it does it's too high to harvest. Then I drive down the street and I see a tree teaming with them.

I was told to hit a rusty nail into the tree to help it produce. I did it. Haven't seen any results so far.

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naughtabot t1_j797bex wrote

Anyone ever tried Mutiny vodka? It’s made from breadfruit, it’s super good, and gluten free! Cheap too.

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exorcyst t1_j7995qw wrote

Replying to MyNameIsIgglePiggle (#1,720,716)

WTF I had no clue.. he didn't do well in his trial for mutiny iirc, he was brutal to his crew. The guy escaped mob rule death a few times apparently. Pure survivor though his 6500km journey in a banished skiff is incredible and likely never replicated. Very interesting character of history. Guys like him will never me made again. A mutant never considered for mass production

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flavortown_express t1_j7a6s4d wrote

Replying to richvide0 (#1,725,464)

Well I wish you luck with your tree. San Juan is the only place I’ve had the tostones de pana. I’d never heard of them before even coming from a Puerto Rican family growing up in Miami. They’re out of this world

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zootayman t1_j7dwnz3 wrote

it was a subsequent to the Bounty that finally delivered them and then the slaves they were to feed didnt like eating them

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