yuji22 posted:Does anyone know the origin of Cook up or All in One as it is called in Berbice ?
Every culture in the world has one pot meals. Cookup exists in thousands of cultures. It is basic peasant food. For us basic ingredient, rice was augmented with any left over meats. Trinis use Rice and lentils as the base (we sometimes use blackeye peas)
Some are tomato based as the Spanish arroz con pollo and others avoid tomatoes and add potatoes and coconut milk ( from slave culture). Meats added are according to local availability.
There is no standard for cookup. One can hardly go wrong cooking as under cooking is the only possible way to fail. it also that is why kids in Guyana began cooking that first of all in their after school "bush cook" celebrations To ask for a recipe for cookup is like asking for a recipe for scrambled eggs. Just do it.