{"id":40,"date":"2019-05-03T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/tchaka\/?p=40"},"modified":"2022-10-15T22:43:02","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T02:43:02","slug":"lame-veritable-lam-veritab-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/lame-veritable-lam-veritab-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"Lam Veritab, every child&#8217;s nightmare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Pre-K, all of the children were terrified of a fruit we found on the playground. We had baptized it \u201ctata boulette.\u201d That fruit was none other than what we call lam veritab in Haiti. Our worst nightmare was to accidentally step on a rotten one. Not only did a mashed brown veritab stay stuck to our shoes; it had a foul odor. &nbsp;The victim of a tata boulette always rushed to scrub their feet on the ground hoping that their misfortune would go unnoticed. If not, the rest of the children were quick to tease.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;\u201cewww you stepped on a tata boulette,\u201d was the official chant for those situations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All it took was for one person to yell it out for it to spread to the entire playground. Every single kid would chime in while running away from the poor victim.<\/p>\n<p>What we didn\u2019t know back then was that the tata boulette that was so repulsive to us was actually a fruit, or a vivre alimentaire, as we say here in Haiti. Though I called it veritab earlier,&nbsp; in our local cuisine we also refer to this fruit as \u201clame veritable\u201d or simply \u201clam.\u201d Its official French name is, however, fruit \u00e0 pain. Lame veritab comes from the arbre veritable, which real name is actually arbre \u00e0 pain. Be careful not to confuse with the other fruit we call <a href=\"http:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/labapin\/\">arbre \u00e0 pain or labapin<\/a> here in Haiti.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2512\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/lame-veritable-lam-veritab-haiti\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved. Tchakayiti&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2512\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?resize=800%2C1200\" alt=\" Breadfruit, aka lam veritab in Haiti, is a versatile fruit. We eat it boiled, fried, pureed, as croquettes and so much more. Find out about it on the blog. | tchakayiti.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/veritab-haiti-breadfruit-fruit-a-pain.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>There are more than one way to eat this fruit.<\/h5>\n<p>We eat our lam boiled, pressed just like our plantains or fried \u201caccordeon-style.\u201d&nbsp; The accord\u00e9on is easy to make.&nbsp; We cut the fruit in lengthy thin slices that we fry in hot oil after dipping them in some salted water.&nbsp; We mostly eat it with other fried foods. In my family we used to eat with fresh goat blood fricass\u00e9, which I will describe in another article.<\/p>\n<p>In the South, the typical preparation is the tomtom \u2013 similar to mashed potatoes \u2013 which they serve with okra. Tradition has it that the tomtom can only be swallowed without chewing too much. This helps avoid the sliminess of the okra. I have yet to confirm this rumor. I have never had tomtom before. Today, we also enjoy veritab as a puree, a porridge, gratin\u00e9e, cake, juice or as croquettes (codfish balls), which I am fond of.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2513\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/lame-veritable-lam-veritab-haiti\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;All rights reserved. Tchakayiti&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2513\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=800%2C1200\" alt=\"These pressed veritab aka breadfruit tostones make a great snack, appetizer or side dish. Eat them with a spicy slaw, or simply with salt sprinkled on top. | tchakayiti.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/breadfruit-haiti-veritab-pesee-fruit-a-pain-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>My personal favorite is the pressed version because it is not as crunchy as the accord\u00e9on even though that version is the most popular. We cut the veritab into chunks that we fry until they turn golden. We then press those chunks before frying them a second time. These <a href=\"http:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/lames-veritables-pesees\/\">veritab pes\u00e9es<\/a> are crispy on the outside but still remain chewy on the inside.<\/p>\n<p>Who would have thought that one day I would be so fond of the tata boulette which had made me miserable as a young child? I definitely would have been the last one to believe it back then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Pre-K, all of the children were terrified of a fruit we found on the playground. We had baptized it \u201ctata boulette.\u201d That fruit was none other than what we call lam veritab in Haiti. Our worst nightmare was to accidentally step on a rotten one. Not only did a mashed brown veritab stay stuck to our shoes; it had a foul odor. &nbsp;The victim of a tata boulette always rushed to scrub their feet on the ground hoping that their misfortune would go unnoticed. If not, the rest of the children were quick to tease. &nbsp;\u201cewww you stepped on a tata boulette,\u201d was the official chant for those situations. All it took was for one person to yell it out for it to spread to the entire playground. Every single kid would chime in while running away from the poor victim. What we didn\u2019t know back then was that the tata boulette that was so repulsive to us was actually a fruit, or a vivre alimentaire, as we say here in Haiti. Though I called it veritab earlier,&nbsp; in our local cuisine we also refer to this fruit as \u201clame veritable\u201d or simply \u201clam.\u201d Its official French name is, however, fruit \u00e0 pain. Lame veritab comes from the arbre veritable, which real name is actually arbre \u00e0 pain. Be careful not to confuse with the other fruit we call arbre \u00e0 pain or labapin here in Haiti. There are more than one way to eat this fruit. We eat our lam boiled, pressed just like our plantains or fried \u201caccordeon-style.\u201d&nbsp; The accord\u00e9on is easy to make.&nbsp; We cut the fruit in lengthy thin slices that we fry in hot oil after dipping them in some salted water.&nbsp; We mostly eat it with other fried foods. In my family we used to eat with fresh goat blood fricass\u00e9, which I will describe in another article. In the South, the typical preparation is the tomtom \u2013 similar to mashed potatoes \u2013 which they serve with okra. Tradition has it that the tomtom can only be swallowed without chewing too much. This helps avoid the sliminess of the okra. I have yet to confirm this rumor. I have never had tomtom before. Today, we also enjoy veritab as a puree, a porridge, gratin\u00e9e, cake, juice or as croquettes (codfish balls), which I am fond of. My personal favorite is the pressed version because it is not as crunchy as the accord\u00e9on even though that version is the most popular. We cut the veritab into chunks that we fry until they turn golden. We then press those chunks before frying them a second time. These veritab pes\u00e9es are crispy on the outside but still remain chewy on the inside. Who would have thought that one day I would be so fond of the tata boulette which had made me miserable as a young child? 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