Food of paradise: Tahitian breadfruit and the autocritique of European consumption

Food, Colonialism and the Quantum of Happiness1

“…29 At the same time, new-world plantations were a natural location for such experiments, given the associations of productive labour and nourishing foods with the kindly governance that eighteenth-century planters insisted, loudly, was characteristic of the plantation system. 30 Imperial interest in the breadfruit derived from these associations far more than from practical concerns about food supply in the Caribbean. During the same years that it underwrote the breadfruit voyages the British state explicitly rejected claims that the West Indies was suffering a food shortage such as might necessitate the introduction of a new staple.…”

Food, Colonialism and the Quantum of Happiness

“…29 At the same time, new-world plantations were a natural location for such experiments, given the associations of productive labour and nourishing foods with the kindly governance that eighteenth-century planters insisted, loudly, was characteristic of the plantation system. 30 Imperial interest in the breadfruit derived from these associations far more than from practical concerns about food supply in the Caribbean. intruder on their cane land, and they dislike any other object but canes'.…”

Fermentation by Amylolytic Lactic Acid Bacteria and Consequences for Starch Digestibility of Plantain, Breadfruit, and Sweet Potato Flours

“…Plantain, breadfruit, and sweet potatoes are staple foods in the French West Indies (Guadeloupe, Martinique), and in many other tropical countries (Worrel and others 1998; Spary and White 2004; Roberts‐Nkrumah and Badrie 2005; Aurore and others 2009). These amylaceous plants are consumed at home, either fried or cooked in water; however their processing into more elaborated foodstuffs may offer opportunities to promote local agricultural products.…”