by heatherm | Feb 3, 2011 | Blog - Tsunami Adventures
Conch Season in Belize is open from Oct 1st until June 30th Try some local flavor and enjoy a bowl of Conch Soup. Conch meat cleaned and pounded Limes and lime juice Veggies – plantain, carrot, potato, corn, squash, cabbage and onion. Herbs – Cilantro and oregano Spices – Pepper Habenero or Marie Sharps Hot sauce Coconut oil or butter Water Chicken soup base (maggie soup) or bouillon cubes Instructions: Pound the conch with meat pounder and cut into bite pieces. Let Conch sit in fresh water with lime. Let sit while cutting vegetables Cut veggies into big bite size pieces. Cut corn 1/2 inch on cob. Slice th squash like orange pieces. Cut potatoes into square pieces. Plantain should be firm. Buy one that is yellow, if not ripe will taste bitter cut into half inch pieces add to soup last. Make soup base. Heat oil, add chopped garlic, about half a garlic head and one medium size onion. Drain conch and pat dry. Add Conch to garlic and onion and brown a little. Take out conch and put aside. Add water and soup base. If you want your soup thick and creamy add one can of evaporated milk and one can of coconut milk. Sprinkle with pepper to taste. Add your veggies, carrots and potatos first….add conch. Plantain last. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Meanwhile make rice. If you want your rice to have a coconut flavor add coconut milk just before it is finished. About 1 cup. Serve your soup with a cup of rice. Cut up fresh cilantro and oregano along with habanero...
by heatherm | Feb 3, 2011 | Blog - Tsunami Adventures
Every year the West Indian Manatees make their way out to the reef at the North Point of Caye Caulker Marine Reserve. The manatees relax and enjoy the cooler waters of the reef. They come here to mate and they come to have the algae cleaned from their bodies from the reef fish. We are very luckly to have seen them so often this year. At Tsunami Adventures we offer small groups, which gives you a better opportunity to see the manatees. We do not harass the manatees. Here is some information about the Manatees. Although their bulbous, whiskery face makes this hard to believe today, manatees are probably the source of legends about mermaids. Their humanlike eyes must have captivated the early European sailors who caught fleeting glimpses of them swimming in the warm waters of the West Indies. In the 17th century, mermaids were depicted with their male companions, mermen. Although the legends of these half-fish, half-human creatures have lived on for hundreds of years and are still popular today, it is uncertain whether the manatees that inspired the legends will live on much longer. Only a concerted effort to protect them in their marine habitat will save manatees from extinction. Range and Status Manatees inhabit warm waters of the Western Atlantic from Florida to Brazil where they live in coastal waters, freshwater inlets, and river mouths. Although their range is quite large, manatees today exist only in a few small, isolated populations. They once were widespread in rivers and along coasts in their range, but they were hunted extensively in the 18th and 19th centuries. Coastal...
