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or akee
: the fruit of an African tree (Blighia sapida) of the soapberry family grown in the Caribbean area, Florida, and Hawaii for its white or yellowish fleshy aril that is edible when ripe but is poisonous when immature or overripe and that has a toxic pink raphe attaching the aril to the seed
also
: the tree
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In the morning, have a filling breakfast of ackee and salt fish with fried plantain at the property’s restaurant.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
Consider heading here for a leisurely weekend brunch of saltfish and ackee or stuffed French toast.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2022
His America reveres Creole hash browns, West African groundnut stew, Jamaican ackee and saltfish and Ethiopian doro wat.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
The menu features brown stew chicken, curry goat, oxtail, jerk shrimp salad and ackee with salt fish.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
For comforting Jamaican staples, Public House is known for its ackee and saltfish.
—Kate Donnelly, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2020
Options may include curry chickpeas, jerk barbecue tofu and johnnycakes, as well as a rotating menu of Caribbean specials, such as a vegan take on sauteed ackee.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 3 Dec. 2019
Examples include sauteed ackee, served with seaweed instead of saltfish, and ducana, sweet boiled dumplings derived from Antigua.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 4 Nov. 2019
The inspector dropped a stop-sale on porridge, ackee, cooked banana and lettuce for being kept at an improper temperature.
—David J. Neal, miamiherald, 12 July 2018
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
Consider heading here for a leisurely weekend brunch of saltfish and ackee or stuffed French toast.
—Mariette Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2022
His America reveres Creole hash browns, West African groundnut stew, Jamaican ackee and saltfish and Ethiopian doro wat.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
The menu features brown stew chicken, curry goat, oxtail, jerk shrimp salad and ackee with salt fish.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020
For comforting Jamaican staples, Public House is known for its ackee and saltfish.
—Kate Donnelly, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2020
Options may include curry chickpeas, jerk barbecue tofu and johnnycakes, as well as a rotating menu of Caribbean specials, such as a vegan take on sauteed ackee.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 3 Dec. 2019
Examples include sauteed ackee, served with seaweed instead of saltfish, and ducana, sweet boiled dumplings derived from Antigua.
—Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, azcentral, 4 Nov. 2019
The inspector dropped a stop-sale on porridge, ackee, cooked banana and lettuce for being kept at an improper temperature.
—David J. Neal, miamiherald, 12 July 2018
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ackee
noun
ack·ee
: the fruit of a tree (Blighia sapida of the family Sapindaceae) native to tropical West Africa but grown in the Caribbean area, Florida, and Hawaii for its white or yellowish fleshy aril which is edible when ripe but is poisonous when immature or overripe and that has a toxic pink raphe attaching the aril to the seed
also
: the tree
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