3 Green Bananas

¼ cup Half and Half (or Milk)

½ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk

¼ cup Flour

4 tbsp. Sugar

5 cups Water

¼ tsp. Nutmeg (ground)

¼ tsp. Cinnamon (ground)

Vanilla Flavoring (3 drops)

Pinch Salt

Wash green bananas to remove dirt or foreign matter. Cut off the tips
of each banana and make an incision along the whole length of the banana.
Slowly slide your thumb along the incision and remove the skin from
the vegetable.

Chop the bananas into small pieces and place them into an electric blender.
Add the flour and ½ cup water. Turn the selector to chop for about 2 minutes.

You have to try to make the banana and flour mixture process in the blender
until it is smooth.

Bring 4 ½ cups of water to boil in saucepan. Slowly add the mixture to
the boiling water and stir the pot with a fork constantly for about 3
minutes. Remove lumps if there are any.

Let the banana porridge simmer for about 15 minutes and then sweeten
and flavor the same as cornmeal porridge above.

Rice Porridge:

1 cup Rice

1 tbsp. Butter

¼ cup Half and Half (or Milk)

½ cup Sweetened Condensed Milk

2 tbsp. Sugar

5 cups Water

¼ tsp. Nutmeg (ground)

¼ tsp. Cinnamon (ground)

Vanilla Flavoring (1 drop)

½ tsp. Salt

½ cup Flour

Add rice, salt, butter, and 1 cup of water to a saucepan. Bring ingredients
to boil and immediately reduce heat to medium. Cover pot and allow rice to
simmer for 12 minutes. Use a fork to stir rice and then taste it. Add the
rest of the water to the rice, cook for another 12 minutes. Add water to
the flour in a bowl to make a watery paste.

Beat the flour with a fork to make a smooth solution of flour and water.
Slowly add the water and flour mix to the pot while stirring. Now add the
half & half. Keep stirring the pot to make sure you have no lumps. Simmer for
another 12 minutes and then sweeten and flavor.

Serve in bowls.

Cooking Tip:

You can add butter and/or raisins to any of these Jamaican porridge to
enhance their flavor.

Did you know that cinnamon is a false sweetener? Yes, cinnamon will trick
your taste bud into thinking that some thing sweeter that it is, actually. So
you can sometimes increase the cinnamon and decrease the sugar in your Jamaican
porridge; you will get a nice light flavor instead of that heavy sugar taste.