It is, after all, Jamaica's national dish http://www.real-jamaica-vacations.com/ackee-and-saltfish-recipe.html If he's married to a Jamaican he should at least be able to say he's tried it. I was worried though. He's disliked most things I've had him try so far when it comes to cooked foods. Fruits and veggies he's done well with, but he's definitive in his dislike of boiled green bananas and fried ripe plantains, two things I happen to actually like.
So I left him a list of what I needed, and when I got home I found it was all there. Even more, the ackee comes in a pod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackee and I was resigned to having to remove the fruit and clean it myself. As it turns out, the lady who sold it to him taught G how to do it (bless her heart) and he did a fairly decent job of it for a first-timer.
We bantered back and forth as I prepared it, and he made dumplings to go with it. I had to remind him that when he's cooking, I don't tell him what to do! In about 45 minutes it was all ready, and then came the real test, would he like it. He did! Go me! He told me it was great, I could make it for him any time I liked, and he offered to do the dishes (usually my job) and helped himself to seconds!
I feel good...at least my husband likes something else about Jamaica now!
