Thanksgiving in Providencia

Rondon

The Fish and Farm Cooperative is an organization to help the islanders have a sustainable fishing industry. They have completely fished out all the conch and there are marine scientists from the  USA helping them to bring conch back to the island and establish sustainable practices. The cooperative is the only place you are supposed to be able to buy fish on the island and the prices are reasonable. We bought large shrimp for $7/lb, land crab for $4/lb and snapper for $8/lb. We went back to the coop for a special traditional island dish called rondon. It is made with fish, yucca, plantains and yams cooked as a stew. It is traditional to be served on Sunday at large family gatherings. 

Then the coop decided to have Thanksgiving dinner for all the boats anchored in the harbor. There were 8 boats hiding out from strong northerlies at the time. We had 30 people gathered for a great feast.  Ariel and Orville (islanders who work at the coop) got a turkey and made mashed potatoes, cornbread and even lime pie (we are on an island)

crew of Talaria, Blue and Streamed Spirit