1. The Dutch pot was probably the oldest item in the house, even older than you.
2. And stealing meat from the pot without getting caught was a daily challenge.
When you and your siblings are tiefin meat out d pot, and they drop d pot cover... #GrowingUpCaribbean
3. Whether you had a cold or had a broken ankle, all illnesses and ailments were treated with this:
Use to cry when I had to drink this 😖😭 #GrowingUpCaribbean #GrowingUpWestIndian
4. And if tea didn’t work, you’d be rubbed down with a tub of Vicks and sent to bed.
When you catch a cold #GrowingUpCaribbean
5. And if that didn't work, this probably would:
#GrowingUpCaribbean this was basically gods potion.. Bmt
6. Or this.
#GrowingUpCaribbean if you know you know !!!
7. The furniture in the front room was covered in plastic.
#GrowingUpCaribbean when your grandma's furniture looks like this
8. And there was always a bottle of Dettol in the bathroom.
#GrowingUpCaribbean you go through mad bottles of this
9. You knew at least one family member with beaded door curtains.
Oh wait, maybe that was just #GrowingUpCaribbean haha #GrowingUpBlack
10. Or one of these illustrations hanging on their wall.
Every Caribbean has 1 of these in their house! 😭😂 #GrowingUpJamaican #GrowingUpCaribbean
11. Inside the fridge you'd find a bottle of homemade hot pepper sauce.
#GrowingUpCaribbean everyone had this in their fridge skunt !!!!!! Homemade pepper sauce to bun yuh rass
12. And if a tin of Milo wasn't in your kitchen cupboard...
#GrowingUpCaribbean i still drink this
13. ...then you would definitely find a tin of condensed milk.
#GrowingUpCaribbean HAVING LIKE 50 OF THESE IN YOUR FRIDGE
14. Or a variety of tinned fish.
#GrowingUpCaribbean canned fish was always in the house.
15. A quick dinner always involved corned beef.
When mom worked too hard & had to make a fast dinner! #GrowingUpBlack Slash #GrowingUpCaribbean #bullybeef
16. And you'd always look forward to Sunday dinner, especially if guests were coming round.
#GrowingUpCaribbean you already kno 😍
17. This was the most important section in the supermarket.
#GrowingUpCaribbean #GrowingUpDominican you shopped in these sections
18. Because you could buy drinks like this.
#GrowingUpCaribbean growing up drinking these 😩😍
19. At every social gathering you were sure to find D&G sodas, Supermalt, Mighty Malt, Ting, Ginger Beer, and Sorrel.
#GrowingUpCaribbean having one of these at every bbq/baby shower/family event
20. And a bunch of these:
#GrowingUpCaribbean deadass
21. You were also likely to meet a new family member, usually an auntie, uncle, or cousin.
#GrowingUpCaribbean I still haven't met all of them😂
22. And you'd always come home with a plate or container of food.
#GrowingUpBajan after every cookout you bring a to go plate
23. Not greeting someone when you walked into a room was the ultimate sin.
#growingupjamaican you must say morning , evening or night when greeting people or yuh nave nuh mannas.
24. And ambiguous commands like "get the ting from the ting" were all too familiar.
#GrowingUpCaribbean Parents: "get the ting from the ting" *gets mad when theres too many tings to know which ting is really the ting*
25. You wouldn't complain, because you knew better than to talk back to your elders.
#GrowingUpCaribbean my mum would always say "yuh muss tink seh me and you is size" 😭😭
26. But the best thing of all is knowing this:
If you can survive #growingupcaribbean you can survive anything