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This is the fourth installment of the pirate party idea blog: Captain Wellington and the Parrot Pirates. Check here often for updates to this quest! Arrgghh!

As Guy opened the chest, he thought his eyes had deceived him. He could not believe what he was staring at. He had grown up so poor and life as a pirate had not been as lucrative as he would have liked. He refused to get into the slave trade like those scallywags, the East India Trading Company. Now his fortunes had finally changed. He was sent by captain Wellington to find water but instead he had found a treasure. He could see gold coins on the top and jewels embedded here and there throughout the chest. He closed the lid and tried to pick it up, but alas, it was too heavy. How would he get this back? He pondered about whether he should tell the captain and crew, but for the moment, decided to keep his mouth shut. He reopened the chest and began to dig in when he heard a voice behind him. “Guy found the chest! Guy found the chest!” In panic, Guy turned to see the source of the voice, but could not find anyone, only a small parrot at the edge of the cave. He turned back around and heard the voice begin, but this time he discovered its source. It was the parrot!

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This is the third installment of the pirate party idea blog. Enjoy the story of Captain Wellington and the Parrot Pirates and check back often at the pirate party blog for updates.

As Guy entered the cave he heard the faint a faint rustling. The cave was dark and damp, but there was enough light to explore. He took a few steps forward and dropped his musket. “Arrgg, that hurt!” The next thing he knew, Guy was surrounded by a cloud, a black cloud. The wind was whipping up and the cloud had a terrible shrieking noise. “Bats …. Bats!” Guy started to run but tripped. The bats seemed to be bent on getting out of the cave, but why? Guy covered his head and fearfully waited out all the bats. Finally, the cave was clear and he stood up to figure out where he was. There, in the corner, was the faint reflection of light.

He carefully walked toward it, being careful not to trip again. As he reached the source of the light, he realized it was a reflection of the light outside. He squinted his eyes and carefully approached the object. “What could it be?’ he wondered. And then he saw it. It was a sword, and not just a basic cutlass. This one was encrusted with jewels. Diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies. It was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen. It was still very dark and he could only see the reflection from the gold and jewels of the sword. As he reached for it, his hand bumped into something wooden. He felt around the object with his hands until he suddenly realized what it really was. “A chest” he exclaimed! He fumbled around for the hinges and tried to open it. “No luck!” There, on the ground, something metal. A key! Guy nervously took the key in his hand and guided it to the keyhole. He slowly turned the lock. “Click.” It was open! He carefully opened the chest. “Of all the treasures of the sea! I can’t believe it.”

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This is the second chapter of the pirate party idea blog, Captain Wellington and the Parrot Pirates. Check the Pirate Party Idea blog occasionally for updates. Enjoy the story.

Stranded! Arrgg! I can not believe this is happening Wellington thought. We have barely enough provisions for the crew and were very low on water. At least the island has plenty of fruit. I can’t remember the last time I had fresh fruit, and you just can’t find oranges in London. Well, I better get some of the crew to search the island for water. Maybe we can find a wild boar. “Guy, Guy!” “Come on over here!” “We must find us some provisions.” “Go to the west side of the island and keep your eye out for anything we can use.” “Make sure you bring your musket in case you run into any boars.” “Get a move on it Guy!” “Aye aye skipper.”

“Where am I supposed to find a boar,” Guy said. “I can kill me a pirate or one of them scoundrels from the East India Trading Company, but a boar?” “They scare me!” “And why the west side of the island?” “Well look at that ….. shiver me timbers …. it’s a cave.” Maybe I can find me somethin in there.

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Pirate recipes are primarily Caribbean creations. Most ports friendly to pirates were located in the Caribbean islands, so it is not hard to imagine that pirates developed a taste for this spicy cuisine. Fish was a constant fixture in pirate recipes. Almost any grilled fish recipe can be adapted to jerk cooking, even those with distinctive seasonings of their own. In this recipe, I started with my favorite recipe for grilled red snapper, which is seasoned with garlic, ginger, and soy sauce. I replaced the ginger with Jerk Rub and viola! Jerked Oriental Grilled Red Snapper. You can do the same with your favorite recipes.
Incidentally, a lot of Jamaican cooking borrows from the Orient for the simple reason that in our melting pot of cultures, many people of Oriental descent have settled here.
Yield: 4 - 6 servings
Ingredients:
• 4 scallions, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, diced
• 2 tablespoons jerk rub
• Zest of 2 lemons
• 2 red snappers (about 2 pounds each) gutted with heads left on
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
Method:
Prepare a fire in the grill, and be sure to grease the grid itself. Mix the scallions, half the garlic, 1 tablespoon of the Jerk Rub, and the lemon zest in a bowl. Spread half of this mixture inside each of the snappers. Mix together the remaining garlic and 1 tablespoon Jerk Rub, as well as the lemon juice, soy sauce, and olive oil as a baste for the fish.
When the coals are white hot, place the fish on the grill. Baste several times during cooking. Grill the fish until just done, 8 to 10 minutes a side. Serve hot with rice.
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Pirates patrolled the area of Haiti, and were sure to pick up a nice pirate recipe. Haitians from the northern part of Haiti cook with cashews, and this is a local recipe
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients:
• 1 cup cashews
• 1 hen (or small chicken), cut in 8 to 10 pieces
• 1 lime
• 3 tablespoons pikliz, or to taste
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 shallot, sliced thin
• 1 scallion, chopped
• ½ green bell pepper
• ½ red bell pepper
• 1 parsley or cilantro sprig
• 1 thyme sprig
• 2 to 3 whole cloves
• ½ tablespoon salt, or to taste
• ¼ tablespoon black pepper, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 cup sos ti-mailis
Method:
In small pot, boil cashews in 2 cups water over low heat for 1 hour and put aside. While the cashews are cooking, clean hen with lime, rinse with water and drain. Marinate hen with pikliz, garlic onion, shallot, scallion, and green and red pepper. Put marinated hen in large pot and parsley or cilantro, thyme, cloves, salt, and pepper. Cook over medium heat, covered for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally. The juices will evaporate allowing the meat to start browning.

Dissolve tomato paste in 1 cup water and stir into the chicken 1/4 cup at a time and cover until it evaporates. Do this 4 times (until you use up the cup of dissolved tomato paste). The idea is that you want the meat to become brown on all sides. This process takes 40 minutes.
Alternatively, you can put the hen in the oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350ºF until meat is brown. Add sos ti-malis to the hen. Add cashews and cook, covered, for another 20 minutes. When it is cooked, see if it needs a zing; if so, add another tablespoon of pikliz, or more salt and pepper to taste.
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Have you ever wondered where a ships cook could find a good pirate recipe? Well the pirate recipe was filled with Caribbean dishes. Where these recipes originated is a good story. Caribbean cuisine is actually a combination of dishes and styles from many different places, including Africa, Amsterdam, France, Spain, and North America. The Caribbean islands were first discovered by Columbus who was working for the Spanish crown, thus the obvious influence of Spanish cuisine. The natives, or Indians, as Columbus had termed them, had their own food preferences, and it was not long before they started incorporating Spanish style into their cooking.

The French had taken a large portion of territory in the Louisiana region and frequently traded in the Caribbean islands. Their cooking style meshed with the Indians and the Spanish. Amsterdam was also a naval power in the area, so that is where you find their influence. Lastly, and perhaps most sadly, was the African influence. The Caribbean islands were the hub of trade in the world. That trade revolved around sugar, rum and unfortunately slaves. Many different peoples and many different cultures combined to create an exotic and unique cuisine style that is enjoyed to this day. For this and any other pirate recipe, visit this blog daily.

This is a little story about a few pirates of the Caribbean, and should provide for a great pirate party Idea.

The sun hovered over the island like an orange giant. Captain Wellington and his crew, the so-called Parrot Pirates, were scrounging for food and water. Their ship, the Rita, was hovering close to death! She was listing to port and had an eight foot round hole in her side; the result of a devastating cannonball attack courtesy of the East India Trading Company. Captain Wellington looked at the love of his life and felt like he was about to grieve for his dying wife. How he hated the East India Trading Company.

They ruled the seas with an iron fist, and had violated all principles that were important to him and his crew. They had dabbled in the hideous crime of the slave trade. Buying their human cargo from the west coast of Africa, they broke up homes and families for the sake of a few gold coins. Slave trading was a lucrative business if you had no conscious. If that were not bad enough, now the East India Trading company was after him! Fortune had at least smiled on Captain Wellington a little bit. For now his crew and he were safe, but storm clouds were beginning to gather on the horizon…… Come to the pirate party idea blog for the next chapter of Captain Wellington and the Parrot Pirates.

Stories about pirates are almost always centered on male figures and characters. The role of women in these stories usually concerns a damsel in distress. We have done our research here, and found a few stories that do not fit that mold. Women pirates were few and far between, but those few characters would make a lasting impression on the history of piracy. For your daughter’s pirate birthday party, why not consider lettering her dress up as Emmy Tot, The Scottish born pirate was actually born into aristocracy. The town where she grew up in now has a figure of her in the center of the city. She is shown to be standing and holding a sword that covered in blood! In the other hand is a severed human head! Apparently people thought she was pretty tough.

When she was a young woman, she happened to attend a party where she met the captain of the Amsterdam, Jan Van der Goot. Van der Goot was absolutely smitten with Emmy, and was determined to have her. Emmy had no interest in the captain, but unfortunately, she was to be his one way or another. While she slept at home, four men broke into her house and kidnapped her. They spirited her off to the Amsterdam where she awaited her fate. Not what I would call the ideal pirate birthday party. Van der Goot showed up in her cabin completely drunk. He passed out on the bed and was soon deeply asleep. Emmy seized the moment. She grabbed a dagger and stuck it in his heart.

She had killed her captor, but was not quite finished. She cut off his head with a sword and took both the head and the sword up to the crew. There she demanded that they turn the ship back. The crew was stunned by her audacity, and did what they were told. The Earl of Eglinton was astonished by Emmy’s bravery and decided to make a tribute to her by including her picture on his coat of arms. The picture was of Emmy holding a sword and a severed head, and it remains like that to this day. For more pirate birthday party ideas, check our ebook out. There you will find a host of information regarding your pirate birthday party including props, costumes and recipes.

Arrgghhh! Hungry Mateys? Need a good pirate recipe? Look no further. This dish will surely fill your happy bellies and is guaranteed to be a hit! It is not too difficult to make, and comes on a skewer, so you won’t have to use that fancy silverware. Be sure to come back here for our next pirate recipe.
• 2 (20 oz) cans pineapple chunks, undrained
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2/3 cup cider vinegar
• 2/3 cup catsup
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 1 1/2 tsp liquid smoke
• 3 lbs boneless sirloin tip roast, cut into 1 1/2″ cubes
• 1/2 lb fresh mushroom caps
• 2 small onions, quartered
• 2 medium size green peppers, cut into 1″ pieces
Drain pineapple, reserving juice. Combine pineapple juice and next 6 ingredients, mixing well; pour into a large shallow dish. Add meat; cover and marinate overnight in refrigerator.
Drain meat, reserving marinade. Pour marinade into a saucepan; bring to a boil. Add mushrooms; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Drain, reserving marinade. Set mushrooms aside.
Using 6 - 8 skewers, alternate pieces of meat, pineapple chunks, mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Grill kabobs over medium hot coals for 10-15 minutes, or until desired degree of doneness, brushing frequently with marinade.

A pirate is never complete without a proper sword, and swords make for a great pirate birthday party idea. Pirates used several types of swords and knives, but they were perhaps best known for carrying the cutlass. These swords were about three feet long and weighed about three pounds. They were preferred because they were short and broad, and this made for better hand to hand combat performance in the close quarters of a ship. The broadsword was not used as much as the cutlass. It was much longer and much deadlier. Sailors did not like them because they were not as effective as a cutlass in melee combat. This type of weapon was used to give Blackbeard his death blow, decapitating his head entirely. The smallsword was a light weight short sword. It really was not used in pirate fights, but worn by gentlemen of the day. The only time it was used in actual fighting was during dueling. It was easily breakable and not favored by pirates. The dagger was a good backup weapon for a pirate. Short and easily concealed, it made for the perfect weapon in a quick strike. The rapier was a Spanish sword and it was not built for pirate fighting. It could really only be used for thrusting, but that Spaniards were determined to use it anyway. Using any of these swords make for a great pirate birthday party idea.