In the same way music can evoke the memory of an emotion, a person or a place, food can also connect us to time, people and home.
In Cooking with the Campbells, our four-part YouTube series, Corey and his Mom, Clarita, prepare a selection of Caribbean meals together – Clarita as Tutor, Corey as Apprentice.
Shared space in the Belgrade kitchen leads to shared memories and laughter as vegetables are chopped, dumplings are rolled, and pots are stirred.
Just as the memories are stirred up in the Campbell kitchen, our upcoming show After Sunday explores how the past lingers in the present, and how the people and places we carry with us shape who we are today. It’s a reminder that home isn’t always about where you live, but what lives in you.
Episode 1
In this first episode, the Campbells discuss memories of childhood, touch on family experiences of autism, debate Corey’s self-proclaimed title as a ‘Master Chef’ and explain why every ‘Dutch Pot’ – a staple in all Caribbean homes – should be black! Corey insists Celebrity Chef Wolfgang Puck taught him everything he knows. Clarita disagrees. Then from a bubbling pot made under his mom’s watchful eye, Corey serves up his first ever attempt at Saturday Soup to this week’s guests, Joelle Ikwa (Belgrade’s Community Embedded Producer) and her sister, Christa.
Fun fact
Traditionally cooked on a Saturday (hence the name), this dish was once a way to use up the week’s leftover groceries. ‘Hard food’ (such as yam, green banana, breadfruit and pumpkin) would be added to a Dutch Pot, along with a meat of choice, making this a thrifty meal that is tasty, hearty, and packed with nutrients!
If you fancy whipping up your own pot of Saturday Soup, here’s a recipe for you to try.
Don’t forget to tag us in your Saturday Soup creations on socials!
Mrs Campbell’s Saturday Soup
Ingredients (all amounts are approximate)
“Caribbean people don’t measure”- Clarita Campbell
Ingredients
- 1kg Diced Lamb (or mutton)
- 200g Yam peeled & diced
- 200g Cho Cho peeled & diced
- ½ Pumpkin peeled & diced
- 1 Coco (Dasheen/ Taro) peeled & chopped
- 3 Carrots peeled & chopped
- 2 Sweet potato peeled & diced
- 2 white potatoes peeled & diced
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- 3 garlic cloves crushed
- 1 Onion peeled & sliced
- Scallion (spring onion) chopped
- 1 Leeks chopped
- Fresh Thyme
- 1 tsp Pimento
- 1 Scotch bonnet pepper sliced
- 1 bell pepper chopped
- 1 corn on the cob cut into 5
- Dumplings & spinners – plain flour and water
- 1 packet Cock Soup mix
Method
- Prep your meat by rinsing with lemon juice or vinegar, then season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder.
- Half fill your pot with water and bring to a boil.
- Add your meat into the boiling pot and return to a boil until the meat is tender – 15 mins.
- Add half of your veggies – onion, leeks, garlic, pumpkin, carrots to a blender with some water and blitz to a pulp to create your soup base.
- Add this to your pot, stir, and bring back to a boil.
- Add everything else and simmer on a low heat for 1 hour or until your meat is tender and your potatoes etc are nearly cooked.
- To make your dumplings add plain flour and a pinch of salt to a bowl, slowly add water and knead well until it forms a soft dough. Pinch off a small amount and roll into a flat ball or long tube.
- Add your dumplings/spinners and packet soup mix to your pot. Gently stir, then simmer for another 20 mins.
- Serve and enjoy.
Glossary of Terms:
Dutch Pot/ ‘Dutchie’ – A heavy, typically cast-iron, lidded pot originally imported to the Caribbean by Dutch traders. Available in different sizes, they are a staple in every Caribbean home.
‘Hard Food’ – Starchy staples such as yam, green banana, breadfruit, pumpkins and boiled dumplings. So called because they are dense, filling and provide sustained energy.
‘Spinners’ – boiled dumplings that are long rather than round.
After Sunday
If all this talk of food is making you hungry for more stories of memory, family and home, don’t miss After Sunday on our B2 stage from Fri 10 to Sat 25 Oct 2025. Tickets available HERE.
