Meaning
Jamaica's national dish — boiled ackee (the yellow arils of the ripe ackee fruit) sautéed with flaked salted codfish, onion, scallion, tomato, and scotch bonnet pepper. Cooked ackee looks and eats much like scrambled egg, and the dish is a Sunday-breakfast and special-occasion classic, usually served with fried dumpling, boiled green banana, or breadfruit. The ackee must be fully ripe and open on the tree, as unripe ackee is poisonous.
Examples
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Sunday mawnin mean ackee an saltfish.
Sunday morning means ackee and saltfish.
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Mama cook ackee an saltfish wid fry dumpling.
Mum cooked ackee and saltfish with fried dumpling.
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Nutten nuh beat ackee an saltfish an breadfruit.
Nothing beats ackee and saltfish with breadfruit.
Origin
From 'ackee' (Twi 'ankye', the fruit) + 'saltfish' (salted cod); Jamaica's national dish. See [[saltfish]], [[breadfruit]].
How it’s used
The national dish: ackee sautéed with salted codfish. See [[saltfish]], [[breadfruit]].