Callaloo Trinidad

Ingredients

 * 1 dozen dasheen leaves
 * 8 ochroes
 * ½ cup of finely chopped onion
 * ½ kilo of salt meat or pork (¼ pound)
 * 2 crabs or crab meat
 * 1 tablespoon of butter
 * chives, salt and pepper
 * ¼ teaspoon of Angostura aromatic bitters
 * 1.8 liters of water (2 quarts)
 * 1 whole hot green pepper

Directions

 * 1) Strip stalks and mid ribs from dasheen leaves, wash, roll them and cut into fine shreds.
 * 2) Clean crabs.
 * 3) Combine chopped ochroes, dasheen, and onion in large saucepan, add 1 cup of water and simmer one hour.
 * 4) In a separate pot, boil the salt meat to remove excess salt.
 * 5) Then, add to the main pot the salt meat, whole green pepper, 1.8 liters of water.
 * 6) Simmer ½ hour.