My Holy Grail!
Gam did all the hard yards and somehow tracked down a little deli in Woodridge, about a block or so from the train station.
Not only did they stock two types of shanklish, one homemade and one in a packet, the woman who made the homemade stuff happened to be in the store at the time! She actually took the time to describe to us how she made it, which was lovely of her. I bought 6 balls of the homemade stuff and one of the commercial (although the woman's husband, who was also in the store at the time, tried to dissuade me from buying the commercial one, insisting that his wife's was much better!). It was quite a trek from St Lucia just for shanklish, but I've been busting to find some of this stuff ever since 'our' local deli closed down a few years ago, to no avail.
So far I've only tried the homemade shanklish, and (of course) it's very tasty. Not yet at the really stinky stage, still fairly fresh. I'm not sure how long I'd have to age it before it got that great stinky flavour, but regardless of how long that is I'm fairly sure I won't be able to hold back on it long enough to let it happen... it's so tasty :)
I can't remember the name of the store, but the address of the place is 4 North Road, Trinder Park, and it's just around the corner from the Woodridge train station.
Mashed with olive oil and ready to eat!
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