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Jamaica
St. Vincent
flour
Fried or boiled balls or cylinders made from some combination of flours or meal.
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Bahamas
flour tea
A hot beverage made by browning flour in a pot then adding sugar and water.
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Bahamas
flum fum
A vegetable stew consisting of yams, potatoes and green beans.
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Jamaica
fluxy
Having a squishy, not firm texture - particularly as related to fruit.
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Any starchy agricultural product used as food. Examples include, but are not limited to, yams, potatoes, bananas, cassava, pumpkins, and breadfruit.
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US Virgin Islands
fraico
A cold dessert made by pouring fruit syrup over a paper cone or paper cup full of crushed ice.
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Grenada
french cashew
Otaheite apple; Pear shaped fruit with red skin and white flesh. Typically, they contain a single large seed. However, they may occasionally be seedless. The fruit is sweet and is usually eaten raw or used to make drinks.
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Dominican Republic
frio frio
A cold dessert made by pouring fruit syrup over a paper cone or paper cup full of crushed ice.
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Belize
Jamaica
frittas
A fried batter made from a mix of flour, saltfish, onions, peppers and other spices
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Jamaica
frog banana
A medium sized banana. It is somewhat thicker than other variety of bananas, and has red skin unlike other bananas.
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Antigua & Barbuda
front end lifter
Any of a number of beverages made from herbs or roots and intended to 'strengthen the back' and improve sexual prowess
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Guadeloupe
Martinique
fruit a pain
Tree and fruit native to the Pacific Islands and Malaysia that was brought to the West Indies in the 18th century. The fruit is large with a rough green skin with small hexagonal markings. Some varieties have a spiky exterior. The flesh is white, cream coloured or yellow and has a high starch content. It is eaten boiled, roasted, or fried as a staple food.
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Jamaica
fruitcake
Rich dark cakes popular around Christmas. A primary ingredients is dried fruit that has been steeped or soaked in rum or wine for long periods of time (sometimes years). The dried fruit is usually some combination of raisins, prunes, cherries, and candied fruit peel. The cakes get their dark colour from browning or burnt sugar.
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Cuba
fruta bomba
A torpedo, oval, or pear shaped fruit. The fruit bears on a large leafed tree up to 10m tall. When green, it is cooked as if a vegetable. The flesh contains an enzyme named papain that serves as an effective meat tenderiser. When ripe it is yellowish-orange in colour. The flesh is bright orange, soft, and sweet. The insides are hollow containing a lots of seeds with each seed contained in a small liquid filled sac. The seeds and the fluid surrounding them have a bitter taste.
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Jamaica
fry dumplin
A fried bread typically made from baking powder leavened dough.
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Jamaica
fudge
An ice cream bar on a stick
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Jamaica
full
To be mature, but not yet ripe (as relates to fruit or agricultural produce).
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Antigua & Barbuda
Montserrat
fungee
A meal made by slow cooking seasoned cornmeal. The meal is stirred or turned as it is cooked.
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Puerto Rico
gandules
Pigeon peas.
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Trinidad & Tobago
ganga channa
A ritually prepared meal of channa (chick peas) intended to trap (tie) a man in a romantic relationship. Women prepare the meal by cooking channa and squatting over the steaming pot allowing the mix of condensation and vaginal juices to "sweat" in the food. It is similar to sweat rice.
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Jamaica
garden egg
Eggplant. A species of nightshade grown for its edible fruit.
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Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
geera
Cumin; The dried seed of the herb Cuminum cyminum, a member of the parsley family. Commonly used in cooking.
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Trinidad & Tobago
geera pork
Pork cooked with geera (cumin seeds)
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Trinidad & Tobago
ghee
Clarified butter
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Trinidad & Tobago
gingee
Otherwise known as Chinese okra, is a long, green squash. It is gathered young because as the plant grows the flesh becomes bitter, rendering it inedible and is usually peeled because the skin is bitter even on a young squash. When cooked, it acquires a pleasant, silky texture.
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Jamaica
gizzada
A baked desert with a flaky, but firm crust and a filling made from sweetened grated coconut.
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Dominica
glu glu
Is a yellowish-green drupe 2.5-5 cm in diameter, containing a single, dark brown, nut-like seed 2.5-5 cm diameter, which is very tough to break. The inside is a dry white filling that has a vaguely sweet taste when eaten. Found on a species of palm native to tropical regions of the Americas, from southern
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Jamaica
goat head soup
A rich spicy soup made with goat meat as the main ingredient. Usually the goat's head (and sometimes tripe and testicles) is used. The soup is considered to be an aphrodisiac.
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Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Belize
Grenada
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Montserrat
St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
golden apple
Ambarella. An edible fruit growing on large trees up to 30m. The fruits have thick, sometimes leathery skin and dendritic (fibrous or hairy) seeds. While unripe, the flesh is crisp and firm with a tart acidic taste. As it ripens, it turns yellow, becomes soft and develops a sweet taste and fragrant smell. Both ripe and unripe fruits can be eaten raw. It is also often prepared by juicing, stewing with ginger and sugar, pickling with peppers and spices, or made into chow.
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Belize
golden plum
Ambarella. An edible fruit growing on large trees up to 30m. The fruits have thick, sometimes leathery skin and dendritic (fibrous or hairy) seeds. While unripe, the flesh is crisp and firm with a tart acidic taste. As it ripens, it turns yellow, becomes soft and develops a sweet taste and fragrant smell. Both ripe and unripe fruits can be eaten raw. It is also often prepared by juicing, stewing with ginger and sugar, pickling with peppers and spices, or made into chow.
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