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Barbados
Dominica
Grenada
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
US Virgin Islands
sugar apple
An edible round, ovoid, or cone shaped fruit around 6-10 cm in diameter, with a lumpy skin. The skin colour changes from bright green to a pale whitish-green as the fruit ripens. The sweet flesh is white or very pale yellow, and has a custard-like texture. Hard , shiny brownish black seeds are spread throughout the insides.
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Trinidad & Tobago
sugar cake
A baked dessert made from sweetened grated coconut. It is often decorated with red food colouring. The coconut used is 'white' since it is peeled or scraped to remove the brown outer layer.
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Jamaica
sugar water
A simple drink made from sugar and water
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Jamaica
susumba
A small green, bitter tasting berry. It is sometimes eaten alone after boiling or cooked with saltfish
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St. Kitts & Nevis
swank
A simple drink made from sugar and water
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Belize
Grenada
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
sweat rice
A ritually prepared meal of rice intended to trap (tie) a man in a romantic relationship. Women prepare the meal by cooking rice and squatting over the steaming pot allowing the mix of condensation and bodily juices to "sweat" into the rice.
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Trinidad & Tobago
St. Vincent
sweet bread
A light cake made with white flour and mixed fruits.
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Jamaica
sweet cup
A fruit related to the passion fruit, but with a hard green skin. They are significantly sweeter than passion fruits.
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Grenada
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
Trinidad & Tobago
sweet drink
Carbonated drinks
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1 comments
Guyana
sweet fig
A banana variety known for small sweet fruit.
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Guyana
sweet potato fly
A fermented drink made from sweet potatoes, and spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, and mace.
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Belize
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
sweetsop
An edible round, ovoid, or cone shaped fruit around 6-10 cm in diameter, with a lumpy skin. The skin colour changes from bright green to a pale whitish-green as the fruit ripens. The sweet flesh is white or very pale yellow, and has a custard-like texture. Hard , shiny brownish black seeds are spread throughout the insides.
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5 comments
Jamaica
swims
Shrimp, particularly freshwater shrimp
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Jamaica
syrian bread
Pita bread.
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Belize
tableta
A hard, chewy, dark brown candy made from sugar, coconuts and ginger.
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Dominican Republic
tamarindo
Tamarind
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Belize
Grenada
Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
US Virgin Islands
tambran
Tamarind
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5 comments
Antigua & Barbuda
Barbados
Guyana
Jamaica
St. Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago
tambrin
Tamarind
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19 comments
Barbados
Dominica
Jamaica
tambrin ball
Sweets made by rolling balls of tamarind flesh with sugar and/or spices such as pepper and salt.
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2 comments
Bahamas
tambrin molasses
A thick syrup made from tamarinds
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St. Kitts & Nevis
US Virgin Islands
tamon
Tamarind
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3 comments
Haiti
tassot
Fried strips of beef or goat meat.
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Trinidad & Tobago
tatoo
An armadillo
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Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
tawah
A flat or slightly concave griddle made from cast iron or steel. It is used to prepare roti and other types of breads
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Haiti
ti carole
A homemade frozen pop popular with children. It is made by pouring mixed drinks into small transparent plastic bags, tying the bags to seal them, and freezing. They are normally consumed by sucking a small hole bitten in one corner of the bag.
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Cuba
ti es
Canistel; A bright yellow ovoid fruit with a pointed tip. It is related to the sapodilla and is edible. The flesh tends to be dryer than other sapodillas and the texture is similar to that of a hardboiled egg yolk.
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Martinique
ti po
A rum based mixed drink that traditionally includes rhum agricole, lime, and cane syrup, and fruit flavouring.
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Jamaica
tie leaf
A dessert item similar to bread pudding that is made from any combination of cassava, coco, sweet potato, or cornmeal along with flour, sugar and spices like nutmeg and cinnamon. The mixture is traditionally wrapped in leaves (banana or taro) or cloth and then boiled until cooked.
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Jamaica
tiki tiki
The West Indian Whitebait: Tiny fish that congregate in huge swarms in rivers, or at the mouth of rivers.
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Jamaica
tin bum
Canned mackerel in tomato sauce
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