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Belize
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coconut milk
Liquid produced after squeezing and pressing grated coconut meat with water
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Belize
Grenada
Jamaica
Trinidad & Tobago
coconut water
The liquid inside a coconut
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Trinidad & Tobago
cocorete
The fruit of Attalea maripa, commonly called maripa palm which is a palm native to tropical South America and Trinidad and Tobago. This fruit is yellow and edible that is oblong ovoid and cream. An edible oil can be extracted from the pulp of the fruit and from the kernel of the seed.
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Belize
Jamaica
codfish
Fish dried and salted for preservation. The fish is usually the Atlantic or Pacific cod, however, pollock and haddock are sometimes used. Preparation typically involves an initial step of soaking in water overnight or boiling to remove the excess salt.
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Jamaica
coffee tea
Coffee
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Jamaica
cog
A breakfast porridge made with cornmeal as a primary ingredient. It may also include milk, coconut milk, sugar, and spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
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Jamaica
common mango
A commonly found mango cultivar with fibrous flesh. It is abundant and less highly valued than other mango cultivars.
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Grenada
con crocket
Dried flying fish
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Barbados
Guyana
con ki
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
coney
A medium sized terrestrial rodent found in the Jamaican forests. The species is endemic to Jamaica and related to hutias and guinea pigs. They have long tails, large heads and a squat appearance. The fur is typically brown, reddish brown, or dark brown. Previous generations of Jamaicans, particularly those of Maroon ancestry, used to hunt them for food. For many years they were thought to be extinct, but there have been a few sightings in recent times.
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Trinidad & Tobago
congo pepper
A variety of chili pepper similar to the habanero.
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Jamaica
conkconct
Banana flour
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Barbados
Guyana
St. Kitts & Nevis
conkie
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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Barbados
conkies
A desert similar to payme or dukunu. It is made from mixture of grated pumpkin, sweet potato, cornmeal, flour, and various spices wrapped in banana leaf and steamed on a rack over boiling water.
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Guyana
Trinidad & Tobago
cookup rice
A one-pot mixture of peas and rice, cooked with meat
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Guyana
cool down
Commercially produced drinks or juice packaged in plastic bags.
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Jamaica
coolie plum
Ziziphus Mauritania; A small round berry about 3/4 inches in diameter. The fruit is green and turns yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruit may occasionally develop a rust brown colour and a cracked texture. The unripe fruit is firm and slightly acidic, and grows softer and mushier when it ripens. The berries have a single hard seed.
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Jamaica
coolings
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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Jamaica
cooliz
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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Belize
corn lob
A lob made from corn juices and corn meal ;usually made by a mill. It is has been passed down for generations by the indigenous Mayas and can only be found in Belize.
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St. Kitts & Nevis
corn pop
A breakfast porridge made with cornmeal as a primary ingredient. It may also include milk, coconut milk, sugar, and spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
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Trinidad & Tobago
cornichon
The fruit and tree of Averrhoa bilimbi. A relative of the carambola or star fruit, the tree produces an edible, green, five pomed, cucumber like fruit.
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Guyana
Jamaica
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Lucia
cornmeal porridge
A breakfast porridge made with cornmeal as a primary ingredient. It may also include milk, coconut milk, sugar, and spices like nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla.
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Barbados
cou cou
A meal made by slow cooking seasoned cornmeal. The meal is stirred or turned as it is cooked.
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Jamaica
counter flour
All purpose flour. Flour used for cooking, but not baking.
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Grenada
cow
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
cow cod
A cow's penis. Sometimes used in soup.
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Jamaica
cow cod soup
A dish made with bull's penis ('cod') that is valued for its aphrodisiac properties. It is traditionally cooked with bananas and scotch bonnet peppers in a white rum-based broth.
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Trinidad & Tobago
cowa
The tree and fruit of Artocarpus heterophyllus. It is related to the breadfruit and breadnut. The tree produces the worlds largest tree borne fruit - up to 80lbs and 3 feet long. Much of the fruit is starchy and fibrous. However, the seeds are surrounded by a sweet, pleasant tasting flesh. The seeds themselves are also edible after roasting or boiling.
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Jamaica
coxnut
A fruit related to the passion fruit, but with a hard green skin. They are significantly sweeter than passion fruits.
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