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codfish

Fish dried and salted for preservation. The fish is usually the Atlantic or Pacific cod, however, pollock and haddock are sometimes used. Preparation

coffee tea

Coffee

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 v

common mango

A commonly found mango cultivar with fibrous flesh. It is abundant and less highly valued than other mango cultivars.

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 lo

conkconct

Banana flour

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 d

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

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

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 v

counter flour

All purpose flour. Flour used for cooking, but not baking.

cow cod

A cow's penis. Sometimes used in soup.

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

coxnut

A fruit related to the passion fruit, but with a hard green skin. They are significantly sweeter than passion fruits.

crab back

A dish consisting of seasoned crab meat stuffed into a crab's shell and baked.

crabapple

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 d

cris

A very hard, flat, semi-sweet biscuit made with coconut, flour, sugar, and spices.

cut cake

A sweet treat made from diced coconuts, sugar and spices. The mixture is boiled until thick enough to set and harden when cool, then spoonfuls are dro

cyaat wheel

Large, round flat, dumplings

dasheen

Taro - plant used primarily for its edible root and leaves.

dasheen leaf

The edible leaves of the taro plant.

deadas

Meat - animal flesh

dip and fall back

A custard like stew made from a salted meat (usually saltfish or salted mackerel), coconut milk and richly seasoned. It is often served with ground pr

doctor fish

Acanthurus coeruleus otherwise known as the blue tang is a species of food fish belonging to the surgeonfish family. It can grow up to 39 centimetres

dolphin

The dorado or mahi-mahi; A blue-green and yellowish food fish.

drops

A sweet treat made from diced coconuts, sugar and spices. The mixture is boiled until thick enough to set and harden when cool, then spoonfuls are dro

dukunu

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 spic

dumplin

Fried or boiled balls or cylinders made from some combination of flours or meal.

dutty gyal

Canned mackerel in tomato sauce

east indian

A mango cultivar prized for its rich taste.