Spicy, fried chick pea fritters.

A meal of mixed dhal and rice.

A rum like spirit made from sugar cane juice.

Dried, powdered milk

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 dropped onto banana leaves or other flat surfaces.

Breads or cakes made with coconut as a primary ingredient

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

Seeded breadfruit

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

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.

Small red fruits of the Cordia collococca tree, that grows in bunches. They can be sweet, but have a stainy taste and an astringent effect.

Pork - the flesh of swine.

Dumplings made with the left hand in an obeah ritual with the intention of trapping a man in a romantic relationship.

A bundle of carrots, pumpkin, turnips, and other ingredients packaged to make a single pot of soup.

Any form of porridge (Banana, Cassava, Flour, Rice, Cornmeal).

A spicy nut butter made from peanuts, sugar and hot pepper.

Round fruit between 5 and 9 inches in diameter. The fruit has rough brown skin and contains a single large seed. The flesh of unripe fruit is hard and becomes soft when fully ripened. The fruit is edible with tastes ranging from sour to sweet and reminiscent of apricots.

A fruit of the sapodilla family. It has flesh with orange, reddish brown, or yellow colours with a custard like texture. It is valued for its pleasant taste and mixes well with a variety of other foods.

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.

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.

A fried batter made from a mix of flour, saltfish, onions, peppers and other spices

A fried batter made from flour, any meat (chicken or seafood, for example) and aromatic seasonings

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

A sweet salad of star apple, oranges, grapefruit, and condensed milk.

A drink made from the dried bark of the Colubrina reclinata tree.

A meal made by slow cooking seasoned cornmeal. The meal is stirred or turned as it is cooked.

Chayote. Edible pear shaped green vegetable of the squash family. The vegetable bears on vines and comes in smooth skinned and prickly skinned varieties. It is typically eaten boiled or in soups.

Pound cake made with caramelized condensed milk

A frozen dessert made from condensed milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and put in a plastic wrapping. Sweet corn, kraabu, papaya, guava, mango, or lime can be added.

A drink made from prickly pear steeped in rum, sweetened with sugar, and buried for many days.

Dessert made with flour and coconut milk, fried and dipped in a sugary liquid.

Flour that is sold with a small amount of cornmeal mixed in. The ratio of flour to cornmeal is usually suitable for fried or boiled dumplings.

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.

An extremely potent overproof rum with a fearsome reputation. It is sold under-the-counter (illegally) and usually available during sugar harvest time.

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.

A small lightly leavened sweet bread distributed to school children as part of the country's nutritional program

A small round bun that is distributed to school children as part of the country's nutritional program

A ice cream snack packaged in a hard cone, with the crown covered in chocolate and chopped nuts.

Traditional Belizean dish made with corn maize and shark meat

A fried bread typically made from baking powder leavened dough.