Peanut brittle. A hard candy made from peanuts and brown sugar. Some wangla include sesame seeds.

A desert snack made by shelling dry corn, parching it in a hot pot and then pounding it in a wooden mortar and sifting it until it is similar to sand. Salt or sugar can then be added to the brown mixture and it can be eaten dry or with water.

A ghost or spirit that lives as an old woman by day, but turns into a blood sucking monster by night. According to some legends, she is able to to take off her skin and put it back on.

A ghost or spirit that lives as an old woman by day, but turns into a blood sucking monster by night. According to some legends, she is able to to take off her skin and put it back on.

A cream-based liqueur. Main ingredients typically include milk, eggs, sugar, rum, and other minor ingredients such as vanilla, nutmeg, cinnamon, and lemon rind. A variant type is prepared with concentrated liquid coffee or instant coffee powder.

A dish consisting of mixed meat stewed with capers, olives, raisins and prunes, wrapped in cornmeal, then wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and boiled.

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.

A small bird-based character in Ananci Stories

A roofed sidewalk or verandah where higglers peddle their wares.

The berries and tree of Rivina humulis. The small shrub produces small, blood red berries.

The loggerhead kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and, very rarely, in the United States

The loggerhead kingbird is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and, very rarely, in the United States

Junk

The tree, fruit, and seeds of the Castor Oil plant.

A late night or all night gathering in remembrance of the dead. Often includes eating, drinking, and games such as dominoes.

Any member of the NIght Heron group, such as the Black Crowned Night Heron or Yellow Crowned Night Heron.

A black person who has rapidly advanced their station in life.

The Jamaican Boa or Jamaican Yellow Snake. A large nonvenomous constrictor endemic to Jamaica.

Palm trees with edible hearts

A dish consisting of mixed meat stewed with capers, olives, raisins and prunes, wrapped in cornmeal, then wrapped in banana or plantain leaves and boiled.