Introduction: Peas and rice is the everyday starch side found alongside almost every main course in Barbados, made most traditionally with pigeon peas (gungo peas), coconut milk and a whole scotch bonnet pepper simmered in for fragrance rather than fire. Cultural Background: Peas and rice is the everyday starch side found alongside almost every main […]
Introduction: Conkies are a spiced cornmeal, pumpkin and coconut mixture steamed inside banana or plantain leaves, traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night (November 5th) and Independence Day celebrations across Barbados. Cultural Background: Conkies are a spiced cornmeal, pumpkin and coconut mixture steamed inside banana or plantain leaves, traditionally eaten on Guy Fawkes Night (November 5th) […]
Introduction: A sweet, dense quick bread studded with grated coconut, coconut bread is a teatime and breakfast favourite across Barbados, often baked in large loaves and sliced thick for sharing. Cultural Background: A sweet, dense quick bread studded with grated coconut, coconut bread is a teatime and breakfast favourite across Barbados, often baked in large […]
Introduction: Not a cake at all but a dense, chewy coconut and sugar confection, sugar cake is a classic Bajan street sweet sold from small trays by vendors outside schools, markets and rum shops. Cultural Background: Not a cake at all but a dense, chewy coconut and sugar confection, sugar cake is a classic Bajan […]
Introduction: Cornmeal porridge is a staple start to the day across Barbados, eaten by children on their way to school and by working adults alike. Cultural Background: Cornmeal porridge is a staple start to the day across Barbados, eaten by children on their way to school and by working adults alike. Cornmeal arrived in Barbados […]
Introduction: Bhapa pitha is a steamed rice cake filled with shredded coconut and date palm jaggery, closely associated with Poush Parbon, the Bangladeshi winter harvest festival when fresh date palm jaggery (nolen gur) is at its peak. Cultural Background: Bhapa pitha is a steamed rice cake filled with shredded coconut and date palm jaggery, closely […]
Introduction: Chomchom originates from Tangail in Bangladesh and is one of the country’s most iconic sweets, an oval-shaped, spongy milk-solid confection soaked in sugar syrup and often finished with a coating of grated coconut or khoya. Cultural Background: Chomchom originates from Tangail in Bangladesh and is one of the country’s most iconic sweets, an oval-shaped, […]
Introduction: A fruity, rum-forward cocktail associated with Bahamian beach bars and resorts, the Bahama Mama blends dark and coconut rums with tropical juices and a splash of grenadine for its signature sunset colour. Cultural Background: A fruity, rum-forward cocktail associated with Bahamian beach bars and resorts, the Bahama Mama blends dark and coconut rums with […]
Introduction: A lightly sweet, tender quick bread flecked with shredded coconut, this loaf is a breakfast and teatime staple, often eaten warm with butter or alongside a mug of Bahamian bush tea. Cultural Background: A lightly sweet, tender quick bread flecked with shredded coconut, this loaf is a breakfast and teatime staple, often eaten warm […]
Introduction: Lamingtons are squares of sponge cake coated in chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut, believed to be named after Lord Lamington, a former Governor of Queensland in the late 1890s. Cultural Background: Lamingtons are squares of sponge cake coated in chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut, believed to be named after Lord […]