The Cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago is indicative of the blends of Amerindian, European, African, Creole, Indian, Chinese and Lebanese gastronomic influences. Native American Cuisine includes all food practices of the native peoples of the Americas. ... See the individual entries for: // Belarusian cuisine Bulgarian cuisine Czech cuisine Hungarian cuisine Jewish cuisine Polish cuisine Romanian cuisine Russian cuisine Slovak cuisine Slovenian cuisine Ukrainian cuisine British cuisine English cuisine Scottish cuisine Welsh cuisine Anglo-Indian cuisine Modern British cuisine Nordic cuisine Danish cuisine Finnish cuisine Icelandic cuisine Lappish... Sample food of Zimbabwe Cuisine of Africa reflects indigenous traditions, as well as influences from Arabs, Europeans, and Asians. ... Louisiana Creole cuisine is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana (centered on the Greater New Orleans area) that blends French, Spanish, and American influences. ...

Fruits

Fruits available in Trinidad include mangoes (bastapool, belly-bef, calabash, cedar, cutlass, doudouce, Graham, ice-cream, Julie, long, pawpaw, Peter, rose, round, starch, teen, turpentine, vert, zab(r)ico), breadfruit, sorrel (roselle), passion fruit, watermelons, sapodillas, pommeracs (malay apple), guavas, Tahitian apple (golden apple), caimite (star apple), abiu, juicy five fingers (carambola), zaboca (avocado), pawpaw (papaya), chenette, bananas, pineapples, oranges, portugal or 'puttigal' (clementines of various genetic breeding), governor plum, West Indian (Barbadian) cherry, bananas (sikyé, silk, Gros Michel, Lacatan), barbadine (granadilla), balata, soursop, cashews (the actual fruit), and coconuts (several varieties). Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... Binomial name Artocarpus altilis (Parkinson) Fosberg The Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a tree and fruit native to the Malay Peninsula and western Pacific islands. ... The fruit of Passiflora edulis Passion fruit (Portuguese: Maracuj ) comes from passion flower vines, plants of the genus Passiflora, native to tropical and sub-tropical America. ... For the political designation, see Eco-socialism. ... Binomial name (L.) P. Royen Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota) is a long-lived, evergreen tree native to the New World tropics. ... Binomial name Syzygium malaccense Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense, Family Myrtaceae), also known as , Mountain Apple, Otaheite Apple, and Pommerac, is a fruit native to Malaysia, as well as many caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago. ... Binomial name Syzygium malaccense Malay Apple (Syzygium malaccense, Family Myrtaceae), also known as , Mountain Apple, Otaheite Apple, and Pommerac, is a fruit native to Malaysia, as well as many caribbean countries such as Trinidad and Tobago. ... Species About 100 species, see text. ... Binomial name L. The Tahitian apple is also known as the Otaheite apple (hence its alternative binomial, Spondias cytherea) or just Golden apple is an equatorial or tropical tree, with edible fruit containing a fibrous pit. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Pineapple (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (L.) Osbeck[1] Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Clementines, Klementia or Clementine Pseudo-writings are names given to the curious religious romance which has come down to us in two forms as composed by Pope St. ... For other uses, see Coconut (disambiguation). ...

Main meals

Breakfast dishes

Many dishes are popular choices for the morning meal in Trinidad and Tobago.

Hot Breakfasts: Sada roti with bodi (cowpeas), doubles, bake (a sweet, unleavened bread) and shark, fry bake (a fried bread like a Jonnycake), fried aloo (potato), roasted baigan (eggplant, aubergine or melongene), tomato choka (often served with roti), saltfish (dried and salted cod), buljol (saltfish with fresh peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers and sometimes boiled eggs); black pudding with home-made coconut bread; fried accra (saltfish fritters); tannia cakes (fried dasheen cake) and boiled cassava with butter; fried fig (green banana) with saltfish; fried left-over provisions (root vegetables such as cassava and dasheen) with saltfish; fried corned beef with onions and tomatoes. Binomial name Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... For other uses, see Shark (disambiguation). ... Jonnycake (also spelled johnnycake, journey cake, and other forms) is a type of cornmeal pancake once popular in American cuisine and still strongly identified in particular with the food of the state of Rhode Island. ... It has been suggested that Chapati be merged into this article or section. ... Cod can be preserved by salting, drying, or both. ... This Taro is the Tahitian word. ... Corned beef, (also bully beef in the UK), is a cut of beef (usually brisket, but sometimes round or silverside) cured or pickled in a seasoned brine. ...

Bake N Shark sandwich most famously known as a delicacy at Maracas beach

Cold Breakfasts: Various home-made breads, including roast bake, coconut bake, warm hops bread and New Zealand cheddar cheese; or the popular local biscuits (crackers), "Crix" with anything. Image File history File linksMetadata Bakenshark. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Bakenshark. ...

Lunch and dinner

Curry Chicken and Roti

A nationally well-known main dish of Trinidad and Tobago is curry chicken and roti. This dish was adopted from Indian roots, where other favourite local dishes include: curry crab, curry shrimp, curry duck, curry aloo (potato). These meals are often served with various rotis such as dalpuri, bus-up-shot, and of course sada. In addition, Trinidadians often add various pepper sauces to their meals, for example, "mother-in-law", as well as curry mango, chataigne (breadnut), channa, pumpkin, or mango kuchela. Image File history File links Indian_Curry_Chicken. ... Image File history File links Indian_Curry_Chicken. ... Curry chicken (or chicken curry depending on region)is a common delicacy in Trinidad and the Caribbean, India, and all over the world. ... It has been suggested that Chapati be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the dish. ...

Another very popular and nationally well-known dish with distinctly African roots is callaloo, a creamy and spicy side dish made of dasheen leaves, ochro or okra, crab, thyme, coconut milk and shado beni (from "chardon bénit," French thistle or Fitweed) or bhandhanya or cilantro. Callaloo is often prepared with cornmeal coo coo, plantain (similar to a banana), cassava, sweet potatoes, and sometimes made with crab. Pelau, a rice-based dish, is a very popular dish in Trinidad and Tobago, as well as stewed chicken, breadfruit oil down, macaroni pie, pepperpot, ox-tails, among many others. Image:BakenShark.jpg Trinbagonian dishes are often stewed, barbecued, or curried with coconut milk. Amaranth Taro Xanthosoma This article is about Caribbean soup sometimes called pepperpot. ... This article is about the plant. ... Binomial name (L.) Moench Okra (American English: , British English ), also known as ladys finger[1], bhindi and gumbo, is a flowering plant valued for its edible green fruits. ... Coconut milk in a bowl. ... Binomial name L. Eryngium foetidum (also known as Bhandhanya, Chandon benit, Culantro, Culantro Coyote, (Fitweed, Long coriander, Mexican coriander, Wild coriander, Recao, Shado beni (English-speaking Caribbean), Spiritweed, (Ngò gai (Vietnam), Sawtooth), )Saw-leaf herb, or Cilantro cimarron) is a tropical perennial and annual herb in the family Apiaceae. ... Amaranth Taro Xanthosoma This article is about Caribbean soup sometimes called pepperpot. ... This article is about the fruit. ... Plov being prepared in a Qozon Pilaf, Albanian pilaf, Armenian ÖƒÕ«Õ¬Õ¡Õ¾, Azeri plov, Bosnian pilav, Greek πιλάφι, Hindi पुलाव, Kazakh Kazakh: (palaw), Urdu pulao, Persian polow, Romanian pilaf, Russian: plov, Serbian pilav, Turkish pilav, Tajik полов, Uzbek: , Persian: - polo, Turkmen: , Turkish: , Crimean Tatar: , Tatar: , and - palov) also spelled pilau, perloo, perlau, plaw, pilaw, and... Guyanese Pepperpot Not to be confused with the Jamaican name for Callaloo, a soup or stew made with dark greens. ... A barbecue on a trailer at a block party in Kansas City. ...

Curry Chicken skewer served with Eggplant Relish and Tomato chutney vinaigrette

An array of fish can be bought at local merchants throughout Trinidad and Tobago, such as flying fish, king fish, carite, sapatay, red fish, bonito, lobster, conch and crab. Tobagonian food is dominated by a wide selection of seafood dishes, most notably, curried crab and dumplings, and Tobago is also known for its sumptuously prepared provisions, soups and stews, also known as blue food across the country. Genera Cheilopogon Cypselurus Danichthys Exocoetus Fodiator Hirundichthys Oxyporhamphus Parexocoetus Prognichthys The Execoetidae or flyingfishes are a marine fish family comprising about 70 species grouped in 7 to 9 genera. ... Subfamilies and Genera Neophoberinae Acanthacaris Thymopinae Nephropsis Nephropides Thymops Thymopsis Nephropinae Homarus Nephrops Homarinus Metanephrops Eunephrops Thymopides Clawed lobsters comprise a family (Nephropidae, sometimes also Homaridae) of large marine crustaceans. ... Species Strombus gigas Strombus luhuanus Strombus pugilis Strombus tricornis Strombus canarium Strombus dolomena Strombus gibberulus Strombus conomurex Strombus lentigo Strombus doxander Strombus urceus Strombus fragilis Strombus gallus Strombus dentatus Strombus marginatus Strombus raninus Strombus buvonius A conch (pronounced in the U.S.A. as konk or conch, IPA: or ) [1... For other uses, see Crab (disambiguation). ... A dumpling may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savoury, in several different cuisines. ...

A popular Trini dish is Macaroni Pie, a macaroni pasta bake, with eggs and cheese, and a variety of other potential ingredients according to which particular one of the many recipes you are following. Penne, a very common kind of maccheroni in Italy. ...

Another local dish includes the rare delicacy cascadu (cascadura),which is a small fresh water fish. There is a local legend in Trinidad that s/he who eats cascadu will return to Trinidad to end their days.^[1]

Street foods

Hot Street Foods: Popular freshly-prepared street foods include doubles, phulourie, bake and shark (particularly at a Maracas Bay, a popular beach on the North coast), corn soup, geera chicken and pork, raw oysters (usually where there is a lighted flambeau) with a spicy sweet/hot sauce mainly with culantro (chadon beni), saheena, kachorie, aloo (potato) pies, fish pies, cheese pies, beef pies (many Trinidadian neighbourhoods boast a local Pie-Man), and pows (steamed buns filled with meat, of Chinese origin, typically Char Siu Pork). A portable night-time Tex-Mex street-food stand outside the Helsinki railway station, Finland. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... This page is a candidate to be moved to the Wikibooks Cookbook. ...

Cold Street Snacks: On hot days, locals enjoy souse, sno-cones (served in various colours, flavours and shapes, often with sweetened condensed milk), ice-pops, freezies, coconut slushies and fresh coconut jelly. This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Festival foods

Special Christmas foods include pastelles (called hallaca in Venezuela where they originated), garlic pork (carne vinha-d'alhos, a Portuguese dish), boiled or baked ham, turkey, pigeon peas, fruit cake (or black cake), ginger beer, ponche-de-crème and sorrel.

Special Divali foods include barfi and parsad.

Special Eid foods include sawain.

Desserts

The popular local desserts are usually extremely sweet. Local snacks include cassava or potato pone and stewed guavas, sweetbread, paw paw balls, tamarind balls, bene balls, toolum, guava cheese (guava paste), jub jub and sugar cakes. Local chocolatiers and confectioners manufacture several different types of sweet treats. Indian delicacies like kurma, gulab jamun, ladoo and barfi are also popular. This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Species About 100 species, see text. ... Paw Paw is the name of some places in the United States of America: Paw Paw, Illinois Paw Paw, Michigan It is also an alternate name for the papaya. ... Binomial name L. This article refers to the tree. ... List of Indian sweets and desserts by region of origin. ... A carving of the Kurma avatar on a pillar at the Vittala Temple, Hampi, India Kurma is also an alternative transliteration of korma. ... Gulab jamun (gul-aab jaa-mun) is a popular Indian sweet dish comprised of fried dough in a sweet syrup flavoured with cardamom seeds and rosewater or saffron. ... Tray of barfi Fig barfi Barfi or burfi is an Indian sweet. ...

Beverages

There are many different popular beverages in Trinidad. These include, various sweet drinks (Chubby, Solo, Peardrax^[2]), and also Malta, Smalta, Shandy, portugal juice, ginger beer, sorrel, mauby, seamoss punch, barbadine punch, and soursop punch. Link titleIn Norway, Solo is an orange-flavored soft drink, owned by Norwegian companies Ringnes, Oskar Sylte, Aass, and Mac. ... Whiteways Peardrax is a pear-flavoured fizzy soft drink popular in Trinidad. ... A popular shandy Shandy (also radler or panaché) is beer flavoured with lemonade or another soft drink. ... Ginger beer is a type of carbonated beverage, flavored primarily with ginger, lemon and sugar. ... The infusion obtained from the Hibiscus sabdariffa flower when is served like a cold drink is called jamaica like typically is called in Mexico and when is hot is called Hibiscus tea. ... Mauby (also mavi in Puerto Rico, or mabi) is a drink that is widely consumed in the Caribbean. ... A granadilla is any of several species of plants of the genus Passiflora, e. ... Binomial name Annona muricata L. The Soursop, Guanábana or Corossol (Annona muricata) is a broadleaf flowering evergreen tree native to the Caribbean, Central and South America, from Brazil north to the West Indies. ...

Coconut water is found on almost every metre of the island. Rum was invented in the Caribbean, therefore Trinidad and Tobago boasts rum shops all over the island, serving local favourites such as ponche-de-crème, puncheon rum, and home-made wines from local fruits. Coconut water is the liquid endosperm inside young coconuts. ... Caribbean rum, circa 1941 Rum is a distilled beverage made from sugarcane by-products such as molasses and sugarcane juice by a process of fermentation and distillation. ... The puncheon, in the United States also called pon for brevity, is an old English unit of wine casks, holding about 318 litres. ...

See also

• Callaloo
• Doubles
• Caribbean
• Pelau
• Roti
• Curry chicken
• Maracas Beach

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References

1. ^ *Allsopp, S.R. Richard (1998). In Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, with a French and Spanish Supplement. Oxford University Press. p. 138. ISBN 0198661525. Google Book Search. Retrieved on November 23, 2007.
2. ^ Vanished UK drink is toast of Caribbean, an April 2007 article from the BBC website

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External links

• Trinidad and Tobago: Coconuts and Curry from epicurious.com
• Discover Trinidad's Food Guide
• Buljol
• T&T Food