Cuisine Culture of the Virgin Islands

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1 cuisine

1.1 dishes
1.2 local fruits
1.3 drinks
1.4 snacks





cuisine

traditional food tends spicy , hearty. many of foods imported due acquired taste foreign foods. local farmers grow fruits , vegetables along rearing of animals. goods sold in local open-air markets, while supermarkets tend carry imported foods. upscale restaurants cater tourists, serving combination of north american dishes tropical twists local cuisine. example of addition of mango , caribbean spices salmon, non-tropical fish.


dishes

fungi (pronounced foon-gee) main staple of traditional virgin islands diet. consists of cornmeal has been boiled , cooked thick consistency along okra. fungi eaten boiled fish or saltfish.


callaloo (sometimes spelled kallaloo) soup made callaloo bush/leaf, substituted spinach. consists of various meats , okra, , boiled thick stew consistency.


because of inter-caribbean migration, many foods other caribbean countries have been adopted virgin islands culinary culture. example, popular dish roti, of indo-trinidadian origin, consists of curried vegetables , meat wrapped in paper-thin dough.


local fruits

fruits consumed in virgin islands include: sugar apple, mango, papaya, soursop, genip, sea grapes, tamarind (can made in sweet stew or rolled in sweet balls), , goose berries (small green sour fruit, smaller grape). these fruits stewed sugar sweet snack.


drinks

“bush tea”, general term herbal tea derived native plants (including lemongrass), hot beverage of choice in virgin islands. popular cold beverages include maubi, sorrel, soursop, sea moss , passion fruit. drinks ginger root popular.


snacks

pate (pronounced pah-teh), fried dough filled various meats including beef, chicken, conch, or saltfish stuffed inside popular snack (similar empanada). popular snack johnnycake (originally known journey cake ), pastry made fried dough.







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