| General
Food Descriptions |
• Buljol is salt fish (cod
fish) prepared with onions, tomatoes, avocado and
pepper.
• Callaloo is a thick vegetable soup
based on dasheen leaves or spinach.
• Doubles are curried chick peas
(channa) served with two pieces of fried bara
bread.
• Dumplings are a must in Tobago;
particularly good with crab.
• Hops is a crusty bread roll, very
delicious when eaten fresh from the oven.
• Pastelles - hallacas in Venezuela -
is a Christmas delicacy consisting of maize and
flour parcels stuffed with minced meat, olives,
capers and raisins, steamed in a banana leaf.
• Pelau is a delicious dish made of
rice, peas and meat cooked together with
vegetables.
• Pholouri are a small cake (fritter)
made with split peas or other vegetable.
• Roti, a chapatti (non whole-wheat)
pancake that is served in a variety of ways. It
is delicious whether filled with, beef , chicken,
shrimp, a variety of spicy stews, or vegetable
curries.
• Saheena consists of deep-fried
patties of spinach, dasheen and split peas with a
mango sauce.
• Shark-an-bake, a spicy fried bread
sandwich of fried shark with a variety of sauces
such as tamarind and garlic.
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