Bermuda
Dark 'n' Stormy
BVI Dark 'n' Stormy
A highball cocktail made with Gosling's Black Seal Rum and ginger beer (traditionally Barritt's) over ice, garnished with lime; trademarked by Gosling Brothers; invented in Bermuda after World War I
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Gibraltar, United Kingdom
Fish and Chips
Battered white fish — cod, haddock or plaice — deep-fried to order with thick-cut chips, salt and malt vinegar, wrapped in paper.
United Kingdom
Ginger Beer
A cloudy, fiery ginger drink originally fermented with a ginger beer plant, now mostly brewed and carbonated.
Bermuda
Gosling's Black Seal Rum
Gosling's Black Seal
Bermuda's signature dark rum produced since 1806; aged in charred barrels, with notes of butterscotch, vanilla, caramel, and stewed fruits; essential ingredient in fish chowder, rum cake, and Bermuda cocktails; a Bermudian product.
Bahamas
Guava Duff
Guava pulp rolled into a sweet dough, wrapped in cloth and boiled or steamed into a log, sliced and covered with a butter-and-rum sauce. BVI Guava Duff folds guava into boiled dough and serves the sliced pudding with butter sauce.
Jamaica
Jamaican Ginger Beer
Ginger beer
Fresh ginger grated and steeped with lime and sugar until it turns fiercely hot, then strained and chilled.
Alentejo, Portugal
Linguiça
Long, smoked pork sausage from Alentejo, mildly spiced and garlicky.
Bermuda
Outerbridge's Original Sherry Peppers
Sherry Peppers
Bermuda's signature hot sauce made from bird peppers (pequin peppers) steeped in Spanish sherry with 17 herbs and spices; essential condiment for Bermuda fish chowder; mild heat (146 Scoville units); produced since 1964; a Bermudian product.
Bermuda
Pawpaw Montespan
A layered casserole made with green pawpaws (unripe papayas), ground beef, Bermuda onions, tomatoes, tomato sauce, and cheddar cheese, topped with breadcrumbs; originated from Montespan Lodge in Warwick Parish
Northern Portugal, Macao
Port Wine
Vinho do Porto
Fortified wine from the Douro Valley, ranging from ruby to tawny and vintage.
Barbados
Rice and Peas
Rice cooked in coconut milk with kidney beans or gungo peas, thyme, escallion and a whole scotch bonnet, served with every Sunday dinner.
Jamaica
Rum Punch
Rum, lime, sugar syrup, fruit juice and grenadine mixed to the old rhyme — one of sour, two of sweet, three of strong, four of weak.
Jamaica
Scotch Bonnet
Small crumpled chilli, red or yellow, extremely hot but distinctly fruity, used whole in pots and pulled out before serving.
Martinique
Sweet Potato Pudding
Grated sweet potato baked slowly with coconut milk, brown sugar, nutmeg and raisins into a dense dark pudding with a custardy top.
Turks and Caicos Islands
TCI Steamed Conch
Steamed Conch
A traditional Turks and Caicos preparation where conch is steamed, often served with grits or hominy; a classic method before frying became common