Puerto Rico
Rice with Pigeon Peas
Arroz con gandules
Medium-grain rice cooked in one pot with pigeon peas, sofrito, cured pork, olives and annatto until a toasted crust forms on the bottom.
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Saint Kitts and Nevis
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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.
Guyana
Sada Roti
Plain unleavened flatbread cooked on a tawa and clapped between the hands to soften, eaten with chokas at breakfast.
Trinidad and Tobago
Sea Moss
Dried sea moss soaked, boiled to a gel and blended with milk, spice and sweetener into a thick drink.
Jamaica
Sorrel
Dried hibiscus calyces steeped with ginger, pimento and cloves, sweetened and often spiked with rum — drunk at Christmas.
Trinidad and Tobago
Sorrel
Hibiscus calyces steeped with clove, cinnamon, ginger and orange peel, sweetened, and often spiked with rum at Christmas.
Trinidad and Tobago
Souse
Pig's trotters or chicken feet boiled, then pickled cold in lime juice, cucumber, onion, pepper and shadon beni.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Spicy Plantains
Plantains sliced and fried until golden, then seasoned with salt, parsley, and chopped spring onions; an essential component of the national dish; sweet and spicy; a key part of the stewed saltfish plate; the spicy plantains of Saint Kitts and Nevis; a sweet and savory accompaniment.
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ting with a Sting
The unofficial cocktail of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Ting is a tart, mildly sweet grapefruit soda popular across the anglophone Caribbean; the sting happens when bartenders pour a generous shot of CSR rum straight into the bottle; dangerously refreshing; the citrus masks the alcohol completely; served at every beach bar and rum shop; the signature drink of the federation.
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad Black Pudding
Black pudding
Pig's blood mixed with rice, hot pepper, chives and thyme, stuffed into casing and boiled until firm.