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Bermuda Essentials
A considered first route through Bermuda: the foods that carry its everyday habits, celebrations, ingredients, and memory.
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Bermuda Fish Chowder
Fish Chowder
Bermuda Fish Chowder — Bermuda's national dish; a tomato-based seafood ishtu with fresh local fish, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, carrots, green peppers, celery, and bacon fat; traditionally finished tableside with Gosling's Black Seal Rum and Outerbridge's Sherry Pepper Sauce.
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Bermuda Fish Sandwich
Bermuda Fish Sarnie
Bermuda Fish Sandwich — deep-fried fillets of local fish (wahoo, rockfish, snapper) on toasted raisin bread or whole-wheat toast with tartar sauce, lettuce, tomato, coleslaw, and optional 'the works' (grilled Bermuda onions, cheese, hot sauce); considered a national obsession.
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Bermuda Codfish Breakfast
Codfish Breakfast
Bermuda Codfish Breakfast — traditional Sunday breakfast of boiled salted codfish with boiled potatoes, sliced bananas, hard-boiled egg, avocado, and tomato or butter-onion sauce; a Bermudian tradition.
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Bermuda Fish Cakes
Fish Cakes
Bermuda Fish Cakes — fried patties made from salted codfish, mashed potatoes, spices, and herbs; served year-round on buns with condiments, and traditionally on hot cross buns during Easter season.
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Bermuda Cassava Pie
Cassava Pie
Bermuda Cassava Pie — sweet and savory Christmas dish made from grated cassava layered with meat filling (chicken, pork, beef, or lamb), sugar, butter, eggs, nutmeg, and vanilla; essential to Bermudian Christmas dinner.
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Bermuda Black Rum Cake
Black Rum Cake
Bermuda Black Rum Cake — rich, dark Bundt cake made with flour, sugar, butter, eggs, pecans, and Gosling's Black Seal Rum in both batter and glaze; especially popular at Christmas and special occasions.