
Barbados
Breadfruit Cou-Cou
Boiled breadfruit pounded with butter and salt meat into a smooth mound, served like cornmeal cou-cou with steamed fish.
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Barbados
Boiled breadfruit pounded with butter and salt meat into a smooth mound, served like cornmeal cou-cou with steamed fish.

Jamaica
Amaranth leaves steamed down with onion, tomato, thyme and scotch bonnet, eaten at breakfast with dumplings or as a side.

Grenada
Callaloo
Dasheen (taro) leaves, the island's favorite greens; the elephant-ear-shaped leaves of the dasheen plant; used in oil down, callaloo soup, and as a side dish; a staple of Grenadian cuisine; rich in vitamins and minerals; the callaloo of the Spice Isle; the green that defines Grenadian cooking.

Grenada
Provisions
Boiled root vegetables and starchy staples of Grenada; includes breadfruit, yams, dasheen, tannia, green bananas, and sweet potatoes; the carbohydrate base of Grenadian cuisine; served with stewed meats, fish, or saltfish; a staple at every meal; the provisions of the Spice Isle; the foundation of Caribbean cooking.

Cuba
A Cuban fried sweet ripe plantains, caramelized and soft, a daily and essential side

Jamaica
Whole breadfruit roasted directly on coals or a fire until the skin is black, then peeled and sliced as a starch alongside ackee or fish.