Popular Dishes
Popular dishes on the island include traditional British Sunday roast, curry, black pudding, pumpkin stew and spicy fishcakes. Fish is one of the staple foods, along with rice, and spices are added to make a wide variety of dishes similar to those found in the Caribbean.
Fishcakes are made from a mixture of spices, herbs, mashed potato and fresh fish like mackerel and are covered in breadcrumbs. They are then baked or fried until golden brown. Pilau is a spiced curried rice with meat or fish. It is served hot often without vegetables. Coconut fingers are long, finger shaped Madeira cakes dipped in icing and rolled in coconut. Pumpkin pudding is dish of baked pumpkin, dried fruit, flour, eggs and nutmeg.
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