POPULAR STAPLES USED IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN Grains Wheat, Rice, Oats, Corn, Barley etc.

BY PRODUCTS:Flour- Wheat, Rice, Cornmeal/Corn Flours etc.; Pasta/Noodles- Macaroni, Spaghetti, Lasagne, Root Crops & Tubers Cassava (Yucca), Eddoes, Dasheen, English Potato, Sweet Potato, Tannia, Topi Tambu, Yam, Starchy Fruits Breadfruit, Green Fig (Banana), Plantain, Chataigne
(Breadnut), Peewah,

Rice & Egg Noodles; Bread-Hops, Sandwich Loaf, Beetroot etc. Buns, Rolls, Floats (Fried Bake), Bake/Johnny Cake etc.; Biscuits (Crackers)- Cream Crackers, Water Cracker, Saltines etc.; Flatbreads-Flour & Corn Tortillas, Roti e.g. Parathas, Dhalpuri, Sadha etc.; Breakfast Cereals- Bran Flakes, BY PRODUCTS:Flour- Yam Flour, Cassava Flour etc.; Chips & FriesCassava Chips & Fries, Sweet Potato Fries &

Ackee etc. BY PRODUCTSPlantain Flour & Plantain Chips etc.

Corn Flakes, All Bran etc.; Porridge- Sago, Cream Potato Chips & Fries of Wheat etc. ; Dumplings: Wheat, Cornmeal, etc.; Milks Drink- Rice Milk & Oat Milk
The local names of food items listed above may vary from island to island

POPULAR LEGUMES USED IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

Peas & Beans

Kidney Bean/Red Bean, Black-Eye Peas, Lentils, Split Peas, Black Beans, Soy Beans, Channa
(Chickpeas), White Beans, Pink Beans, Pinto Beans,

Nuts
Peanuts*, Almonds,

Seeds
Pumpkin Seeds,

Cashews, Walnuts, Pecans, Sunflower Seeds, Macadamia, Hazel Nuts, Pine Nuts & Brazil Nuts BY PRODUCTS:Nut Milk- Almond milk. Sesame Seeds & Poppy Seeds

Gob Gob, Baked Beans, Pigeon Peas, Long Beans (Bodi), Snow Peas, Same, String Beans etc. BY PRODUCTS:Soy Cheese, Soy Analogs, Soy Milk, Soy Chunks, Tofu, Fermented Soy Bean products & Bean Spreads e.g. Hummus , Sprouted Beans etc.

* Peanuts are botanically classed as legumes but in the culinary sense they are classed as nuts. The local names of food items listed above may vary from island to island

POPULAR FOODS FROM ANIMALS USED IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

Meat
Poultry- Chicken, Turkey, Duck etc.; Red Meat- Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Goat, Mutton etc.; Offal- Liver, Kidney, Tongue etc.; Wild & Game Meat- Rabbit, Iguana, Armadillo etc. BY-PRODUCTS:-

Seafood
Fish-Shark, King Fish, Flying Fish, Salmon, Trout, etc.; Shellfish- Shrimp, Crab,

Dairy & Egg

Cheese-(All Types); Milk; Yoghurt; Eggs.

Prawns, Lobster, Oysters etc. BY-PRODUCTS:BY-PRODUCTS:Canned Fish-Tuna, Salmon, Buttermilk, Kefir, Curd etc.

Ham, Sausages, Hamburger Patties, Deli Meat Sardines, Mackerel; Salted Slices, Bacon, Luncheon Meats, Corned Meats- Beef, Mutton, etc. Fish- Shark, Cod etc.; Smoked Fish- Herring; Hamburger Patties etc.

The local names of food items listed above may vary from island to island

POPULAR VEGETABLES USED IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

Dark Green & Leafy

Yellow & Others

Bhagi, Cabbage, Callaloo Bush (Matanga Leaves), Yellow & Others: Bamboo Shoots, Cauliflower, Watercress (Cressles), Patchoi (Bok Choy), Kale, Broccoli, Carrot, Celery, Chive, Onion, Garlic, Lettuce, Mustard Greens, Spinach etc. Turnip, Mushrooms etc.; Fruit Vegetables: Melongene (Baigan), Christophene (Choco), Carailli
(Bitter Gourd), Tomato, Okro (Okra), Pumpkin, Squash,

Cucumber, Sweet Peppers, Hot Peppers etc.

The local names of food items listed above may vary from island to island

POPULAR FRUITS USED IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

Tropical Local Fruits

Portugal/Tangerine.; Other Fruits- Pineapple, Banana, Cashew Fruit, Five Finger (Star Fruit), Pomerac (Rose Apple), Guava, Paw Paw (Papaya), Mango, Mammie Apple, Sapodilla, Sugar Apple, Tamarind, Red & Sour Cherry, Doungs (Jujube, ), Chennette, Ackee, Hog Plum (West Indian Plum), Pommecythere (Golden Apple), Sour Sop, Barbadine, Watermelon etc.
The local names of food items listed above may vary from island to island

Imported Fruits
Cantaloupe, Honey Dew Melon, Pear, Blueberry, Strawberry, Raspberry etc. Dried FruitApricots, Raisin, Currants, Dates, Prunes etc.

Citrus Fruits- Grapefruit, Orange, Lime, Lemon, Apple, Peach, Plum, Nectarine, Grapes,

POPULAR FATS & OILS USED IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN

Fats
Saturated- Coconuts, Butter, Ghee, Lard, Bacon Fat/Bacon Grease, Beef Fat, Cream Cheese, Mayonnaise etc. Unsaturated- Avocado, Ackee (Jamaica), Nut Butter- Peanut Butter, Almond Butter, Hazel Nut Butter etc.

Oils
Palm Oil, Coconut Oil, Peanut Oil, Soybean Oil, Safflower Oil, Mustard Oil, Olive Oil, Corn Oil, Sunflower Oil Etc.
BY PRODUCTS: Salad

Substitutes
Margarine, Shortening etc.

Dressing etc.
The local names of food items listed above may vary from island to island