Soups Snacks & Salads

Saturday soup is a tradition Caribbean soups tend to be hearty and can make a full and satisfying meal Most often they are made with meat (such as pig’s tail), chicken or fish, but since they also contain other strong flavours like coconut or peanut, it is easy to make tasty vegetarian versions Most soups are not blended and contain chunks of yam, beans and vegetables and meat Chewy flour dumplings rolled into small ‘fingers’ are called spinners and make a good substitute for noodles.

Snacks fill the gap before dinner Many are designed to encourage a thirst and can be quite salty or spicy In the islands salty chips or crisps are made from baked coconut, fried breadfruit, fried slivers of green banana or green plantains Spicy Solomon Gundy on crackers will send you quickly to the bar Fritters made from corned beef salt fish, crab or conch are heartier appetizers and might be served at a cocktail party along with dishes like cold escoveitched fish and dips with avocado or salsa Patties, (a delicious pastry casing filled with spicy ground beef, ackees or callaloo) are eaten as a lunchtime snack and are sold in many bakeries.