Caribbean Cooking
Caribbean Dishes
Food
St. Vincent
Island Festivals
100

Name a Caribbean spice that is used when cooking food. 

ginger, shadon beni, clove, nutmeg (or any other spice) 

100

What dish is made with rice, pigeon peas, meat, fresh herbs and coconut milk?

Pelau

100
Where does all food come from?

Plants or animals

100
What is the name of the volcano that recently erupted in St. Vincent?

La Soufrière

100

Name the Hindu festival that celebrates the triumph of light over darkness

Divali

200

What is a fruit that is green, used to make oil down and chips and considered a wonder food?

Breadfruit

200

What is made with small amounts of mustard, evaporated milk, grated cheese and eggs to help it all set when it bakes.

Macaroni pie

200

What agro-processed product can you make from oranges?

orange juice 
200

What happened when the volcano erupted?

Island covered in ash

200

Muslims serve meat and have sweets and Sawine for what festival?

Eid-ul-Fitr

300

What resembles a banana, has a sweet taste and loved by Jamaicans? 

Plantain 

300

What is made from breadfruit, meat, dumplings and the callaloo plant?

Oil Down

300
What is one way of storing food so it doesn't spoil?

Refrigerator 

300

Name a crop that is grown in St. Vincent and exported to other islands. 

dasheen, yams, ginger breadfruit, coconuts plantain and bananas

300

When is ham, turkey, pastelles, fruit cake, sweet breads, and sorrel, ginger beer, and ponche de crème served?

Christmas

400

What is widely consumed in Barbados and is considered a national dish 

Flying fish

400

What food consists of two pieces of savoury flatbread filled with spiced and curried chickpeas

Doubles

400
Name one outlet where you can purchase food?

groceries, restaurants, markets etc 

400

True or False No crops were destroyed by the volcanic eruption. 

False

400

The blue root dasheen is used throughout which festival to create innovative appetizers, entrees, desserts and liqueurs.

Tobago Blue Food Festival

500

Legacy of the East Indian indentured workers and has curried channa

Doubles

500

What is cooked with okra and considered the national dish of Antigua

Cou Cou

500

What is it called when agricultural products are transformed into another product?

Agro-processing

500

What is one effect of the volcanic eruption on the crops and the impact on Trinidad. 

•Issues with food security

•Food prices will rise in Trinidad for root crops due to the limited supply

•Reduction in plantains, breadfruit and bananas coming to Trinidad

500

Portland Jerk Festival takes place in which country?

Jamaica