Barbadian cuisine, also called Bajan cuisine, is a mixture of African, Portuguese, Indian, Irish, Creole, Indigenous and British background. A typical meal consists of a main dish of meat or fish, normally marinated with a mixture of herbs and spices, hot side dishes, and one or more salads. The meal is usually served with one or more sauces.Barbados Food. Totally Barbados. Retrieved 25 January 2011.

The national dish of Barbados is cou-cou and fried flying fish with spicy gravy.Barbados National Dish: Coucou & Flying Fish . Epicurian Tourist. 25 December 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2011. Another traditional meal is pudding and souse, a dish of pickled pork with spiced sweet potatoes..www.barbados.org. Retrieved 28 May 2015. A wide variety of seafood and meats are also available.

Main courses

Fried flying fish Fried or grilled fish such as kingfish, swordfish, mahi mahi, and "dolphin" (dolphinfish). A whole roast red snapper is a delicacy. Brown stew chicken Cou-cou and steamed flying fish Barbecued or stewed lamb or pork chops Curry beef or mutton Rotisserie chicken/pan chicken Baked or fried chicken Grilled or fried prawns Grilled turkey wings Saltfish in a spicy tomato sauce Pepperpot Sweet potato pie Chicken curry Pickled chicken feet Barbequed pig tails Guava cheese Black cake

Hot side dishes Rice and peas – rice with split peas and gravy Macaroni pie Cou-cou Sweet potato, grilled, mashed or as fries English potato, grilled, mashed or as fries Fried plantain Breadfruit, grilled or fried Chow mein Steamed mixed vegetables, such as broccoli, pumpkin, cabbage, and onion Buttered cassava or yam

Salads

Garden salad Pasta salad Potato salad Coleslaw Plain sweetcorn, beetroot, or pineapple

Sauces

Bajan pepper sauce Ketchup Tartar sauce for fish

Lighter meals

Bakes Cassava pone, a kind of savoury cassava cake Conkies Cutters (fried flying fish in a bap) Fishcake Pumpkin soup Samosas, often made with conch Turnovers Wrap roti, usually with beef, chicken or saltfish with potatoes, spices, and sometimes chickpeas

Beverages

Rum and rum punch Banks beer Hibiscus tea Mauby Fruit juice Tamarind drink Soursop drink Golden apple drink Sorrel drink Coconut water Ginger beer

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