Bahamas what do they eat

You get fresh lobster only in season, from the beginning of April until the end of August. Otherwise, it's frozen. Bahamian lobster, in spite of its cost, is not always prepared well. Sometimes a cook leaves it in the oven too long and the meat becomes tough and chewy. But when prepared right, like it is at Nassau's famed Graycliff restaurant, it is perfection and worth the exorbitant cost.

The Bahamian lobster lends itself to any international recipe for lobster, including Newburg and Thermidor. A typical local preparation is to curry it with lime juice and fresh coconut, among other ingredients.

After conch, grouper is the second-most-consumed seafood species in The Bahamas. The fish can also come steamed and served in a spicy Creole sauce.

Sometimes it comes dressed in a sauce of dry white wine, mushrooms, onions, and thyme. Because the fish has a mild taste, the other ingredients' extra flavor is needed. Baked bonefish is also common, and it's very simple to prepare. The bonefish is split in half and seasoned with Old Sour a hot pepper sauce and salt, and then popped into the oven.

Baked crab is one of the best-known dishes in The Bahamas. A chef mixes eggs and the meat of either land or sea crabs with seasonings and bread crumbs. The crabs are then replaced in their shells and baked. Peas 'n' rice, like potatoes, can be prepared in a number of ways. One popular method is to cook pigeon peas which grow in pods on small trees or black-eyed peas with salt pork, tomatoes, celery, uncooked rice, thyme, green pepper, onion, salt, pepper, and whatever special touch a chef wants to add.

When it's served as a side dish, Bahamians often sprinkle hot sauce over the concoction. Johnnycake, another famed Bahamian dish, dates from the early settlers, who were often simple and poor. They survived mainly on a diet of fish and rice, supplemented by johnnycake, a pan-cooked bread made with butter, milk, flour, sugar, salt, and baking powder. Originally it was called "Journey Cake," which was eventually corrupted to "johnnycake.

Tropical Fruits -- Bahamians are especially fond of fruits, and they make inventive dishes out of them, including soursop ice cream and sapodilla pudding. Guavas are used to make their famous guava duff dessert. The islanders also grow and enjoy melons, pineapples, passion fruit, and mangoes. Their most famous fruit is the papaya, which is called "pawpaw" or "melon tree. Wash it all down with a Bahama Mama, a refreshing cocktail made of pineapple and lemon juices, rum and coffee-flavored liquor.

To try the best and freshest seafood in town, check out Potter's Cay, an amazing seafood market on the Nassau side of the Paradise Island Bridge. As with anywhere else you go in the world, Bahamas-bound travelers should have an idea of how tipping culture works in restaurants and other places of business. Tipping rules and meal customs can vary widely by country, city and region, so it helps to know that, wherever you go, you're bound to encounter some cultural differences.

It's all part of the fun, of course. Tipping culture in the Bahamas is similar to that of the U. First, always check the bill to ensure that gratuity isn't included.

If it isn't, standard practice is to tip at least 15 percent; 20 percent is normal in more deluxe restaurants. Keep in mind that one great — and affordable — way to get a taste of local cuisine is by visiting supermarkets or small roadside shacks during your trip. To make it, guava, brown sugar, nutmeg and salt are used, as well as flour, eggs and butter.

When it is cooked, a splash of Bahamian rum and the remaining pulp of the guava is added. Trips to Africa. Botswana 2. Egypt Ethiopia 1. Kenya 6. Madagascar 1. Mauritius 3.

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