| The Arawak, Carib, and Taino Indians were
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| | impact on early Caribbean history, and
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| the first inhabitants of the Caribbean
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| | the Caribbean sea was named after this
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| islands. These first inhabitants occupied
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| | tribe.Then the Caribbean became a
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| the present day islands of British Virgin
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| | crossroads for the world . . .Once the
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| Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti,
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| | Europeans brought Africans slaves into
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| Trinidad, and Jamaica. Their daily diet
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| | the region, the slaves diet consisted
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| consisted of vegetables and fruits such
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| | mostly of food the slave owners did not
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| as papaw, yams, guavas, and cassava. The
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| | want to eat. So the slaves had to be
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| Taino started the process of cooking meat
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| | inventive, and they blended their
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| and fish in large clay pots.The Arawaks
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| | traditional African foods with staples
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| are the first people known to make a
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| | found on the islands. The Africans
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| grate of thin green wood strips on which
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| | introduced okra, callaloo, fish cakes,
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| they slowly cooked meat, allowing it to
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| | saltfish, ackee, pudding and souse,
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| be enhanced by the flavor of the wood.
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| | mangos, and the list goes on.Most present
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| This grate was called a barbacoa, and the
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| | day Caribbean island locals eat a present
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| word we know today as barbeque is taken
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| | diet that is reflective of the main
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| from this early Indian cooking method.The
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| | ingredients of original early African
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| Carib Indians added more spice to their
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| | dishes, and includes cassava, sweet
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| food with hot pepper sauces, and also
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| | potatoes, yams, plantains, bananas and
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| added lemon and lime juice to their meat
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| | corn meal.African men were hunters in
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| and fish recipes. The Caribs are said to
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| | their homeland, and often away from home
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| have made the first pepper pot stew. No
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| | for long periods of time. They would cook
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| recipes exist since every time the
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| | spicy pork over hot coals, and this
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| Indians made the dish, they would always
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| | tradition was refined by the early slaves
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| add new ingredients. The Carib had a big
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| | in Jamaica.
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