Duckanoo

Duckunoo or duckanoo, also referred to as tie-a-leaf, blue drawers (draws), dokonon (in French Guiana), and dukunou (in Haiti) is a dessert in Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, French Guiana and some other Lesser Antilles. It is a variation on the dish ducana which originated in Africa. The Caribbean cuisine dish is made from batata, sweet potato, coconut, spices and brown sugar, all tied up in a banana leaf. It is then cooked in boiling water.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

Duckanoo
Alternative namesDucana (in Antigua and Barbuda)
Typesweet main starch
Place of originWest Indies
Created byAfrican people who were brought to Antigua and Barbuda, French Guiana as well as other Caribbean Islands in the slave trade
Serving temperaturehot or warm
Main ingredientsSweet potato
Ingredients generally usedBatata (a sweet potato), coconut, spices, and brown sugar
VariationsSome islanders use pumpkin

Duckanoo is a relatively new name for some that was added to the name "tie a leaf". However, the names vary depending on location in various islands. "Ducana" is the Antiguan/Barbudan as well as some of the smaller Caribbean islands name of this dumpling or dessert.

History

Similar to the Meso American 'dulce de tamale', this was a highly popular indigenous dessert in the Americas. Adapted by the Afro-Caribbean people (who were brought to Antigua and Barbuda as well as other Caribbean Islands in the slave trade), who used ingredients such as eddoes, okra, dasheen, eggplant, and the bonavista bean are used.[14]

In Ghana, ducana is dokono, and in the Twi language, Odokono.

Variations

Dukuna is a small pudding made of varying mixtures of grated sweet potatoes, coconut, cornmeal and plantain-flour. (From Akan: doko na sweeten mouth Twi: boiled maize Ga: Adangme dokona).

See also

References
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  7. Margetson, Robert J.: n.d. Music (Calypso). Cultural Department, Ministry of Education & Culture, Antigua.
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  9. Olsen, Dr. Fred: 1972. A Lush Forest Grew on Antigua 30 million years ago! Mill Reef Digger’s Digest #8:14 March 1972.
  10. Record & Hess: 1972. Timbers of the New World. Arno Press, NY.
  11. Samuel, Mr. Reginald: 1995. Personal communication.
  12. Smith & Smith: 1986. To Shoot Hard Labour
  13. Tonge, Gwen: n.d. Recipes of Antigua in the West Indies
  14. Harris: 115.
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