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Overview of Virgin Islander Cuisine History
An important part of Virgin Islands’ culture is represented by cuisine. As a result of the interactions between the indigenous Indians and Europeans, there are a lot of foods common to the Virgin Islands and to the Caribbean nowadays. In this region there are many Caribbean dishes, American dishes and restaurants with different cuisines and fast food restaurants. The Europeans and the Africans were those who contributed to the local cuisine as they had different cooking styles and ingredients. Thus, the Europeans brought food products like beef, wheat, garlic, onions, limes, sugar cane, breadfruits and mangoes, while the importation of African slaves was a way of obtaining crops like okra, or new styles of preparing food. The Americans were those who brought here corn, potatoes, beans, and all sorts of peppers. Chinese and Indian servants brought with them more cooking styles to the Virgin Islands. Curry dishes have become the most famous in this region.

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createpageform-virginislander The cuisine of Virgin Islands has been influenced by European, Indian, Chinese, and American cuisines and nowadays it includes a wide variety of dishes, especially those consisting of corn, beef, garlic, onions, peppers, limes, breadfruits, mangoes, okra, potatoes, beans, curry, and wheat. It is assumed that the older women in the community are those who prepare the most delicious meals; the result of their work is thought to be a real masterpiece as long as they add different ingredients that give an extraordinary taste and flavor. One of the most popular dish served in Virgin Islands is fish soup, but it tastes as good as callaloo soup which consists of leaves from a daheen plant mixed with local herbs, okra, meat and seafoods. Except all these, people from Virgin Islands also have stewed oxtail, goat, beef and chicken, as well as salt fish, rice, peas, yams, fried plantains, sweet potatoes, cassava, dasheen, lentils and beans.

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Preparation Methods for Virgin Islander Cooking
Virgin Islands’ cuisine uses elements from various cooking traditions borrowed from their neighbours and developed from their own traditional dishes. While there are no specific or unique preparation methods for cooking in Virgin Islands, we should point out that attention to detail is important in the Virgin Islands’ cuisine. Using the right amount of spices for example is essential - either for spicing up the taste or for coloring the dish. The diversity of vegetables and cereals found in Virgin Islands is also noticed in the delicious dishes belonging to their cuisine. The visual attractiveness of the dish is also important, and a balance between colors and proportion differentiates. Each traditional dish has a special cooking method, which is more or less general in all of Virgin Islands’ regions. Meat is one of the main elements of most dishes from Virgin Islands and cured and smoked hams are often parts of delicious dishes.

Special Equipment for Virgin Islander Cooking
Most Virgin Islander dishes don’t require you to purchase any special tools. However, having a coffee grinder helps with roasting and grinding spices and maximizes their volatile oils, which, in turn, provides your food with more flavor.

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