Duckanoo
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A Caribbean dessert made with sweet potato, coconut, spices and brown sugar, all tied up in a banana leaf.
"The mixtures are wrapped and tied in banana leaf parcels and steamed. Names for these steamed cakes are boyo, duckoono, tie-a-leaf, and blue drawers, as the leaf stains the pudding a faint bluish color."
Example
More examples"The mixtures are wrapped and tied in banana leaf parcels and steamed. Names for these steamed cakes are boyo, duckoono, tie-a-leaf, and blue drawers, as the leaf stains the pudding a faint bluish color."
Etymology
Related to ducana. Compare Sranan Tongo dokun.
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