Hard-food

[hard-food]

Definition

Boiled ground provisions (yam, green banana, dumpling, coco) served as a meal base.

Example Sentences

Patois:
Serve di stew chicken wid a big plate a hard-food.
English:
Serve the stewed chicken with a big plate of boiled ground provisions.

Patois:
Hard-food give yuh strength fi work whole day.
English:
Boiled ground provisions give you strength to work all day.

Usage Tip

Collective culinary term for heavy starchy boiled items (green bananas, yams, dumplings, sweet potatoes).

Patois Synonym: ground provisions
English Synonym: boiled provisions; starchy roots

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