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Anguillian cuisine is the cuisine of Anguilla, a British overseas territory in the Caribbean, one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles. The cuisine is influenced by native Caribbean, West African, Spanish, French and English cuisines.^[1]

Meats

Seafood

Seafood is abundant, and includes prawns, shrimp, crab, spiny lobster, conch, mahi-mahi, red snapper, marlin and grouper.^[1] Salt cod is a staple food eaten by itself and used in stews, casseroles and soups.^[1]

Salt cod is an Anguillian staple food

Livestock

Livestock is limited due to the small size of the island, and people there utilize poultry, pork, goat and mutton, along with imported beef.^[1] Goat is the most commonly eaten meat, and is utilized in a variety of dishes.^[1] A significant amount of the island's produce is imported due to limited land suitable for agriculture production; much of the soil is sandy and infertile.^[1]

Fruits, vegetables and starches

Among the agriculture produced in Anguilla includes tomatoes, peppers, limes and other citrus fruits, onion, garlic, squash, pigeon peas and callalloo, a leaf green native to Africa.^[1] Starch staple foods include imported rice and other foods that are locally grown or imported, including yams,^[2] sweet potatoes^[2] and breadfruit.^[1] Potatoes are also consumed, although less frequently than other starches.^[1] Flour and cornmeal are also starches used in Anguillian cuisine.^[1]

The fruit of the breadfruit tree – whole, sliced lengthwise and in cross-section

Common foods and dishes

Barbecue^[1]^[3] and jerk style meats ^[1]
Callalloo – a stew made with callalloo greens ^[1]
Fritters made with conch, coconut, fruit and other ingredients, seasoned with local allspice and sugar^[1]
Dumplings ^[1]
Seafood soups and bisques made with lobster,^[1] conch,^[1] and fish

A bowl of lobster bisque

Beverages

Rum^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Robinson, Peg. "Foods That Are Important in Anguilla." USA Today Travel. Accessed July 2011.
^ ^a ^b Higgins, Michelle. (January 28, 2007). "For Foodies: Anguilla." The New York Times - Travel. Accessed July 2011.
^ "Gastronomical Delight." Anguilla-guide.info. Accessed July 2011.

[UsaToday-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r Robinson, Peg. "Foods That Are Important in Anguilla." USA Today Travel. Accessed July 2011.

[NewYorkTimes-2] Higgins, Michelle. (January 28, 2007). "For Foodies: Anguilla." The New York Times - Travel. Accessed July 2011.

[3] "Gastronomical Delight." Anguilla-guide.info. Accessed July 2011.

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+[[File:LocationAnguilla.png|thumb|Location of [[Anguilla]]]]
-'''Anguillan cuisine''' is the [[cuisine]] of [[Anguilla]], a [[British overseas territories|British overseas territory]] in the [[Caribbean]], one of the most northerly of the [[Leeward Islands]] in the [[Lesser Antilles]]. The cuisine is influenced by native Caribbean, African, Spanish, French and English cuisines.<ref name="UsaToday">Robinson, Peg. [http://traveltips.usatoday.com/foods-important-anguilla-20339.html "Foods That Are Important in Anguilla."] [http://traveltips.usatoday.com ''USA Today Travel'']. Accessed July 2011.</ref> Seafood is abundant, and includes [[prawn]]s, [[shrimp]], [[crab]], [[spiny lobster]], [[conch]], [[mahi-mahi]], [[Lutjanus|red snapper]], [[marlin]] and [[grouper]].<ref name="UsaToday"/> [[Salt cod]] is a [[staple food]] eaten by itself and used in [[stew]]s, [[casserole]]s and [[soup]]s.<ref name="UsaToday"/> Livestock is limited due to the small size of the island, and people there utilize [[poultry]], [[pork]], [[goat]] and [[mutton]], along with imported [[beef]].<ref name="UsaToday"/> Goat is the most commonly eaten meat, and is utilized in a variety of dishes.<ref name="UsaToday"/> A significant amount of the island's [[produce]] is imported due to limited land suitable for agriculture production; much of the soil is sandy and infertile.<ref name="UsaToday"/> Among the agriculture produced in Anguilla includes [[tomato]]es, [[pepper]]s{{dn|date=January 2012}}, [[Lime (fruit)|limes]] and other [[citrus fruit]]s, [[onion]], [[garlic]], [[Squash (plant)|squash]], [[pigeon pea]]s and ''callalloo'', a leaf green native to Africa.<ref name="UsaToday"/> Starch staple foods include imported [[rice]] and other foods that are locally-grown or imported, including [[Yam (vegetable)|yam]]s,<ref name="NewYorkTimes">Higgins, Michelle. (January 28, 2007).  [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/travel/28anguilla.html "For Foodies: Anguilla."] [http://travel.nytimes.com ''The New York Times - Travel'']. Accessed July 2011.</ref> [[sweet potato]]es<ref name="NewYorkTimes"/> and [[breadfruit]].<ref name="UsaToday"/> [[Potato]]es are also consumed, although less frequently than other starches.<ref name="UsaToday"/> [[Flour]] and [[cornmeal]] are also starches used in Anguillan cuisine.<ref name="UsaToday"/>
+{{British cuisine}}
+'''Anguillian cuisine''' is the [[cuisine]] of [[Anguilla]], a [[British overseas territories|British overseas territory]] in the [[Caribbean]], one of the most northerly of the [[Leeward Islands]] in the [[Lesser Antilles]]. The cuisine is influenced by native Caribbean, West African, Spanish, French and English cuisines.<ref name="UsaToday">Robinson, Peg. [http://traveltips.usatoday.com/foods-important-anguilla-20339.html "Foods That Are Important in Anguilla."] [http://traveltips.usatoday.com ''USA Today Travel'']. Accessed July 2011.</ref>
+==Meats==
+===Seafood===
+Seafood is abundant, and includes [[Shrimp and prawn as food|prawns, shrimp]], [[Crab meat|crab]], [[spiny lobster]], [[conch]], [[mahi-mahi]], [[Lutjanus|red snapper]], [[marlin]] and [[grouper]].<ref name="UsaToday"/> [[Salt cod]] is a [[staple food]] eaten by itself and used in [[stew]]s, [[casserole]]s and [[soup]]s.<ref name="UsaToday"/>
+<gallery caption="" widths="220px" heights="160px">
+File:Salt Cod.jpg|[[Salt cod]] is an Anguillian staple food
+</gallery>
+===Livestock===
+Livestock is limited due to the small size of the island, and people there utilize [[poultry]], [[pork]], [[Goat meat|goat]] and [[mutton]], along with imported [[beef]].<ref name="UsaToday"/> Goat is the most commonly eaten meat, and is utilized in a variety of dishes.<ref name="UsaToday"/> A significant amount of the island's [[produce]] is imported due to limited land suitable for agriculture production; much of the soil is sandy and infertile.<ref name="UsaToday"/>
+==Fruits, vegetables and starches==
+Among the agriculture produced in Anguilla includes [[tomato]]es, [[Bell pepper|peppers]], [[Lime (fruit)|limes]] and other [[citrus fruit]]s, [[onion]], [[garlic]], [[Squash (plant)|squash]], [[pigeon pea]]s and ''callalloo'', a leaf green native to Africa.<ref name="UsaToday"/> Starch staple foods include imported [[rice]] and other foods that are locally grown or imported, including [[Yam (vegetable)|yams]],<ref name="NewYorkTimes">Higgins, Michelle. (January 28, 2007). [http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/travel/28anguilla.html "For Foodies: Anguilla."] [http://travel.nytimes.com ''The New York Times - Travel'']. Accessed July 2011.</ref> [[sweet potato]]es<ref name="NewYorkTimes"/> and [[breadfruit]].<ref name="UsaToday"/> [[Potato]]es are also consumed, although less frequently than other starches.<ref name="UsaToday"/> [[Flour]] and [[cornmeal]] are also starches used in Anguillian cuisine.<ref name="UsaToday"/>
+<gallery caption="" widths="230px" heights="140px">
+Image:ARS breadfruit49.jpg|The fruit of the [[breadfruit]] tree{{spaced ndash}} whole, sliced lengthwise and in cross-section
+</gallery>
 ==Common foods and dishes==
-[[file:Lobster bisque.jpg|thumb|A bowl of [[lobster]] bisque]]
+[[File:8025 dumplings stuffed with potato.JPG|thumb|[[Dumpling]]s]]
-*[[Barbecue]]<ref name="UsaToday"/><ref>[http://anguilla-guide.info/food/ "Gastronomical Delight."] [http://anguilla-guide.info Anguilla-guide.info]. Accessed July 2011.</ref> and [[Jamaican jerk spice|jerk]] style meats <ref name="UsaToday"/>
+* [[Barbecue]]<ref name="UsaToday"/><ref>[http://anguilla-guide.info/food/ "Gastronomical Delight."] [http://anguilla-guide.info Anguilla-guide.info]. Accessed July 2011.</ref> and [[Jamaican jerk spice|jerk]] style meats <ref name="UsaToday"/>
-*[[Callalloo]], a stew made with callalloo greens <ref name="UsaToday"/>
+* [[Callalloo]]{{spaced ndash}} a stew made with callalloo greens <ref name="UsaToday"/>
-*[[Fritter]]s made with [[conch]], [[coconut]], [[fruit]] and other ingredients, seasoned with local [[allspice]] and [[sugar]] <ref name="UsaToday"/>
+* [[Fritter]]s made with [[conch]], [[coconut]], [[fruit]] and other ingredients, seasoned with local [[allspice]] and [[sugar]]<ref name="UsaToday"/>
-*[[Dumpling]]s <ref name="UsaToday"/>
+* [[Dumpling]]s <ref name="UsaToday"/>
-*Seafood soups and [[Bisque (food)|bisques]] made with lobster,<ref name="UsaToday"/> conch,<ref name="UsaToday"/> and fish
+* Seafood soups and [[Bisque (food)|bisques]] made with lobster,<ref name="UsaToday"/> conch,<ref name="UsaToday"/> and fish
+<gallery caption="" widths="220px" heights="160px">
+File:Lobster bisque.jpg|A bowl of [[Lobster meat|lobster]] bisque
+</gallery>
 ==Beverages==
-*[[Rum]] <ref name="UsaToday"/>
+* [[Rum]]<ref name="UsaToday"/>
+==See also==
+{{portal|Food|Caribbean}}
+* [[Caribbean cuisine]]
 ==References==
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+{{North American cuisine}}
+{{Lists of prepared foods}}
-[[Category:Anguillan cuisine]]
-[[Category:Caribbean cuisine]]
-[[Category:Cuisine by nationality]]
+[[Category:Anguillian cuisine| ]]
-{{Cuisine-stub}}
+[[Category:Caribbean cuisine]]
+[[Category:Culture of Anguilla]]

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