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The real water of life, aqua vitae if you will, is abundant in the tropics. And if you drink too much, it won’t make you tipsy.

Tap into a young, green coconut and therein lies the slightly sweet, translucent liquid that islanders have long enjoyed as refreshment in the sun’s heat. Coconut vendors can be found most everywhere in the Caribbean, so finding a “cold jelly” isn’t difficult.

Caribbean Christmas Cuisine - Forget the shiny presents! Caribbeans up north may be hoping Santa ships them some Christmas food from the south this winter. Read about the different dishes and drinks everyone’s longing for this Christmas.
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This is the prize winning essay in the competition "My Fondest Christmas in Jamaica" sponsored by the Jamaica Weekly Gleaner. The essay was written by Charles Levy of Ottawa, Canada.

We Caribbeans are completely indebted to the English for Christmas Pudding, our delectable Christmas dessert.

Trinidadians call it Black Cake, while Barbadians refer to it as Plum Pudding. But in essence it is the same dark, decadent cake, the crowning piece of our Christmas dinner.

Christmas Pudding traversed a long, winding road to become what it is today.

In the Middle Ages, the pudding started off as mince pie, a meat dish with chopped poultry, pheasant and rabbit. Later sugar, apples, raisins and candied oranges were added to the mix.