Coconut Bread

    The Bahamas are filled with many treasures and most of those treasures can't be taken.  The greatest treasure is the Bahamians themselves.  Once you get away from the "big city" of Nassau or even George Town and meet the Bahamians of the family islands (cays), you will truly meet some great people.  Another treasure is the cays and the waters surrounding the cays, but you can only take pictures of those.  But there is one treasure that you can have and that is the Bahamian cuisine.  The conch is a staple to the Bahamians and is prepared in many ways.  My favorites are the conch salad, conch fritters and the conch chowder.  Mac and cheese is also a Bahamian favorite as well as peas & rice.  There is also the many different species of fish - Mahi Mahi, Grouper, Wahoo and Mutton Snapper just to name a few and, although not a fish, the Spiny Lobster, which in addition the traditional "lobster tail' dinner is also great as a lobster salad.  There is one other Bahamian food item, among many, that is very basic but very, very good and that is Bahamian bread which is prepared in many different ways.  There's plain bread, cinnamon bread and our favorite coconut bread.

Coconut bread from DeShaMon restaurant in Black Point Settlement, Exuma, Bahamas