duckanoo

plural duckanoos · alternative duckano · alternative duckoono · alternative duckunoo · alternative ducunu · alternative dukunu

1. A Caribbean dessert made with sweet potato, coconut, spices and brown sugar, all tied up in a banana leaf.

   Blue drawers, also known as tie-a-leaf or dukunu, combine banana, coconut, sweet potato, and/or cornmeal in small squares, that are then wrapped in banana leaves and boiled for an hour.

   2022, Kimberly J. Morse, The Americas: an Encyclopedia of Culture and Society, page 587

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   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.

   2015, Linda Bladholm, Latin & Caribbean Grocery Stores Demystified, page 343

   Synonyms: blue drawers, tie-a-leaf