duckanoo

English

Alternative forms

• duckano, duckoono, duckunoo, ducunu, dukunu

Etymology

Related to ducana. Compare Sranan Tongo dokun.

Noun

duckanoo (plural duckanoos)

1. A Caribbean dessert made with sweet potato, coconut, spices and brown sugar, all tied up in a banana leaf.
   • 2015, Linda Bladholm, Latin & Caribbean Grocery Stores Demystified, page 343:

     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.

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

     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.

Synonyms

• blue drawers
• tie-a-leaf