Food

FOOD 

It was customary to call Guyana the Land of Six Peoples because many races of people made up the population. Naturally, the foods eaten by the various peoples varied and Guyanese developed a varied cuisine.

Today, Guyanese cuisine: mainly with East Indian, African, Portuguese, and Chinese influences, is shared by all

Everyday Main meals

Cook-up rice, roti, dhal.Curried meats, fish, shrimp. Curried vegetables such as bora and channa.Metemgee (or metagee)Favorite vegetable stews: ochro (okra), callaloo, squashGround Provisions, foo-foo, callaloo (spinach) soupPepperpotChow mein and other noodles

Occasional

White pudding, black pudding, souse, crab backConkey, pine tarts, cassava pone, other pones,

Home-made Drinks

Mauby, ginger beer, sorrel