Meaning
A Dutch pot — the heavy, round, cast-aluminium (or cast-iron) cooking pot found in nearly every Jamaican kitchen. Its thick walls hold and spread heat evenly, which is exactly why rice and peas, stews, soups, and puddings come out right in it, and a well-used dutchie, black and seasoned with years of cooking, is a treasured thing. Affectionately named, it is the workhorse of the kitchen, and 'pass di dutchie' is woven into song and everyday life alike.
Examples
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Di rice an peas cook betta inna di dutchie.
The rice and peas cook better in the Dutch pot.
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Pass mi di dutchie fi di stew.
Pass me the Dutch pot for the stew.
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Every kitchen have a dutchie.
Every kitchen has a Dutch pot.
Origin
From 'Dutch pot' (a Dutch oven), the heavy pot brought through colonial trade; immortalised in the reggae hit 'Pass the Dutchie'.
How it’s used
A cherished kitchen staple. In the famous song, 'the dutchie' stands in for the cooking pot (and, in the original, something stronger).