Meaning
A round of flour dough fried until golden and crisp on the outside and soft within — a beloved breakfast staple, also known as 'Johnny cake'. Fry dumpling is the natural partner to ackee and saltfish, callaloo, or fried fish, torn open and used to scoop up the food, and a hot one fresh from the oil is one of the small pleasures of the Jamaican morning. Cheap, filling, and quick, it is a fixture of the breakfast plate and the cookshop alike.
Examples
-
Ackee an saltfish wid fry dumpling a di best breakfast.
Ackee and saltfish with fried dumpling is the best breakfast.
-
She fry di dumpling till dem golden brown.
She fried the dumplings until they were golden brown.
-
Two fry dumpling an a piece a fish hold mi till lunch.
Two fried dumplings and a piece of fish held me till lunch.
Origin
A fried version of the boiled flour dumpling; called 'Johnny cake' from 'journey cake', a portable fried bread carried by travellers and labourers.
How it’s used
A breakfast and anytime staple, paired with savoury dishes. Same as Johnny cake.