Meaning
A smooth, hearty breakfast porridge made from grated or blended green (unripe) banana cooked with coconut or condensed milk, nutmeg, cinnamon, and vanilla. Denser and more filling than cornmeal porridge, green banana porridge is prized as a nourishing, 'strengthening' start to the day, often given to build up a child or someone recovering their strength.
Examples
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Green banana porridge full yuh up good.
Green banana porridge fills you up well.
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Grate di green banana fi mek di porridge.
Grate the green banana to make the porridge.
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Dem gi di sick pickney green banana porridge fi strength.
They give the sick child green banana porridge for strength.
Origin
From 'green banana' + 'porridge'; a filling breakfast porridge. See [[green-banana]], [[cornmeal-porridge]].
How it’s used
A dense, 'strengthening' green-banana breakfast porridge. See [[green-banana]], [[cornmeal-porridge]].