Meaning
A hearty breakfast dish of seasoned liver — cow or chicken — sautéed or stewed with onion and pepper, served with boiled green (unripe) bananas. The green banana, firm and starchy, is a staple 'food' or provision boiled as the filling side, and the rich liver against it makes a classic country and working breakfast that carries you through a long morning.
Examples
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Granny cook liver an green banana fi mawnin.
Granny cooked liver and green banana for the morning.
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Boil di green banana fi go wid di liver.
Boil the green banana to go with the liver.
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Dat breakfast deh hold yuh till evening.
That breakfast holds you until evening.
Origin
From 'liver' + 'green banana' (unripe boiling banana); a filling breakfast. See [[green-banana]], [[food]].
How it’s used
Seasoned liver with boiled green (unripe) bananas; a hearty breakfast. See [[green-banana]], [[ground-provision]].