Meaning
A thick, golden soup built on Jamaican pumpkin (a firm, orange-fleshed squash) cooked down until it melts into a rich base, with yellow yam, coco, spinners, and often chicken or salt beef, seasoned with thyme and scotch bonnet. Smooth, filling, and comforting, pumpkin soup is another beloved Saturday-soup and everyday one-pot meal.
Examples
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Di pumpkin melt dung an mek di soup thick.
The pumpkin melts down and makes the soup thick.
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Pumpkin soup wid spinners an yam.
Pumpkin soup with spinners and yam.
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Nuttn warm yuh like a bowl a pumpkin soup.
Nothing warms you like a bowl of pumpkin soup.
Origin
From Jamaican 'pumpkin' (a firm squash) + 'soup'; a thick golden soup. See [[pumpkin]], [[red-peas-soup]].
How it’s used
Thick pumpkin-based soup with provisions and spinners; a Saturday soup. See [[pumpkin]], [[red-peas-soup]].