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Grenada Independence Day

The Spice Isle's national day, with the nutmeg on the flag and oil down, a one-pot dish of breadfruit, coconut milk and turmeric.

A tile drawn for this day, not a photograph.

Spices for Grenada Independence Day

Grenada became independent in 1974, and its flag carries a nutmeg on the green triangle on the left. The island is one of the world's largest producers of nutmeg and mace, and the national dish is oil down, a stew of salted meat, breadfruit and dumplings simmered in coconut milk with turmeric, thyme and a scotch bonnet pepper. Cinnamon, clove and nutmeg are used in cakes, rum punches and the local bay rum. The independence holiday is a good day to visit a nutmeg processing station in Gouyave.

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NutmegGrenada's symbol, and on its flag.

Also part of it, and being written: Mace (The red aril around the nutmeg seed.), Scotch bonnet (The island's hot pepper.).

About this page

Written by the EveryMasala desk with AI assistance. Background: "Grenada" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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