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Conkies on the coalpot
Shirley Nisbett
St Kitts and Nevis
About this piece
A woman makes conkies, a dish wrapped in green banana leaves and tied into little bundles. She cooks them on a clay stove called a coalpot.
The dish, the outdoor cooking, and the coalpot are customs and memories in St Kitts and Nevis that have survived time and distance.