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The Bahamian national side dish — pigeon peas (gungo peas) cooked slowly with long-grain rice, tomato paste, diced salt pork or bacon, onion, sweet pepper, and thyme until the rice absorbs all the flavours and turns a beautiful golden-brown. Peas 'n' rice accompanies virtually every Bahamian meal — stewed fish, cracked conch, baked chicken, and lobster alike. Every Bahamian family has their own technique and secret addition. It is the warm, fragrant foundation of Bahamian home cooking.