Instructions: Stir the raisins together and let sit at least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350F. Grease and flour two 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 2 1/2 in loaf pans. Stir and toss together all dry ingredients. Stir together butter, eggs, banana, walnuts and raisins in the rum. Add the mixed dry ingredients and stir just until the butter is thoroughly blended. Spread evenly in the prepared pans and bake for about 1 hour, or until a skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean. remove from the oven. Let cool in pan for 5 minutes, then turn out to a rack to cool completely.

NOTES : (*)If you do not have rum, use bourbon-the flavour is equally good.

(**) I omitted the walnuts.

If he is of Indian descent, you would have to go for roti, naan, etc...

Other than that, they serve a lot of quick breads in the Caribbean: banana bread, avocado bread.

To make avocado bread, get a buttermilk banana-bread and substitute avocado.

You might also want to use the traditional spices: nutmeg, allspice, cinnamon, cloves, etc..

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