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In Barbados, the cutter is the perfect on-the-go snack

The Chamberlain Bridge spanning the Careenage(...The Boston Globe: "BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Some say cutter is short for “cut your hunger.’’ Others think it’s a cutter because you “cut ’er’’ — cut the bun in half and stuff it with good things. Everyone has an opinion because this little sandwich is everywhere on the island.
Barbadians, also called Bajans, enjoy debating the fine points of their local lore. And in this instance, New Englanders may feel right at home here. Many locals pronounce the word “cuttah.’’
A basic Barbados cutter consists of a salt bread bun sliced and filled with cheese, flying fish (caught off the coast here), pork, or, most often, ham. The cushy white yeast bread is baked fresh or sold in stores. Though most Bajan baked goods are sweet, a legacy of the island’s sugar industry days, this one is not. Lettuce and tomato often garnish a cutter; also required is the national hot sauce — either a spicy red version or a mustard-base golden sauce whose active ingredient is Scotch bonnet pepper.
A cutter with a bottle of locally brewed Banks beer should set you back no more than $7. The sandwiches have the added attraction of an on-the-go snack; the fillings are so variable, you never know what you’ll find between the bun. Locals know that cutters soak up many rounds of rum. To that end, over 1,000 rum shops on the island are the primary dispensers of cutters.
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Ichirouganaim

I hate to look at the Barbados tourists site that give the history of Barbados.The ones that talk of Columbus discovering these islands and the other foolish tales that the Bob Marley and Burning Spear called 'mis-education'.I agree with them as a matter of fact Burning Spear referred to Christopher Columbus as a 'damn blasted liar'.Thank god for Rastafari. One of the funniest stories is the one of the bearded fig tree and the name Los Barbados which was supposed to mean 'the bearded one'. In the words of Gary Cole from the book reflections; The Colonization of Barbados is one of the darkest events and evil stories of modern history.Four centuries ago,Spanish and Portuguese slavers started to kidnap,kill and drive out the thousands of peaceful Indians found on the island the Indians called Ichirouganaim.The exact location of the island was a carefully kept secret but Spanish and Portuguese soldiers and sailors knew the island as the barbarous island,"Los B