Rum in parts of the French West Indies. Rum may also be used as a base in the manufacture of liqueurs and syrups, such as falernum and most notably, Mamajuana. Rum is used in a number of cooked dishes as a flavoring agent in items such as rum balls or rum cakes. It is commonly used to macerate fruit used in fruitcakes and is also used in marinades for some Caribbean dishes. Rum is also used in the preparation of rumtopf, bananas Foster and some hard sauces. Rum is sometimes mixed into ice cream, often with raisins, and in baking it
Rum Cay Cay. The population of Rum Cay as of 2015 is 53. Rum Cay is 20 miles (32 km) southwest of San Salvador Island. Rum Cay was called Mamana by the native Lucayans. In the north there is a cave containing Lucayan drawings and carvings. Various artifacts from the Arawak period have been found by farmers in the fertile soil, which the natives enriched with bat guano. Rum Cay is believed to be the second island that Columbus visited in 1492, which he called Santa Maria de la Concepción. Spanish explorers once found a lone rum keg washed up on a