Answer:
I have a few points but we're not competing. I'll help you win when you're eating. What am I?
A single syllable do I claim black was my most famous name; Fetal to mortals here below thousands have I slain in a single blow.
What has to be broken before you can use it?
I am a caribbean shape that makes ships disappear
I destroy your home from the inside out.
It flows out of the soil, It burns you if it boils, And holds us in its coils, More valuable than gold, As black as it is old.