Jamaican Eats

The most popular dish in Jamaica is jerk. The main ingredient is pork, chicken or fish, marinated with a unique Jamaican spices, pimento or allspice, nutmeg and thyme. It’s served with even more hot sauce, rice and peas, and bread. Jerk is one of the ultimate Jamaican dishes, dating back to the island’s earliest days. The practice of cooking the meat over the flame was started by the Arawak Indians. Jamaican jerk is pretty much dried meat, kind of like our beef jerky. Jerk chicken is a popular one, but they also make the jerky we have here and other various kinds of meats cooked with their spices over flames. The chicken and beef that they make is much more like when we have barbeques, they just add more spice and hot sauce usually. Doesn't that chicken look delectable?

Another really poplular food Jamaicans eat with everyday meals is sometimes called journey cakes or patties, they are actually fried or baked breads. You can get them baked and unbaked too! Chicken and beef patties are popular too, they are the same, but filled with beef or chicken then fried to perfection! This is pretty different from anything in America, but I have a feeling most people would be more than willing to try it.

http://www.jamaicans.com/tourist/overview/eating-2.shtml
http://www.mapsofworld.com/jamaica/food/jerk.html