Jamaican cuisine
Jamaican cuisine includes a mixture of cooking techniques, flavours and spices influenced by
Some Jamaican dishes are variations on cuisines brought to the island from elsewhere. These are often modified to incorporate local produce and spices. Others are novel or
Jamaican cuisine has spread with emigrants, especially during the 20th century, from the island to other nations as Jamaicans have sought economic opportunities in other countries.
History
Development of the cuisine
Jamaican cuisine and the Rastafarians
Jamaican cuisine includes Rastafarian influences but not entirely. Rastafarians have a vegetarian approach to preparing food, cooking, and eating, and have introduced a host of unique vegetarian dishes to the Jamaican cuisine. Rastafarians do not eat pork. However, pork is a very popular dish in Jamaica. Stew pork and jerk pork are some of the most popular ways to prepare it. There are even some who believe in cooking with little or no salt, which is referred to as the 'Ital' way.
Popular dishes
A Jamaican breakfast includes
Main courses
Soups
- Beef soup
- Chicken soup
- Corn soup
- Cow heel soup
- Fish tea
- Gungo peassoup
- Janga soup
- Mannish water
- Pepperpot
- Pumpkin soup
- Red peas soup
- Split pea soup
Side dishes
- Bok choy
- Breadfruit (boiled, fried or roasted)
- Callaloo
- Cooked rice
- Dumplings(boiled or fried)
- Festival
- Fried plantain
- Fried rice
- Green banana
- Ground provisions
- Macaroni pie
- Potato salad
- Rice and peas
- Seasoned rice - pumpkin or callaloo plus spices
- Stir-fryor steamed vegetables
- Stew peas
- Turned cornmeal
Breads and pastries
- Bammy
- Black cake
- Bulla cake
- Coco bread
- Grotto
- Hard dough bread
- Peg bread
- Rock cake
- Rum cake
- Spiced bun
- Sugar bun
Beverages
- Bigga and D&G sodas
- Bush tea
- Carrot juice with spices such as nutmeg and vanilla
- Chocolate milk
- Cocktails
- D&G Malta
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- Ginger beer
- Irish moss
- Limeade
- Liqueurs (Sangster's, Tia Maria, etc)
- Mauby
- Pimento dram
- Red Stripe
- Rums
- Sorrel
- Supligen
- Tamarind Fizz
- Ting
- Kola Champange
Desserts and sweets
Other popular desserts include
Tie A Leaf, or
Asham is parched corn that is ground and combined with brown sugar.
Tamarind balls are candy made with the sticky flesh of the fruit rolled with brown sugar into round sweet and sour balls. You can also make a spicy version that contains hot pepper in the mix.
Jamaican food abroad
Jamaican cuisine is available throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and other places with a sizeable Jamaican population. In the United States, a large number of restaurants are located throughout New York's boroughs, Atlanta, West Palm Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and other metropolitan areas. In Canada, Jamaican restaurants can be found in the Toronto metropolitan area, as well as Vancouver, Montreal, and Ottawa.
See also
References
- ^ Deborah S. Hartz Authentic Jamaican breakfast Aug 1, 1991 Ocala Star-Banner page 44
External links
- Media related to Cuisine of Jamaica at Wikimedia Commons
- daytimeexclusive.com - A Recipe Guide On How To Bake Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding