Jamaica is a beautiful country, known for spectacular

weather, fresh fruit, and jerk chicken.

And now let’s talk abour the Jamaican food. Jamaican

food is an admixture of African, Chinese, Spanish,
British and Indian and the Amerindians – the tainos, the
original people before Columbus and the others came.

Basically whoever came to the land, had some culinary

influence which is evident today. Jamaicans love their
seafood, chicken, beef, pork, lamb and mutton. It’s also
not uncommon for various parts of an animal to be used
to make dishes i.e turkey neck soup, chicken feet soup.

In terms of vegetables, cho cho, The Jamaican cho cho

is a tropical fruit that is a native of Mexico and Central
America. ... The Jamaican cho cho is used in many as a
vegetable to fruit. The cho cho in English is chayote.

breadfruit which is known here in the Philippines as

kamansi, callaloo, Callaloo is a popular Caribbean
vegetable dish
, dasheen also called as taro, yam, sweet potatoes,
pumpkin, squash, cocoyam, cassava, plantain, and green
bananas are popular.
For spices, they eat cinnamon, mace, nutmeg, turmeric,
pimento, black pepper, cumin. They also use a lot of
pre-made spice blends which contain an array of spices
i.e all purpose, curry powder, chicken seasoning, fish
seasoning.

In Jamaican cuisine they are very known for their rum

culture. Jamaicans love their rum and you will find
various brands that hail from Jamaica including
Appleton, Coruba, A.D Rattray and Wray & Nephew
just to name a few. For Jamaicans rum is used as a
celebratory beverage i.e Wedding, parties, and is also
included in many recipes too. Jamaica shares a lot of
similarities with other Caribbean islands. Most islands
tend to grow the same fruit and vegetables but refer to
them by a different name.
How is Jamaican Food Different from the Rest of the
Food in the Caribbean?
The distinction comes from the preparation of these
foods. Jamaicans pretty much have a monopoly on
patties and jerk. The aforementioned originates from
Jamaica. People would describe the jamaican food as
relatively fiery due to the use of scotch bonnet peppers.
What is scotch bonnet peppers? also known as bonney
peppers, or Caribbean red peppers, is a variety of chili
pepper named for its resemblance to a tam o' shanter
hat.

They also like to use browning sauce to yield that rich

darkness to sauce and stews. Also fresh thyme as the
preferred herb, along with pimento berries in soup and
stews (and jerk obviously).
If there is anything eaten in Jamaica that’s not eaten
anywhere else in the world

It would be their national dish, which is Ackee and

Saltfish. Ackee is a fruit. It looks like scrambled eggs
but it’s quite bland and tastes nothing like eggs. That’s
very unique to the island and only countries where
Jamaicans have migrated to will have this dish. They
also have a bread called hard dough bread, which
believed to be only comes from Jamaica

Are there any ingredients that you love that just aren’t
the same unless you’re in Jamaica?
Yes! The most obvious one is pimento which is an
absolute key ingredient to make anything jerk. It’s a
unique cooking technique that cannot be replicated.
True jerk needs the pimento spice along with the
pimento wood and leaves to make it 100% authentic.
Even some places in the UK sell jerk chicken, pork etc..
It’s never ever the same as what it is in Jamaica. Close,
but certainly not the same.