Jamaican Food Savvy

What makes Jamaican food so popular?

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The National Motto of Jamaican is “Out of Many, One People”, and this applies to all aspects of our culture. Our local dialect, Patois, is a mixture of words from all the people who have inhabited the island from it was first discovered to this day. This is also true of our cuisine which sees influence for the first people to inhabit the island, the Tainos, this is evident in our tradition of jerking meats. The various groups that have heavily influenced our cuisine include the Tainos, Africans, Indians, Chinese, and to a lesser extent the English and Spanish. This has resulted in a fusion of cooking methods and the consumption of foods that are seen as bizarre to visitors to the island. However, no matter how bizarre, it will be tasty.

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What makes Jamaican food so popular?

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