Jamaican cuisine

yeah.

even even uh Clara's that like didn't turn out amazing like I I was like every don't get me wrong I'm a not sucker but like I just love pastry um but a couple weeks ago I had a like a uh Jamaican, yeah, Jamaican beef pie.

I love those.

They're

Yeah.

Hers, I wanted to try hers so badly.

I love Jamaican meat pie.

And she made, like, jerk chicken meat pie.

Connie made her jerk chicken handheld savory pies.

Did anyone else think it was weird they didn't let her call it a Jamaican patty? They were like, is it a pie or a pasty? And I'm like, it's a Jamaican patty.

It's kind of its own thing.

You don't have to conform it to this little British box.

For most Jamaicans, we all know it's red beans, rice.

You'll have some coconut milk, thyme, allspice, all the great things that go into a true Jamaican rice and peas.

We're also going to make some jerk chicken.

Now, to save everyone some time, we made the marinade in advance.

I hope you can help me with this one.

I've been dating this Jamaican guy for about nine months.

He's a good man overall, but his expectations are starting to annoy me.

He keeps saying he wants a good, traditional woman who cooks proper food and looks after the home.

What do you

mean as a yard man? He's a yard man.

He's a Jamaican.

He don't know Bolognesean.

Well, the packaging looks great, not surprising.

There's Jamaican jerk marinades in spicy and in mild.

What do we need to understand about the whole jerk concept and the whole idea of Jamaican jerk specialty foods?

Yeah, I think for jerk in particular, it's about complex flavors.

And so for us, it's a building on top of sweetness, umami, some saltiness.

Absolutely.

Sounds great.

Well, we can find Hillside Harvest Jamaican Jerk marinade here at Dave's.

But Trinidad, so a lot more, though, Indian influence.

There's a fair amount of Indian influence in Jamaican food as well, right? You see like even the idea of like curry goat, curry chicken, stuff like that.

It's

from India, yeah.