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Jamaican cuisine is available throughout North America, the United Kingdom, and other places with a sizeable Jamaican population or descendants, [86] [87] such as coastal Central America [7] [8] [11] and the Caribbean. Jamaican food can be found in other regions, and popular dishes often appear on the menus of non-Jamaican restaurants.
Jamaican cuisine includes a mixture of cooking techniques, ingredients, flavours, spices and influences from the Taínos, Jamaica's indigenous people, the Spanish, Portuguese, French, Scottish, Irish, English, African, Indian, Chinese and Mildde Eastern people, who have inhabited the island.
Ackee and saltfish is widely regarded as the national dish of Jamaica. [12] [13] [14] According to The Guardian, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt often has ackee and saltfish for breakfast. [15] Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit song "Jamaica Farewell" declares, "Ackee rice, saltfish are nice". [16]
Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet-marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice.. The technique of jerking (or cooking with jerk spice) originated from Jamaica's indigenous peoples, the Arawak and Taíno tribes, and was adopted by the descendants of 17th-century Jamaican Maroons who intermingled with them.
Run down, also referred to as rundown, [1] run dun, [2] rondón, fling-me-far, and fling mi for, [3] is a stew dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine. [4] The traditional Jamaican dish is eaten in several Latin American countries that share a coast with the Caribbean Sea.
Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of West African, [1] Creole, Amerindian, European, Latin American, Indian/South Asian, Chinese, Javanese/Indonesian, North American, and Middle Eastern cuisines. These traditions were brought from many countries when they moved to the Caribbean. [ 1 ]
[6] [11] Its slightly sweet flavor complements the spicy and tangy profiles of these dishes, making it a staple in Jamaican cuisine. [6] Festival is also eaten as a street food or snack, and it is a popular breakfast side dish often paired with ackee and saltfish.
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