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fiogf49gjkf0d JAMAICA
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JAMAICAN FOOD IS INFLUENCED BY THE AFRICAN, ENGLISH AND
AMERICAN CUISINE. FOOD TENDS TO BE VERY SPICY. VEGETARIANS
WILL BE HAPPY IN JAMAICA AS THE COUNTRY IS ALERT TO
VEGETARIANISM.
TYPICAL MEALS
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STARTERS: SOUPS, SUCH AS PEPPERPOT ARE TASTY, CONSISTING OF
CALLALOO, OKRAS AND COCONUT MILK. OTHER WELL KNOWN SOUPS
ARE PUMPKIN AND CONCH. STUFFED SPICY CRABS, SOLOMON GRUNDY,
PICKLED HERRING, AND MEAT FILLED PASTRIES ARE AVAILABLE
EVERYWHERE, JAMAICAN BEEF PATTY.
SEAFOOD: KINGFISH, RED SNAPPER, BONITO, JACK AND CRAYFISH
ARE PLENTIFUL AND ARE QUITE CHEAP. THE NATIONAL DISH IS
SALT FISH AND ACKEE. ACKEE IS A FRUIT, AND IS POISONOUS
UNTIL IT RIPENS, AND SHOULD BE LEFT TO OPEN OF ITS OWN
ACCORD. ANOTHER GOOD DISH IS RUN DUN, MADE WITH MACKEREL
SIMMERED IN A POT OF BOILED COCONUT MILK. BAMMIE, A
TOASTED FLAT CAKE EATEN WITH FRIED FISH.
MEAT: GOAT IS QUITE COMMON AND IS SERVED CURRIED WITH RICE
AND GREEN BANANAS. ONE OF THE FAVOURITES IS JERK PORK,
LAYERS OF PORK SMOKED OVER PIMENTO WOOD & JERK CHICKEN.
VEGETABLES: THE MOST COMMON VEGETABLES ARE POTATOES, SWEET
POTATOES, CHOCHO, BREADFRUITS, YAM, GREEN BANANAS, RED BEANS
AND CALLALOO.
DESSERTS: THE REFRESHING DESSERT MATRIMONY IS A MUST, A
MIXTURE OF ORANGE AND STAR APPLES PULPED UP AND MIXED WITH
FRESH CREAM. GUAVA CHEESE, IS LIKE THE TURKISH DELIGHT AS
IT VERY SWEET AND CHEWY. THIS IS MADE BY BOILING DOWN THE
GUAVA WITH SUGAR TO FORM A JELLY. OTHER FAVOURITES ARE
SWEET POTATO PUDDING, BANANA FRITTER, BANANAS AND CUSTARD
AND BANANA IN RUM.
FRUITS: EXOTIC FRUITS ARE ABUNDANT THROUGHOUT JAMAICA. THE
MOST COMMON ARE ORANGES, MANGOES, PAPAYA, LIMES & BANANAS.
TYPICAL DRINKS
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AS EXOTIC FRUITS ARE SO COMMON, THERE ARE MANY DELICIOUS
ALCOHOLIC AND NON ALCOHOLIC DRINKS AVAILABLE. COCONUT WATER
IS A COMMON AND VERY REFRESHING DRINK AND MAY EVEN BE FOUND
ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE LOCAL BEER IS CALLED, RED
STRIPE BEER, AND IS QUITE STRONG BUT TASTY. RUM OR RUM
PUNCH IS THE MOST POPULAR DRINK IN JAMAICA.
IMPORTED WINES ARE AVAILABLE, AS IS TIA MARIA.
IMPORTANT
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IF YOU ARE OFFERED MUSHROOM TEA, IT IS BETTER TO REFUSE.
THIS IS A TEA BREWED WITH WILD PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS. THE
MUSHROOMS ARE DANGEROUS, RAW, SMOKED OR EVEN BREWED IN TEA
AND MAY HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS LSD.
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