A Brief History of Jamaican Jerk

Cool to learn that jerk is due to the meeting of Jamaica’s African and Native peoples. My food heritage comes from Guyana, and our traditional Christmas dish of pepperpot — beef stewed in cassava syrup — has a similar background. The enslaved Africans learned it from the Amerindians. And the method itself is built on food preservation technique. (Simmering it daily allows you to keep it unrefrigerated for days.)

Got a full pot of it on the stove right now :-)

Oh! Mr. Organizer, near Ocho Rios beach in Jamaica, in the 1980s. Best jerk pork/chicken EVER, grilled on a big sheet of perforated corrugated steel over pimento wood. https://pimentowood.com/

Thanks for posting this! I love to hear about traditional Jamaican cuisine.

Wanted to read the article but got redirected to a scammy pop up ad on iOS saying I have a virus etc

Anyone else?

Sad a major domain would appear to be running this malware