WHAT ARE THE TYPICAL JAMAICAN FOODS?
Breakfast usually consists of ackee and saltfish (often compared to scrambled eggs with shredded salted cod), accompanied by boiled green bananas, fried or boiled dumplings, and Johnny cake (a fried sweetened bread). You may also encounter cornmeal porridge, and of course, a variety of local fruits in season. Blue Mountain coffee is available, and is considered by many to be one of the world’s finest coffees. Lunches and dinners will just about always have chicken or fish on the menu, or stewed beef, curried goat, and soup. Side dishes may include calaloo (similar to spinach) or cabbage, and “rice and peas” (rice and red beans cooked in coconut milk).
