The island of Jamaica is known for its many interesting dishes such as saltfish and ackee, curried goat, fried plantains, and of course jerk dishes. In particular, jerk dishes are well known by many people in the United States of America, Canada and Great Britain - as such dishes have become quite popular not just among people of Jamaican descent, but also among the wider community. Outside of Jamaica, perhaps the best known of jerk dishes is jerk chicken, however in Jamaica itself the traditional meats for jerk are either pork or goat.
All jerk dishes are however prepared basically the same way:-
1. The meat is cut into chunks. If making jerk pork, you might want to consider using pork shoulder.
2. Jamaican jerk spice or marinade is applied to the meat. You should rub the jerk spice into the meat, including making some shallow cuts into the meat and rubbing the spice into this. I would also suggest leaving the meat in the marinade over night.
3. The meat is then cooked. Ideally the cooking should be done over a charcoal grill, and if possible some pimento wood or berries placed on the hot coals, but if this is not possible, reasonable results can be achieved by simply cooking the meat in a normal kitchen oven.
Preparing meat in this ways result in a spicy and rather fiery dish. Of course, I won't pretend that this is necessarily going to be everyone's taste, but if you do like spicy food, why not give it a go?
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