The Jamaican cuisine is characterized by diverse influences. There are both African, Indian and Chinese and British influences is back. Generally people like to eat “hot”, and typically in the preparation of dishes is the use of coconuts. A special culinary specialty is “Ackee, a fruit tree, whose yellow flesh with salt fish, onions, spices and tomatoes and braised with” peaceful Dumplings “or” johnnycakes “(Mehlklößen fried) and fried banana cooking especially for breakfast is eaten. “Ackee and Saltfish” is something like the national dish of Jamaica. In all, there are snack “Pattie” to buy puff pastry pockets with various fillings sharp, and on the streets offering food stall improvised stews such as “chickenfoot Soup,” “pepperpot”, curry goat, rice and peas “(rice with red beans) and the popular “jerk chicken (spicy marinated chicken thighs in Ölfass grilled) to. The diet consists of many Jamaican to a large extent from so-called food, making jam, yams, green bananas and boiled Mehlklöße meant. A special delicacy is the fried bread fruit. Among the fruits found, inter alia, various mango varieties, papayas, pineapples, Soursap, oranges, limes, lemons and tamarind. Sugarcane buy piecemeal and lutscht the sweet juice from the woody fibers out. Also play an important role fish dishes in all variations. On the beaches visited by locals are ausgebackene whole fish with “festivals”, a delicious fried pastries from Maismehlteig offered. A special drink is “beerpunch”, a mix of Guinessbier and sweet milk. The brewed beers in Jamaica bears the name “red stripe”. Popular soft drinks are “gingerbeer” and various Fruchtlimonden and frozen fruit juice drinks, mainly by hawkers in buses offered.
