Just before the holidays arrived, Brian asked me to make something different. My response, “Um, I make different things all the time, every day, in fact.” “No, really different. Make something you’ve never made before. Something totally different.” Well, okey dokey ~ I try my hardest to come up creative and unique ideas, but apparently…
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Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a very hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. Jerk seasoning is traditionally applied to pork and chicken. Modern recipes also apply jerk spice mixes to fish, shrimp, shellfish, beef, sausage, lamb, vegetables, and tofu. Jerk seasoning principally relies upon two items: allspice (called “pimento” in Jamaica) and Scotch bonnet peppers. Other ingredients may include cloves, cinnamon, scallions, nutmeg, thyme, garlic, brown sugar, ginger, and salt. Doesn’t it just all sound…
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