| Speaking of food, that's another thing that Jamaica is | | | | world. |
| known for. Well that and gorgeous, life changing | | | | In your daily life, meals can be nothing more than a |
| Caribbean vacations. Many will think of jerk chicken or | | | | quick shoveling of food into your mouth. Chewing is |
| pork, a spicy, flavorful dish that can be served with | | | | optional, and for many meals you may not even sit |
| rice or simply by itself. Jerking actually refers to both | | | | down at the dinner table. In Jamaica, the customs |
| the spicing and slow cooking of meat. This process | | | | are a little different. The social aspect of the meal is |
| preserves the juices and creates a unique spicy | | | | very important, whereas table manners take a bit of |
| flavor. Anyone who has bit into a properly prepared | | | | a back seat. Food is served family style in large |
| piece of jerk chicken knows there is nothing quite like | | | | plates. Everyone takes what they want from each |
| it. The jerk seasoning usually contains hot pepper, | | | | plate. Of course, for some in Jamaica life is also very |
| onions, garlic, thyme, allspice, ginger, and cinnamon. | | | | hectic and they may not always get a chance to sit |
| These days, you can simply buy a bottle of jerk | | | | down with their families for a proper dinner. And if |
| seasoning sauce at the grocery store and cook up | | | | you have your honeymoon all inclusive resort all |
| some chicken in the stove or on your gas grill. The | | | | picked out and envision sitting down to eat your |
| traditional method, however, utilizes an outdoor pit | | | | food family style, you will probably have to go |
| lined with wood. Exotic couples vacations to Jamaica | | | | elsewhere, as the resort you are staying in is likely a |
| are even enhanced by the spicy flavoring of jerk | | | | buffet or standard sit-down meal establishment. |
| chicken. Sometimes, a couple visiting Jamaica on | | | | However, if you meet some friends on your trip and |
| vacation will return to their home and immediately pull | | | | ask the waiters to serve you family style, they just |
| out the phone book to see if they can locate a | | | | might oblige. Just imagining plates full of jerk chicken, |
| Jamaican restaurant in their area. The food is | | | | fried plantains, and peas and rice is enough to make |
| intoxicating and very hard to forget. Thankfully there | | | | anyone hungry. |
| are many Jamaican restaurants in all corners of the | | | | |