Question: Why Do Jamaican Side Dishes Mirror African American Side Dishes?

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Yeah but Haiti and other Caribbean Islands don’t have the 1-1 cuisine parallel.



But the yams are super sweet like AAs. I don’t think you find super sweet yams either on the continent or around the diaspora.

Sweet yams or sweet potato are found all throughout the carribean and central America.

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thomas jefferson saw mac and cheese in Europe and brought it back. His slave of course cooked and it blew up from there

 

[Nkrumah Was Right]

Yams
Mac and Cheese
Cabbage
Greens
Red Beans and Rice

Typical side dishes you get at a Jamaican restaurant.

Are these actual authentic Jamaican side dishes or are they catering to American taste (especially if they’re in black neighborhoods)?

If these are authentic Jamaican side dishes, were they cultivated external from AA influence?

Which continent do black Jamaicans and AAs originally come from?

 

[invalid]

if you mean WEST AFRICAN, sure.

Hell, all my Nigerian and Ghanian friends ate the same shyt I did grown up

Typically there are regional and cultural variation of dishes.

Louisiana gumbo is different from Low Country Gumbo which is different from Gumbo found in Senegal and other parts of West Africa. It all has its roots in West Africa but there are still cultural variations.

The side dishes in Jamaican restaurants are a 1-1 identical parallel to side dishes found in Soul Food. Same taste level, same sugar level, same spice level.

If these are authentically Jamaican, I’m just curious on how the cuisine was formed parallel and exclusive to ours.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Typically there are regional and cultural variation of dishes.

Louisiana gumbo is different from Low Country Gumbo which is different from Gumbo found in Senegal and other parts of West Africa. It all has its roots in West Africa but there are still cultural variations.

The side dishes in Jamaican restaurants are a 1-1 identical parallel to side dishes found in Soul Food. Same taste level, same sugar level, same spice level.

If these are authentically Jamaican, I’m just curious on how the cuisine was formed parallel and exclusive to ours.

nah, I'm saying Caribbean and West African

Theres a split between American blacks who had a lot more European staples

 

[ogc163]

The GOAT rice dishes

 

[Akae Beka]

*Not Jamaican*

Outside of the Mac and cheese. I don't see the parallels that much. Well we eat similar foods but A lot of AA don't eat rice as much Jamaicans. I know my wife family(AA) jokes with me about what sides am I going to cook, knowing it's likely rice. In the areas I've lived and the few soul food restaurants I've visited, I've yet to taste the rice and peas that taste similar to Jamaicans. Taste good yeah but it's seasoned different. Not to mention, a lot of people prefers boiled provisions with their poultry, beef or fish. That's generally offered at Jamaican spots

 

[invalid]

Here is an example of a West African sweet potato dish called Yabeh.

Yabeh is a West African dish made with cassava, sweet potatoes or yams in a spicy tomato broth.

Sweet potato in a spicy tomato broth may be foreign to some AA palettes.

In Brazil they have Moqueca.

Which is a fish and sweet potato stew including tomato, peppers, coconut milk, and cilantro.

Again, same West African roots but different cultural variation.

Jamaican side dishes, or at least those served in American restaurants are a 1-1 parallel with Soul Food.

 

[Cel 510 kid ados forever]

There no comparison

ados/ black American

Are the originator of that food


No one touching us with it

 

[ogc163]

Why don't West Indians salt their rice properly? ya jokers be relying too heavily on the gravy to provide that flavor.

 

[Sindicated]

Tried to remove you dont know how

*Not Jamaican*

Outside of the Mac and cheese. I don't see the parallels that much. Well we eat similar foods but A lot of AA don't eat rice as much Jamaicans. I know my wife family(AA) jokes with me about what sides am I going to cook, knowing it's likely rice. In the areas I've lived and the few soul food restaurants I've visited, I've yet to taste the rice and peas that taste similar to Jamaicans. Taste good yeah but it's seasoned different. Not to mention, a lot of people prefers boiled provisions with their poultry, beef or fish. That's generally offered at Jamaican spots

Im glad you said alot because the area i grew up in we eat rice with everything, also we eat alot of seafood im talking full fish head on and all.

 

[karim]

This is what happens when brehs deny their african heritage

 

[Peter Popoff]

if you mean WEST AFRICAN, sure.

Hell, all my Nigerian and Ghanian friends ate the same shyt I did growing up with Jamaican parents

Your parents adopted you from India? That's weird.

 

[invalid]

Sweet yams or sweet potato are found all throughout the carribean and central America.

Can you provide some recipes from other countries where the sweet potato is “candied” like in Soul Food and Jamaican cuisine?

 

[FcKuPaYmE]

jamican mac and cheese trash

 

[Low End Derrick]

Weird isn't it? It's almost as if African Americans and Jamaicans share an ancestral homeland or something...

Why do Black Latin Americans use tomato based recipes like WestAfricans but West Indians don't (instead using burnt sugar aka browning)?

Tomatoes are native to Central and South America.