I found this article from an old Newspaper. I think it was the Jamaican Express
With the amount of so called jerk foods that are being advertised in the UK I want to share with you a section of this article. Yous that are cooks will know that rice, crisp and the multitude of other foods that are claiming to be 'jerked' would have a hard time surviving the real jerk cooking experience;
"... Although the spice paste itself (made from thyme, onion, scallion, peppers and pimento) is crucial to the taste of jerk. The method of slow cooking it over a wood fire on pimento (all spice) sticks adds that one of a kind smoky flavour unique to jerk cooked in Jamaica..."
So there is a chance the correct spices have been used but let's stop calling the foods jerk when they haven't been slow cooked or anywhere near a wood or pimento fire!
Thank you and rant over
