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Jamaica By Shannon Leigh Williams, Zac muir and Charlie wren The most popular dish of food in Jamaica ! • Jerk. The most popular dish in Jamaica is jerk. The main ingredient – pork, chicken or fish – is marinated with a fiery mixture of spices, including Scotch bonnet, a pepper that makes a jalapeño taste like a marshmallow, pimento or allspice, nutmeg and thyme. It’s all served up with even more hot sauce, rice and peas, and the wonderful festival bread . Jerk is one of the ultimate Jamaican dishes, dating back to the island’s earliest days. The practice of cooking the meat over the flame was started by the Arawak Indians and then later seasoned up by the Maroons. How to make the bread that is served with jerk . Ingredients 2• packages yeast 1 teaspoon sugar 1/4 cup warm water 3/4 cup warm milk 1 1/2 teaspoons salt 1 egg, lightly beaten 3 cups flour 1/2 cup butter, melted • Instructions this way How to make the bread that is served with jerk . • 1 Dissolve yeast and sugar in water then stir in milk, salt and egg. • 2 Add 1/2 of the flour and stir, continue to add flour until you have a dough that can be turned out of the bowl. • 3 Knead the dough for 10 minutes until smooth but firm. • 4 Oil a clean bowl and turn the dough in it until coated. • 5 Cover with a damp towel and let it rise for 1 hours Cut into 10 portions and roll each piece into a 6 inch diameter circle. • 6 Brush with melted butter then fold in 1/2. • 7 Brush with more butter and fold in 1/2 again. • 8 Set breads on a oiled baking sheet and let them rise until they double in size. • 9 Preheat oven to 425 F set a pan of hot water on the lowest oven rack. • 10 Bake for about 12- 15 minutes or until golden brown (on upper rack, set to middle). • Fashion Jamaican fashion and wear • Most of Jamaican is popular globally. With new fashion being a hot trend in Jamaica these websites provide the complete link to great Jamaican fashion. Learn where you can buy online the best Jamaican clothing and the best Jamaican fashion wear. You can learn more about the Fashion and Apparel Clusters in Jamaica by contacting GetJamaica.Com and the Jamaica business development corporation. clothes are black, yellow and green as they are the colours of Jamaica. fashion Sea haven hotel information! – Sea Haven Sea Haven is a periwinkle blue Caribbean villa containing four bedrooms with bathrooms en suite, secluded on the sheltered eastern shore of the horseshoe of Discovery Bay. This strip has become known as Jamaica's "Riviera" and is the villa destination of choice for the Island. Broughtonia orchids smother tree-trunks around the 21' x 11' plunge pool which has sixteen Jacuzzi jets, air blower and heater. Four staff look after you (two full-time, two part-time), led by Alfred, the ubiquitous butler who is a superb cook. The sixtyfoot verandah overlooks the sea, which offers excellent swimming. There is a man-made white sand area, and a large off-shore floating platform. Two ocean Kayaks and snorkelling gear are provided. Beautiful interiors contain some fine antiques under a barrel-vaulted ceiling painted with sky, clouds and delicate butterflies. A computer with free DSL internet plus 3-way fax, scanner and printer are provided. A variety of fascinating activities are near at hand. Website. UK Telephone: +44 01896-755458. Jamaican sports Jamaican running Veronica Campbell-Brown C.D (born May 15, 1982) is a track and field sprint athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. A five-time Olympic medallist, she is the reigning Olympic 200 m and World 100 m champion. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she ran the 200 meters in 21.74 seconds, the seventh fastest time ever, and became the second woman in history to win the Olympic 200 meters twice and successfully defend her title, after Bärbel Wöckel of Germany did so at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics Campbell was born to Cecil Campbell and Pamela Bailey in Trelawney, Jamaica on May 15th, 1982. She has 9 brothers and sisters and attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon before pursuing higher education in the U.S. Jamaican running • In 1999, she won 2 gold medals the 100m and 4x100m at the inaugural IAAF World Youth Championships. The following year, she became the first female to win the sprint double at the IAAF World Junior Championships. She took the 100m in 11.12, the current championship record and the 200m in 22.87. At the 2000 Olympic Games, she ran the second leg on the silver medal winning 4x100m relay team. • Campbell is the only female athlete to win both the 100 m and 200 m sprints at the same World Youth Championships. Campbell attended Barton County Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, where she set several records and won many titles including 4 national junior college titles in the 60, 100 and 200 meter dashes indoors and outdoors. She set the current record for Barton County in the outdoor 100 and 200 meter dashes. Campbell also excelled in academics earning an Associates Degree from Barton County in 2002 with a 3.8 grade average. She went on to attend The University of Arkansas where she stood out as a sprint star in a program dominated by long-distance runners. Professional career • At the 2004 Olympics, Campbell first placed third in the 100 meters and two days later won the 200 meters, beating out Allyson Felix of the United States. She later teamed up with Aleen Bailey, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 x 100 meter relay race. • In August 2005, Campbell won the silver medal in the 100 meters at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics as well as another silver medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay (together with Daniele Browning, Alee Bailey and Sherone Simpson). • At the 2007 World Championships, Campbell won three medals with a gold in the 100 meters, a silver in the 200 meters (second to Felix) and a silver in the 4 x 100 meter relay. At the 2008 Jamaican Olympic trials, she finished 4th in the 100m, thereby missing the qualifying requirement to automatically make the Jamaican Olympic roster for that event. She clocked 10.88 in the final, which is the second fastest time ever for a 4th place finish. She however bounced back to take the 200m final in a personal best of 21.94 seconds.