Is Jamaican food spicy compaired to American food?

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Jamerican

Ecke yea, Jamaican food is very spicy. All most every Jamaican recipe call for pepper and fresh seasonings. I sure love Jamaican food especially curry goat and jerk pork and jerk chicken. My parents are Jamaicans.

rftdwg

More Spicy to some yes, more flavorful to others

Its Very Hot In Jamaica

How you mean?! It is, perfect example your local KFC and the ones here will taste totally different, intl fast food chains have to season meals to our liking else they don't do too well like McDonalds.

Its not as spicy as Mexican food but it sure is peppery

physical

Yup but I would say more flavorful. Tropical climate is a lot more conducive for most herbs and spices so I guess thats why the food has alot more flavor

QT Like Mee

It can be spicy but it's good spicy not the kind that will make you want to throw your food out.

KiwiLA

Yes it is but you cant get non spicy food there to and plenty of fresh seafood and fruit.

SkyGemini

oh, absolutely! ever try spicy jerk chicken?

venchick

Jamaican food is spicy not in d sense dat is hot but filled wit lots of seasonin, different spices that makes it flavourful and tasty and NIKNIK get ur facts straight, we kno alot more than patties ok deary, from our national dish to every other country's which we make it in our own. anything with jerk is pepper and deleeeecious ask ne body

mellay

most jamaican food is spicy especially indian food.
Where pepper sauces are concerned most people including myself make our own.

Mark

Yep. I had a few friends from Connecticut here last year for example, and I gave them 'Rice and Peas & chicken' one of our favourite dish, they enjoyed it, but indicated that it was indeed spicy.

More on Jamaican food here:
http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/food_from_jamaica.html

Pebbles

very very spicy the nearest might be mexico

centreofclassicrock

Jamaican food tends to be a wee bit more spicy then American food. But it's nothing compared to other foods in the world (Indian, Thai etc...)

JAMAICAN GIRL

Not all dishes in Jamaica calls for spicy peppers. We do cook with a lot of seasonings for a flavorful meal, compared to some Americans who just use salt and pepper, if any.

bombastic

Jamaica food is colorful and spicy...like the Jamaican people. Nothing about Jamaica is bland. Everything is literally technicolor, including the foods.

Jababygirl

Spicy and far more flavor.

Dag Drahmr

None of my family members who have been to the islands told me their food is hot. Now you really can not go by my family we love Cajun foods. You know I am trying to answer when family rarely turns down any spicy foods. I hope this answers you.

shasha

ah yup...american food is not known to be spicy as far as I know...love that jerk chicken!

Chef D

yes, it's spicy compared to American bland foods.

jackie

don't think i had Jamaican food.. have to try it but i would think it would be more spicy..

niknik

nah, all dem know bout is patti. and yes any other food is spicy compared to american food especially from the caribbean.

Miguel H

Yes... most countries near the Equator have very spicy foods.

reverendrichie

You will need to define American Food because I don't know of any native American Food. But yes Jamaican Food can be Spicy.

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