Jamaican Food History with Yasmin Carr

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Originally planned to take place at Firstsite in March 2020, our new online format of the 'Super Black Festival' features new films that celebrate Britain’s African and Caribbean communities and culture.
The festival begins with a three part exploration of the ingredients and dishes that are at the heart of Caribbean cuisine. Led by Colchester resident and food enthusiast Yasmin Carr.
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Find out more:
www.firstsite.uk/super-black-online-festival

[@chrisper94]

Mind you, the Spanish were the first ones to import or traffic Africans to Jamaica. The British then continued the practice after taking over the island. The Africans brought over by the Spanish were the Maroons who fought the British, entered into a treaty after they won their autonomy, settling into the hinterlands with their own leadership.

[@peanutoltenk]

good comment. to add, sugarcane was also brought by the Spaniards. Brits just essentially ramped up plantations, slavery, and influenced the creation of beef patties

[@maxtrowers3674]

YES THIS TRUE JAMAICAN FOOD HISTORY

[@bizee9119]

The Spanish introduced Slavery in the new world and also Jamaica. The first Maroons escaped from the Spanish not the English. The English come just expanded on the North Atlantic Slave Trade

[@ahmadzufarabdurrashid8382]

Hi! Yasmin, liked your educational & presentation of Carribean cuisines/dishes, there! Its was very delightful, you spoke very authoritive on the subject and pleasent Love Ya! Big-Up!!!!

[@JonWintersGold]

Jamaican food is Divine

[@sangel8079]

This is excellent. I will be sharing this with my daughter to educate! Bless you and keep up the good work sis x

[@audhdcreativity5899]

Thank you! My daughter homeschools in Canada and loves learning about her Jamaican heritage ♡

[@chocolatequeen5953]

She left out African food which is still a staple in Africa to this day !

[@memphislovebutter]

Beautiful presentation and I absolutely love Jamaican people & food!

[@slimthickaz.]

Thank you for the information. Africans think they are responsible for all of our culture when the African was beaten out of us and we became new people. Caribbean culture is a mix of many cultures which became one as we Jamaicans say OUT OF MANY, ONE PEOPLE!

[@friendlyguy40]

Jamaicans are Africans hence why national dish Ackee is native to Ghana it was brought to Jamaica via slavery.

[@ShammyM.]

@@friendlyguy40 Jamaicans are Caribbeans* and ackee is from Jamaica. Ghanaians don't eat ackee so why on earth would we bring it on the ship😂 Let's use common sense here. Ackee grows in every Caribbean island and South America and we're the only ones who eat it so you're wrong. I'll pick logic over made up history that was written by the wm.

[@friendlyguy40]

@@ShammyM. with all due respect friend the white man enslaved and abused enslaved Africans in Jamaica. The scientists have shown that Ackee is native Ghana. The same scientists that show in DNA test that Jamaicans are predominantly west and Central African. And if you say you don’t believe in dna test then do you believe in it when people take them to find out if father is biological ect. Saying Jamaicans not African is basically taking the same title a white man gave you. The white man gave many Jamaicans there surnames as a form of ownership. Even the language you speak apart from the west African words in Patios like UNU ect is the white mans language. The Maroons managed to keep some Akan culture so much respect to them. But any Jamaican saying there not African one could argue they are saying they are happy to be the white man’s servant. The legend Marcus Garvey spoke about loving your African roots. Anyway much respect to you, I hope you do not take offence to what I wrote. I love my black African brother in Jamaica, we are one African family. Anyways I wish you all the best have a great day

[@friendlyguy40]

@@ShammyM. my Friend this is the treatment our people endured to make it to the Caribbean kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGOThnljgpt-mZI

[@friendlyguy40]

@@ShammyM. Anyway I wish you all the best much Love.

[@margaretkirkland8965]

The Isabella and her possee came 1494 and then the 🇬🇧came 1665,for food before we were given scrap by the backra master as Africans before the slavery we had our fine food of Africa.😊thanks for the commentary sis👍🔊🇯🇲🇬🇧

[@rabianharris1170]

Very true and insughtful, thanks for sharing the truth with us. I always learn something new on a daily basis.

[@mamajenskitchen1880]

Thank you for this history lesson in our Caribbean food keep up the good work and I will be waiting for more blessings from London uk 🇬🇧

[@chocolatequeen5953]

What history lesson leaving out African cuisine that is still a staple to this day in Africa ! 🙄

[@abigailcoral8829]

I love this video ❤️

[@EatGoodTvOnline]

Thanks for your information. I subscribe blessings for 2022

[@TherealBlingLifestyle]

Very informative, up top. New here, stay connected. Blessings!

[@musicsoul2595]

I love her👋😂🔥🙏🏾

[@caroleknight8880]

Nice job!

[@514relaxmode]

I've never heard of Escovitch being only eaten at certain times of the week, when would that be, cuz 4 me I love it, could eat it everyday!

[@companywilliams3906]

Like this

[@cookingwithsammi-easyjamai9040]

Very informative 😊

[@chocolatequeen5953]

How was it informative when she left out African food that are still eaten through out the island and still is a staple in Africa !

[@donnafoster1632]

Who is she?

[@nicolalocke5360]

I did not know any of this, they a teeny tiny bit about slaves and sugar Cain then that's it!

[@ychanan36]

Arawak Indians are from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 . They are the Puerto Ricans 🇵🇷 today.

[@madeinjamaica7025]

Arawaks were in all the greater Antillean countries

[@desrankine1935]

No Spaniards are Spanish. Arawak Indians is tribe of Indians came from the America's

[@chocolatequeen5953]

The black people created the ackee/salt fish and callaloo style of cooking ! I notice you talk about every thing other ethic group have done but you don’t mention anything about Africa food that to this day is still a staple in Africa ! I NOTICE YOU LEFT AFRICAN FOOD OUT THAT MEAN YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE CARIBBEAN YOU ARE JUST ASSUMING

[@andrewbailey7158]

our food is more african than anything else. rice is not native to europe and our rice and peas is literally ghanaian waakye. our dumpling is nigerian puff puff, etc. the fish dish is made congolese style and dukunu in jamaica is the same in ghana. Its sad always trying to liken us to europeans when we are african and speaks to how much colonialism we have to unpack

[@slimthickaz.]

Rice n Peas is NOT waakyee you're delusional. Coconut, scallion, thyme, scotch bonnet pepper all grow in Ghana yet Ghanaians couldn't think of mixing those ingredients together first? Waakyee is brown leaves with baking soda and salt. That's nothing on like Rice n Peas. Fry dumpin is not puff puff or bofolf. Fry dumpin is not sweet or a desert the other two are. Escovitch fish is not from Africa as well that was introduced by the Spanish. After 400+ years we are NOT African anymore. We are Caribbean and all Caribbean people are mixed with something which is why we look so different from Africans.

[@friendlyguy40]

@@slimthickaz. also have you heard of the beckford plantation owners kzbin.info/www/bejne/n5_NonSKjLKFoa8

[@sentientbeingschannel6755]

This is not accurate those foods came from mainly africa and rice and peas is not new to Africans, Ackee is African and many of it is all African

[@ShammyM.]

Ackee's African yet none of you eat it? Lies😂

[@ShammyM.]

Rice isn't from Africa it's from Asia. There's tons of rice and beans dishes yet you wanna claim ours lol, stop

[@yadburnsimms6367]

Go back and restore the history about Jamaica a lot of stuff you say is wrong

[@chocolatequeen5953]

👎🏿 you not correct you mention every ethnic group and their food contribution except AFRICA THERE ARE THINGS TO THIS DAY THAT STILL EATEN IN JAMAICA THAT CAME FROM AFRICA AND STILL APART OF THE AFRICAN STAPLE TO THIS DAY IN AFRICA !

[@barbaranicholas5568]

You are talking rubbish you don’t know your history well and also you are advertising at the side of you the products not black businesses so go and find black business companies to advertise the products you are talking about

[@scottie5862]

All lies prove it miss

[@West.African.Liberian-my-love]

I am sad as an west african that our food culture and languages died in Jamaica the white supremacists were successful😭😭😭😭💔

[@oliviamcnally6650]

not really but again jamaica culture is very mix.

[@slimthickaz.]

You guys ancestors sold ours so y'all never loved us anyway. Lost culture is what you people wanted.

[@valerieduhaney997]

Stop don't do that I n I need food from yard.Lots of ones must Vex wid de I now .Nuh good Nuh nice like NATURAL YARD FOOD.

[@scottie5862]

You are taking rubbish go and learn your history

[@xzing7]

What's rubbish about this history lesson ?????????

[@slimthickaz.]

She's speaking the truth, you're hurt.