Simply Sandwiches

Sometimes a sandwich fails. Sometimes they’re just not worth eating. It’s painful to say, but now and then it’s better to take the tasty parts out and salvage the meal. You have to turn to your sandwich and say “No offense sandwich, but only your delicious tender insides are worth eating.” Such was the case at this roadside “Jerk Centre” in Jamaica. Jerk Centre’s are all over Jamaica and are apparently the local expression (Patois) for “A restaurant where you can order food with jerk sauce” (and aren’t nearly as mean as they sound).

In this case the only thing that made this sandwich a sandwich was the inclusion of two slices of bread. I have a hunch that if I asked for chicken, I’d have gotten the same thing without bread. Such disrespect for sandwiches was appalling! Then, through my anger, I took a few bites and was whisked away on a boat ride of sweet, tender, spicy jerk chicken. Yum. Now I see what all the fuss is about. Jerk chicken is delicious. Really delicious. The chickens are roasted above fire with some light seasonings and when ordered are chopped up and smothered in jerk sauce (and potentially put between nasty bread).

The sandwich part was tough for a couple reasons: the chicken still had bones in it and wasn’t readily placed in the bread and the bread was awful. It was tough and thick and completely the opposite of the tender delicious chicken. It hurts me a little to say, but this wasn’t a very good sandwich. It WAS mind-blowingly good chicken. (So good it persuaded my vegetarian girlfriend to indulge).

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