Thinking about jerk burgers

[Robin Garr]

I got a new review CD from Putomayo, a Bob Marley tribute album, so I'm thinking about Jamaican-style jerk bison burgers to go with it. Now all I need is a quick-and-simple recipe ...

Jerk burgers?

What? You havin' Rand Paul over for a grill out?

[Robin Garr]

Jerk burgers?

What? You havin' Rand Paul over for a grill out?

Not responsive. Anyway, Random wouldn't care for anything that comes from a non-Caucasian nation. You know how he is about that whole civil rights thing, and worse, those Jamaicans consume ganja.

Jerk burgers?

What? You havin' Rand Paul over for a grill out?

Not responsive. Anyway, Random wouldn't care for anything that comes from a non-Caucasian nation. You know how he is about that whole civil rights thing, and worse, those Jamaicans consume ganja.

Well, I've flown into Montego Bay, but I've never had a layover there or had anything with jerk sauce, and I'd love to try some authentic jerk chicken/burger/whatever! Someone jump in with a recipe!! My only Jamaican friend is a vegetarian and is vague when I ask her about jerk sauce.

[Robin Garr]

Well, I've flown into Montego Bay,

Right up there with Cancun for a flight attendant's vision of Hell, isn't it?

but I've never had a layover there or had anything with jerk sauce, and I'd love to try some authentic jerk chicken/burger/whatever! Someone jump in with a recipe!! My only Jamaican friend is a vegetarian and is vague when I ask her about jerk sauce.

I sometimes wonder if Memphis barbecue traces its roots to Jamaican jerk: They often serve it with slaw on top.

[Robin Garr]

Okay, I don't really want to work, so I just prepped some slaw - sliced cabbage, onions and green peppers so thin that it looks like I used a mandoline, and M will make her mother's dressing.

Now I'll take some Kentucky bison and, handling it gently to keep it light, will work in some garlic and green pappers sauteed in olive oil, plus eyeball'd dashes of jerk flavors of allspice, cinnamon, cloves and thyme, dash of Worcestershire and a dab of dark, spicy "Datil Doit" datil pepper hot sauce from St. Augustine. Form up patties, skillet grill 'em, and serve 'em on potato rolls from the farmers' market and the aforementioned slaw.

Now, off to cook it up! Red wine or Bell's Oberon Ale?

[Jenise]

No offense to red wine, but I'm liking the sound of ale with that!

Well, I've flown into Montego Bay,
Right up there with Cancun for a flight attendant's vision of Hell, isn't it?

Oh, I can tell you stories ... but you've already heard most of them. Those pax don't got no sense. I had one guy tap on my back while I was on an Airphone talking to the Mayo Clinic because a child was having an allergic reaction to some med her mother had given her that morning, and he wanted me to get him a beer!!!!

but I've never had a layover there or had anything with jerk sauce, and I'd love to try some authentic jerk chicken/burger/whatever! Someone jump in with a recipe!! My only Jamaican friend is a vegetarian and is vague when I ask her about jerk sauce.

I sometimes wonder if Memphis barbecue traces its roots to Jamaican jerk: They often serve it with slaw on top.

It's that way all over the South. Now, in MEM, it's creamy coleslaw, but the choice of mustard or mayo coleslaw is up in the air. In my hometown, Blytheville, AR, it's merely chopped cabbage dampened with a little vinegar. BTW, The Dixie Pig in Blytheville won for best barbecue in the nation a couple of years ago. I forget what food mag, but it was major. You do want to try their barbecue salad with their homemade blue cheese dressing! OMG! Astounding!