More than a dozen eateries provide Mainers with authentic island flavors, while also giving the state's Jamaican population access to the foods they miss from home.
Taylor said Jamaican restaurants have a stereotyped ... jerk honey grilled lamb chops served with rice and peas, raw veggies and plantains; The Secret Island, jerk chicken on a bed of waffles ...
Many of those peas are still sitting in storage. Canada supplied 60 per cent of those peas, followed by Russia’s 34 per cent. Australia and the United States accounted for most of the remainder.
In Puerto Rico, you'll find arroz con gandules—rice with pigeon peas and flavored with peppery achiote oil. In Jamaica, rice and peas describes a dish often made with peppers and red kidney beans.