Jerk Seasoning

If you check out various brands and recipes for jerk seasoning and marinades, you will find a variety of ingredients in them that certainly did not exist when the Marooons were developing the method. I have seen soya sauce, rum, mustard and ketchup and it seems that everyone has their ‘secret ingredient’. The following ingredients are the most essential and should be included: allspice berries, hot pepper (scotch bonnet and birdpepper), spring onion, ginger, cinnamon, thyme and black pepper