Assignment+4j

Sarah Hamilton

1. "The great-great grandparent of Reggae is **mento**, a loose-sounding folk music, sometimes confused with calypso, a Trinidad-born music. Mento's lyrical food is topical issues." (http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/music.htm )

2. "**Ska** combines the catchy backbeat of New Orleans- style R&B and mento. Many early ska songs were covers of popular American songs." (http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF97/malyce/music.htm )

3. "[|Mango] and [|soursop] [|ice Cream] are two popular [|desserts]. Jamaican ice cream is traditionally made with [|coconut milk], rather than [|milk] or [|cream]as used elsewhere. The most popular Jamaican [|ice cream flavours] are [|grapenut] and [|rum] & [|raisin]." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine#Popular_dishes ) 4. "Other popular desserts include [|potato pudding], [|gizzada] (a small [|tart] shell with sweet [|spiced] [|coconut] [|filling]), toto (a small coconut [|cake]),[|banana] [|fritters], [|coconut drops], [|plantain] [|tart]. [|Dookoonu] is a Ghanaian dish made with sweetened starch (usually cornmeal but can also be cassava) wrapped and boiled in a banana leaf. Also called "blue drawers'. [|Asham] is ground or powdered sweetened parched corn." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine#Popular_dishes )

5. "J**erk** is a style of [|cooking] native to [|Jamaica] in which [|meats] are [|dry-rubbed] with a very hot [|spice] mixture called **Jamaican jerk spice" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine#Popular_dishes)

6. " [|Kingston] the capital of Jamaica, located in the southwestern part of island, is considered the administrative, cultural and industrial hub of Jamaica." ( http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/jamaican_cities.html) 7."[|Montego Bay] is a sprawling city with Jamaica's largest airport shopping and cruise line terminal." ( http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/jamaican_cities.html)  ** 8. " [|Negril], Ocho Rios & Port Antonio are other notable areas of the country that, though not official cities, are highly popular to our tourists." ( http://www.my-island-jamaica.com/jamaican_cities.html)

9. " Jamaicans take great pride in their artistic style which is influenced by the island’s unique culture as well as European, American, and African art forms. The nation has produced many famous artists including sculptor and painter Edna Manley, painter Albert Huie and the self-taught artist Kapo." (http://foodjamaica.net/) 10. "Lime Cay is a gorgeous area for bathing and water sports just outside of Kingston. Because it is a small island, it's best to hire a boat at Port Royal to transport you back and forth between this little slip and the city port area." ( http://jamaica-guide.info/attractions/beaches/ )

11. "Two of the most popular beaches in Jamaica are Turtle Beach and Mallard Beach. Both are tourist-oriented spots with plenty of food, fun activities and fellow visitors."( http://jamaica-guide.info/attractions/beaches/)

12. " Seven Mile Beach, famous for being a favorite hot spot of the 1960's hippie movement, is home to a care-free, laid-back environment that includes nude bathing." ( http://jamaica-guide.info/attractions/beaches/)

13. "<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">[|Taro] (locally known as "dasheen" or "coco") is a tropical plant grown primarily as a [|vegetable food] for its edible [|corm], and secondarily as a [|leaf vegetable]. It is considered a staple in [|oceanic] cultures." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine#Popular_dishes) 14. " [|Allspice] (locally known as "pimenta") also called **Jamaica pepper**, **Kurundu**, **Myrtle pepper**, **pimenta**[|[1]], or **newspice**, is a [|spice]which is the dried unripe [|fruit] ("berries") of //[|Pimenta dioica]//, a [|mid-canopy] tree native to the [|Greater Antilles], southern [|Mexico] and [|Central America], now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.)" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine#Popular_dishes)

15. " [|Dried and salted cod] (locally known as "salt fish") is usually called **salt cod**; cod which has been dried without the addition of salt is called [|stockfish]." ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine#Popular_dishes)