<![CDATA[Having my first Jamaican patty and]]>Having my first Jamaican patty and

Blown away by how good but also how it’s almost exactly the same as Indian Muslim style curry puff

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5ca2ba73-1de2-4a0f-a0be-d054787693a0/having-my-first-jamaican-patty-andRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 08:04:01 GMTThu, 16 Apr 2026 10:32:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:47:03 GMT]]>@sysop408
I didn't know how good I had it in the bay area with Back a yard. Seattle has nothing
@skinnylatte

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Oaktag/statuses/116420353930928388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/Oaktag/statuses/116420353930928388Fri, 17 Apr 2026 13:47:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:49:32 GMT]]>@skinnylatte @HighlandLawyer @mycrowgirl we'll put the kettle on

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/otfrom/statuses/116415881065018143https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://functional.cafe/users/otfrom/statuses/116415881065018143Thu, 16 Apr 2026 18:49:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:37:30 GMT]]>@skinnylatte

There is a soul food place in Cambridge (the Boston one) and the jerk chicken and cheese patties are sublime. Also the best collard greens I have ever had anywhere. Please let me send you there if you ever come back to Boston.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/stevegis_ssg/statuses/116415361863682171https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/stevegis_ssg/statuses/116415361863682171Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:37:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:44:38 GMT]]>@HighlandLawyer @mycrowgirl I’ve got to come to Scotland.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116414918045351390https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116414918045351390Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:44:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:58:30 GMT]]>@mycrowgirl @skinnylatte
That's a posh version, the usual accoutrement would be "a wee dod o broon sauce".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HighlandLawyer/statuses/116414500722642764https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HighlandLawyer/statuses/116414500722642764Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:58:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:47:23 GMT]]>@HighlandLawyer I once had a macaroni pie and haggis roll. The red onion chutney really pulled it together. 😋@skinnylatte

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/mycrowgirl/statuses/116414457004218881https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/mycrowgirl/statuses/116414457004218881Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:47:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:44:25 GMT]]>@mycrowgirl @skinnylatte
Might I introduce you to the Scottish delicacy, a macaroni pie roll?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HighlandLawyer/statuses/116414445374987176https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HighlandLawyer/statuses/116414445374987176Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:44:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:36:25 GMT]]>@mycrowgirl @skinnylatte have you had a Jamaican patty in coco bread? It’s a double carb wrap on coco-mo’!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friend.camp/users/ranjit/statuses/116414413880839180https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friend.camp/users/ranjit/statuses/116414413880839180Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:36:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:30:53 GMT]]>@ranjit
🎶 I wanna taste carb pockets to go
We’ll eat their snacks
And then we’ll take some mo’
When myyy belly growls
Have carb pockets to goooo🎶 @skinnylatte

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/mycrowgirl/statuses/116414392126372617https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/mycrowgirl/statuses/116414392126372617Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:30:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:22:11 GMT]]>@mycrowgirl @skinnylatte

Samosa, pierogi, ooh i wanna take ya
Fatayer, some patties, let's have chebureki,
Sambusa, and Cornish - pasties, why don't we go
... Jamaica for the spicy patties
🎵

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friend.camp/users/ranjit/statuses/116414357952063940https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friend.camp/users/ranjit/statuses/116414357952063940Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:22:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:35:42 GMT]]>@skinnylatte

Jamaican patty is one of those great Canadian compromises.

‘

Patty vs. Patty tells the story of Toronto’s bizarre 1985 “patty wars,” when Jamaican-Canadian bakers went head-to-head with the federal government over the name of their beloved beef patty.

‘

https://youtu.be/-PxtCIMeRMY?si=iWp7raO2iLqEd1kG

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AndrewHenry/statuses/116414175117556813https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.energy/users/AndrewHenry/statuses/116414175117556813Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:35:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:32:18 GMT]]>@skinnylatte Food-in-Carb Pockets is my favourite food group in any cuisine. 😋

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/mycrowgirl/statuses/116414161768944698https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://flipping.rocks/users/mycrowgirl/statuses/116414161768944698Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:32:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:50 GMT]]>@skinnylatte I believe many of them were shipped to the Caribbean from the port of Kolkata - then called Calcutta - in what is now West Bengal, by the East India Company who had a major base in that port. I don't know any more details than that, which I picked up as an aside when researching a different subject.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://writing.exchange/ap/users/116159321699263730/statuses/116414045888481785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://writing.exchange/ap/users/116159321699263730/statuses/116414045888481785Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:30 GMT]]>@skinnylatte I love Jamaican patties

the ones I grew up eating in Florida were probably not necessarily the best examples of them but I really liked them a lot

and yeah they definitely seem to be a fusion of British pasties and curry

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sakurajima.moe/users/waitworry/statuses/116414044576542430https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sakurajima.moe/users/waitworry/statuses/116414044576542430Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:02:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:57:22 GMT]]>@skinnylatte @mayintoronto

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paninid/statuses/116414024431468532https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/paninid/statuses/116414024431468532Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:57:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:55:15 GMT]]>@skinnylatte oh jeez

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mayintoronto/statuses/116414016120769593https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mayintoronto/statuses/116414016120769593Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:55:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:52:09 GMT]]>@mayintoronto yeah many were also brought to Malaysia as indentured labour.

Some of the derogatory terms there for lower caste South Asians still refer to the sound of the ankle chains 😕

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116414003912871121https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116414003912871121Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:52:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:50:51 GMT]]>@skinnylatte It wasn't pretty. The East Indian Company had its hands deep into this one too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_indenture_system

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mayintoronto/statuses/116413998781357211https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/mayintoronto/statuses/116413998781357211Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:50:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:49:06 GMT]]>Other food connections:

In the late 00s I spent a lot of time in the Gulf / Levant (UAE, Oman, Lebanon etc)

I liked how good and fresh the food was but it felt.. fundamentally different from some flavours and spices I missed a lot.

When I got to Yemen, I felt so happy that the food was exactly what I was missing. Non-Chinese Singaporean / Malaysian / Indonesian flavours are heavily influenced by Yemeni flavours, particularly that from Hadramout. Due to centuries of trade and migration from Yemen.

Like when I saw ‘mandi’ I was like oh I guess that’s where ‘nasi mandi’ comes from.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116413991940051050https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116413991940051050Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:49:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:44:54 GMT]]>I know there was a lot of indentured south asian labour to the Caribbean. I don’t know that much about where they were from but it’s clear from the spices in the meats used in the Jamaican patties, probably close to wherever the Indian Muslims in Singapore / Malaysia are from. It’s almost exactly the same. The type of dough as well (different from the empanada style.. the kind that’s flaky but not buttery)

I was also very happy when I found a frozen Pakistani samosa product that was exactly the same style

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116413975413990823https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/skinnylatte/statuses/116413975413990823Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:44:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:39:19 GMT]]>@skinnylatte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_patty#History 😃

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116413953440326731https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116413953440326731Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:39:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:37:42 GMT]]>@skinnylatte despite the normal explosion of nationalism about food I tend to regard it as a good record of trade links and migrations (forced or otherwise). Though sometimes it's convergent evolution.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116413947056482697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/Colman/statuses/116413947056482697Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:37:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Having my first Jamaican patty and on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:36:33 GMT]]>@skinnylatte when you get back in town, check out Back-A-Yard whenever you're down in the South Bay. It's a popular Jamaican restaurant with 5 locations. The closest one to SF is their original closet sized location in Menlo Park.

I love their Jamaican patties.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/sysop408/statuses/116413942551285427https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/sysop408/statuses/116413942551285427Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:36:33 GMT