Jamaican Themed Birthday Dinner Party

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I got to cook dishes from my Jamaican heritage for an 80th birthday celebration for a gentleman who has travelled to Jamaica many times and loves it. It was fun and quite the honor.

The menu consisted of :

Jamaican Cocktail Beef Patties, a crescent shaped flaky pastry filled with a spicy beef mixture (Jamaican empanada).

: Jamaican Beef Patty, spicy meat filling

: Jamaican Beef Patty

The main entrees were :

Jerked Chicken, Jerked Meatloaf with a jerked barbecue sauce, Rice and Peas, Caribbean Coleslaw, Potato Salad and Fried Plantain.

: Jamaican Jerked Chicken

: Jamaican Rice and Peas

: Jerked Meatloaf with a jerked barbecue sauce drizzle

: Fried Plantain

: Potato Salad

: Caribbean Coleslaw

For dessert, the hostess ordered birthday boy Barry’s favorite…key lime pie. He also had a birthday cake, because when you’re 80, you deserve at least 2 desserts!