Scotchies Jerk Centre

Montego Bay, Jamaica

Scotchies is one of Jamaica's most recognised jerk operations, with the original location on the roadside between Montego Bay and Falmouth on the A1 highway. The pits burn pimento wood in the traditional Portland style; the menu runs pork, chicken, fish, and jerk sausage. The sausage is thick, coiled, and sold by the link or by the pound. Tables are picnic benches under a thatched roof, open to the road, with a rum bar at one end. The chicken is the national draw, but the sausage has its regulars who order two links, a bag of festival, and a bottle of Red Stripe and call it a complete meal. Scotchies also operates in Ocho Rios and Kingston. The Montego Bay location is the oldest and still the busiest on weekends.

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Sausages served here

Jerk Sausage

Portland Parish, Jamaica

Jamaican jerk sausage is pork ground with scotch bonnet peppers, allspice, thyme, garlic, ginger, and scallions mixed directly into the meat before it goes into natural casings. This is not jerk sauce applied to any sausage after cooking; the spice is in the grind. The result carries the full heat and resinous sweetness of jerk seasoning throughout every bite, not just on the surface. Grilled over pimento wood, the fat renders through a blackened casing and the allspice smoke layers into everything underneath.

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