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Shawn Johnson and Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Jamaican food: Being a Muslim you have to eat halal and what I find is that there no halal Jamaican food really, he said, according to Toronto Star. Halal meat must be slaughtered in a specific way, by a Muslim, and if Johnson didn't cook it at home he had to do without. Order this photo By May Warren Staff Reporter Sun., May 22, 2016 When Scarborough Shawn Johnson converted to Islam about seven years ago, there was one thing he really missed: Jamaican jerk chicken. But with some help from his mom Rosemarie, he decided to fill a niche himself. Article Continued Below We decided, might as well do a business out of it and let everybody get a taste of my cooking, she added, standing beside drum barbecue and a tent full of family members, busy serving up steaming plates of chicken and corn on the cob. It catching on you know said Rosemarie, who came to Canada from Jamaica in 1975 and has been cooking ever since. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.