Quote Originally Posted by RockRobster View Post
If there is a demand, I would think Jamaicans would have figured out how to satisfy it....SPAM isn't too hard a recipe to decipher(pork shoulder and ham) and made with JA piggies might even be palatable....
THAT is a fantastic *theory*

HOWEVER,
in my limited Ja-experiences
of shopping & window-shopping around the island
and
notice-ing all those China-man shops, stores, etc.,
and
read-ing the tags & labels on consumer goods
and
hearing & reading all the chat encourage-ing folks to ".Buy Jamaican."
it *seems* to my feeble-mind & pea-brain
that your theory is just a theory (unfortunately)

for example,
a significant number of staples & high-demand-ed thing-ys
come from someplace else

sugar ---- from Trinidad
bottled water --- from Trinidad
mariners (aka '.wife-beater.' tee-shirts) --- from China
produce ---- from other-places, NOT Jamaica
chicken meat ---- from USA

BUT that is a great *theory*