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This style, Jamaican jerk, began in the 17th century when escaped enslaved people (Maroons) and surviving Indigenous Taino on the island captured wild hogs, preserved them with pimento (allspice), salt, and bird pepper chiles, wrapped them in leaves, and cooked them underground.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2022
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First Known Use
1696, in the meaning defined above
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“Bird pepper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bird%20pepper. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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