Adventures in dollar store foods: jerk chicken pasties

Is that krust golden enough for ya?

I rarely see Jamaican packaged foods in this part of the country. Or anywhere else, actually. So imagine my surprise, delight and skepticism when I saw these among the Dollar Tree frozen foods, way down at the very bottom. I haven’t had jerk chicken since a roadside stand in Negril about twenty years ago. It was delicious. Could I say the same for this offering from Golden Krust (more about this company)? What the hell, it’s only a buck.

You’re supposed to nuke these. I don’t have a microwave, so I improvised. Flame set to almost off, covered with a pot lid (not to be confused with a lid of pot, though that would’ve made it extra Jamaican). The “golden” crust got scorched, but a little carbon now and then is good for you. It filters out toxins, or something.

I’ll take their word that’s chicken

And the taste? Yeah, pretty good. Not as wonderful as my memory of that chicken in Jamaica, but certainly a dollar’s worth of flavor. And way better than Hot Pockets.