“Being a Muslim you have to eat halal and what I find is that there’s no halal Jamaican food really,” he said. Rosemarie Johnson of Rose's Kitchen finishes a jerk chicken take away box at the Halal Food festival at the International Centre in Mississauga. 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. ( Rene Johnston / Toronto Star ) | Order this photoWhen Scarborough’s 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.

Source: thestar May 22, 2016 15:52 UTC