Jamaicans have transformed a history of pain into delicious food, but what if you are allergic to your national dish?
![Fork The System - Ackee and Saltfish - by Summer Eldemire [DON''T USE]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/b4bf6b41f57a40d6accf2a4b5546c662_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Summer Eldemire is a Jamaican writer living between New York and Kingston. She writes about crime and culture - as well as music, ganja, strippers, cu... lts, and aliens - and her work has appeared on the FADER, Complex UK, the BBC, the Intercept and the Face Magazine. Follow her on Instagram @sum.lion and Twitter @summereldemire
Jamaicans have transformed a history of pain into delicious food, but what if you are allergic to your national dish?
![Fork The System - Ackee and Saltfish - by Summer Eldemire [DON''T USE]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/b4bf6b41f57a40d6accf2a4b5546c662_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)