Jerk rice? Tuck in!

WhY is it cultural appropriation for Jamie Oliver to market jerk rice?

Is it the same for Loyd Grossman and his range of Italian sauces, or other chefs-turned-food-producers who have put their names to Asian, Thai, African, Indian, Chinese and all manner of other dishes?

Stop virtue signalling about a pouch of microwaveable rice. VALERIE GOODCHILD,

Bangor, Co. Down. LABOUR MP Dawn Butler complains about Jamie Oliver ‘appropriating’ the Jamaican food term jerk for his rice. I sell delicious Welsh-made Welsh cakes, but I don’t complain about Welsh cakes being made and sold in england — even if they are not quite as delicious!

Neither am I cheesed off by Welsh Rarebit being made in england. I am far more annoyed that a Labour MP who claimed thousands of pounds of public money for her second home before losing her seat could contest and win another constituency a few years later.

LYN JENKINS, Gwbert, Cardigan. PeRhAPS Jamie Oliver’s jerk rice is named after himself. BERYL WILLIAMS, address supplied. ON The TV cookery show Nadiya’s Family Favourites, the Bake Off star made piccalilli macaroni cheese, hearty grapefruit chicken stew and pear crumble pudding. Was this cultural appropriation?

PAUL CLEGHORN, Bridlington, E. Yorks.