Roasted Pork: My Most Important Cuban Dishes

The typical meal I chose to represent is called Morue and its origins is from the Haitian ethnicity. Morue is a meal usually eaten at dinner time alongside Sauce Pois Rouge (red pea soup) which is served with rice, and drank with Ginger & Cinnamon tea. To make Morue, you need: 1 lb. of salt cod (morue), water as desired, 1 small diced shallot, 1 small diced onion, 1 cup of olive oil and 1 hot pepper. To prepare this meal, “add the cod in a saucepan and cover with water. Let boil over medium-high heat. Drain the cod and soak in cool water. Shred the boiled cod. Drain and set aside. In a skillet, heat the oil and sauté the remaining ingredients. Add the cod and sauté lightly for 2-3 mins (Recipes, 2014).”

Jeffrey M. Pilcher is a food writer, professor of History at the University of Minnesota, and author of several award-winning works. In his book !Que vivan los tamales! Food and the Making of Mexican Identity (1998), Pilcher explains that every society creates for themselves a cuisine, a set of foods that the people

Although their tastes differ when it comes to types of chiles, the grandmother and the speaker share a love for the traditional Mexican-American garnish. They also respect each other, simply based on their actions. Here we have two individuals, from different generations, that bond over the age-old tradition of food and love.

Tamales have the power of merging family. Christmas eve in Mexico means interacting and bonding with the whole family. When the holiday season begins and everybody gathers at Grandmother’s house you can trace the smell of tamales getting cook in the kitchen mixed with the smell of cinnamon. The Christmas tree is bursting with presents and on the side the nativity scene which is always present in a Catholic Mexican family. The table is brimming in flavors, with a variety of dessert and snacks and delicious hot drinks. As appetizing as the table looks the whole family is barely touching the food because the tamales are almost ready and everybody wants to eat as many tamales as possible. When the tamales are ready it means that Christmas Eve celebration is staring. Everyone from the oldest in the house to the youngest gets a plate and eats as many tamales as possible while sharing stories and laughs. The tamales are the main guest of the celebration. The tamales are a traditional Mexican food that can be traced to the Aztecs. The word tamale comes from the Aztec word tamalii which means wrapped food. The Aztec women would cook the tamales for the soldiers because they were easy to carry and eat. Today making tamales is a bonding event for all the women in the family,

When someone becomes tied or emerged in another culture one of the first things one discovers is their different food. When I became part of my husband’s family, I begin to explore a world full of deliciously rich and sometimes spicy authentic Mexican food. I could never forget the day I had my first taste of Pozole Rojo (red) at my sister in law’s house. The first bite blew my senses away, and it immediately became one of my favorite dishes out of everything I have ever tasted before. With it’s rich, bold and slightly spicy favors it has, the family always begging for more. Pozole is a delicious introduction to a different culture, a passport to favor that connects me with my family and friends. A taste of Mexico can be found in a bowl of homemade pozole rojo.

Food is the live line for all mankind. We can’t sustain or survive without food. According to the “What the world eats,” people spend as low as $ 1.23 up to $ 731.71 per a week. After I reviewed the pictures, I learned the family from Ecuador don’t eat animal product. However, they have variety of food that are healthy in their menu. They eat fruit, vegetables, beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. Their favorite dishes is meatless or none dairy; therefore, I assume they are vegetarians. The family of nine spends $ 31.55 per a week for food.

Mexican cuisine is a style of food that originates in Mexico. It is known for its varied flavors, colorful decoration, and variety of spices and ingredients, many of which are native to the country. What makes a meal distinctly Mexican, of course, are the lively seasonings. Not all Mexican recipes are fiery, though; while renowned for their heat, many subtle and intriguing spice combinations are also found in Mexican fare.

Costa Rican cuisine is known for being flavorful, yet fairly mild, with high reliance on fresh fruit and vegetables. Rice and black beans are a staple of most traditional Costa Rican meals, often served three times a day; gallo pinto, a breakfast dish of rice and beans mixed together with onions and bell peppers, is often considered the Costa Rican national dish.

In addition to meat, fish, and poultry, other popular dishes include chills relents (chilies stuffed with cornmeal, beef, and cheese) and tamales (a mixture of meat and cornmeal wrapped and steamed in banana leaves). Typical fare is most often served in commodores, the Guatemalan version of diners, or simple neighborhood restaurants. There are international restaurants and fast-food chains in most touristy locations. Perhaps the most impressive fare is to be found along the Caribbean coast, where the Garifuna serve up a mouthwatering mix of seafood, coconuts, plantains, and spices. Guatemalans tend to eat three meals a day, in similar fashion and hours to North Americans.

“Hija, wake up it's time to get ready” I hear that glorious voice every day at 5:00 am, my mother. My parents couldn't support me going to school and not work with my 4 sisters and 1 brother. We all get ready and I'm always the one to get ready first. Make my family's lunch here in El Salvador have a number of tortillas you'll woman working throughout the community attempting to market tortillas yet she barleys earns money because not a lot of people have money. Lucky for us we have enough money for six tortillas each one for each person I'm the oldest in my family. My siblings look up to me because of that I need to be good in life in order for them to do good in life. It’s about 5:28 am I start breakfast we don´t have much to feed my family so I go find something to feed them. We all eat at chairs or floor my parents can afford for a table, so sometimes just sit on the floor or at the chairs. When it's 5:45 am we all head out to the farm it's 3 blocks from my house.

The homemade empanadas at Sophies Restaurant are a must try! They are delicious, flaky, and can be purchased with fillings like chicken, beef, spinach and cheese, or guava and cheese. When trying one of the savory options, be sure to order the restaurant’s special green sauce. Other notable items to try at the venue are the stuffed potato, ham croquette, and yellow rice and beans. As always, every self-respecting Cuban restaurant needs a classic Cuban sandwich, and this

Sunday my mother fried some pork chops, and pork chops are one of my favorite fried food with corn and rice. I started to feel so weak inside and yearning for it, but my mother

My close high school friend and I enjoy visiting restaurants of our different cultures, as she is Spanish and I am Korean. On our usual food adventures, we like to recommend particular meals from our own culture to each other, as a way of trying something new. However, this time, we decided instead of going to a Spanish restaurant, my friend would teach me personally how to make a Spanish dish. We ultimately decided to make a dish called paella, which incorporated rice, chorizo, chicken, and shrimp. While shopping for the ingredients, the topic of “freshness” arose. Although everything was going to be tossed into a skillet, my friend and I were very attentive to looking for fresh bell peppers, specifically by the distinction of their colors. Similarly, “For safety, Americans

To introduce this product to Mexico, the intention will be to craft meals that are traditional Mexican cuisine and reasonably low in cost. It will be important to use ingredients from local farmers to develop relationships within the country and to provide the service and product at the best price to build a customer base. This product seemed logical for the Mexican market when observing family eating tendencies in the culture. As a collectivist culture, Mexican families are likely to have meals together and cook at home. This product caters to this aspect and allows families to enjoy each other while making the task of cooking and planning simpler. (The Hofstede Centre, n.d.)

The focus of this assignment is on the geography of chicken soup. For purposes of this particular assignment, the “claimed” country of origin in Cuba. The reason the term “claimed” is used is due to the fact that this particular dish may be believed to have originated in many other countries as well. As such, the recipe, and more specifically the ingredients used, will most likely differ based upon the country and region that it is originated from. With regard to the Cuban version of chicken soup, the same is comprised of thirteen (13) ingredients, to wit: olive (oil); onion (red and green); cilantro; cumin (ground); wheat (flour); chicken (stock and thigh); cassava; calabash; potato (red); plantain; lemon (juice); salt; and, pepper. Notwithstanding the fact that these ingredients are customarily used to make the Cuban version of chicken soup, these same ingredients were not all domesticated in the region that Cuba is located in.