Cuban Food Traditions & Restrictions

Cuban Food Thaditions & Restriciions LEARN MORE INFORMATION ON RESTORATION INITIATIVES IN HAVANA AT RESTOREOLDHAVANA.ORG Rationing in Cuba CUBA IS CURRENTLY ONE OF FOUR COMMUNIST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD (NORTH KOREA, CHINA AND LAOS ARE THE OTHERS). UNDER THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IN CUBA, FOOD AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ARE RATIONED PER PERSON BY AGE AND GENDER. Libreta de Abăstecimiento CUBAN FAMILIES ARE GIVEN A SUPPLIES Arroz BOOKLET THAT ITEMIZES THE RATIONS THAT Granos ARE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THESE ACT AS MORE Libreta de Abastecimiento or "Supplies Booklet" tracks cuban families' food ration intake. While there is a cap of how much food each person is allotted, that does not guarantee them these provisions. Arroz OF A CAP OF SUPPLIES BECAUSE THEY STILL Granos Coca HAVE TO PURCHASE THE ITEMS, CUBANS ARE Coca REQUIRED TO PRESENT THESE BOOKLETS Arroz Granos EVERY TIME THEY MAKE A PURCHASE AND Arroz Granos THEIR PURCHASE HABITS ARE RECORDED. Coca Coca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ojitos in Cuba IT IS SAID THAT THE ORGIN OF THE IF CUBAN FAMILIES CAN AFFORD IT, THEY ARE RATIONED STANDARD AMOUNTS OF STAPLE FOOD ITEMS EVERY MONTH MOJITO IS IN CUBA. SOME SAY THE DRINK DATES BACK TO THE 6TH CENTURY AND WAS KNOWN AS "EL DRAQUE" IN HONOR OF SIR FRANCES DRAKE. ANOTHER 6 12 15 STORY ABOUT THE ORGIN OF MOJITOS IS THAT THE WORD MOJITO COMES FROM A VARIATION OF THE SPANISH WORD MOJADO. MOJITOS ARE MADE WITH RUM, LIME JUICE, MINT pounds of rice per month pounds of plantains/malanga per eggs per month AND A SPLASH OF CLUB SODA. month "THE CONSUMMATE CUBAN DRINK" ERNEST HEMINGWAY LOVED DRINKING MOJITOS WHILE IN CUBA. ONE BAR IN OLD HAVANA HAS HIS HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE ON THE WALL EXPRESSING HIS LOVE FOR CHICKEN IS A VERY CUBAN MOJITOS. COMMON DISH IN CUBAN COOKING. IT IS MOST COMMONLY SERVED FRIED (POLLO FRITO) OR GRILLED (POLLO ASADO) THE ESSENTIAL STAPLE OF MOST CUBAN MEALS IS RICE AND BEANS, A SIMPLE BUT ARTFULLY SEASONED SIDE DISH FOR ENTREES. THIS FOOD IS SERVED A MILLION TIMES A DAY IN THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS (IN VARIOUS ISLANDS). PLANTAINS ARE CHEAP, VERSATILE, AND HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS (THEY'RE A GOOD SOURCE OF POTASSIUM, FIBER, AND VITAMIN C.) MALANGA IS A VEGETABLE CLOSELY RELATED TO TARO ROOT, THESE ARE ENERGY PRODUCING VEGETABLES. SOURCES: HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/RATIONING_IN_CUBA HTTP://WWW.HILLMANWONDERS.COM/CUISINES/CARIBBEAN_FAMOUS_FOODS_TWO.HTM HTTP://LATINFOODANSWERS.COM/BEVERAGES/LEARN-ABOUT-THE-MOJITO-BEVERAGE HTTP://WWW.FINECOOKING.COM/ARTICLES/PLANTAINS-CUBAN-FAVORITE.ASPX