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1. Pupusas. Origin: El Salvador A pupusa is a thick, round cake made of corn masa flour and cooked on a griddle. They're eaten without utensils as a snack, but can become a meal when filled with ...
Louisiana Creole cuisine (French: cuisine créole, Louisiana Creole: manjé kréyòl, Spanish: cocina criolla) is a style of cooking originating in Louisiana, United States, which blends West African, French, Spanish, and Native American influences, [1] [2] as well as influences from the general cuisine of the Southern United States.
Association of very different products on the same dish (compared to traditional European cuisine). Very spicy flavors, mixtures of sweet and salty, and pungent preparations. Relatively simple common culinary techniques, [3] such as frying or stewing meat (called ragout). Adobos (marinades) are also common. [4] Grilled dishes rarely exist. [1]
Some traditional foods featured in the cuisine include: Atole (a drink made using masa) [12] and Chocolate Atole (with the addition of chocolate) also known as champurrado. [13] Two classic maize dishes are: boiling maize in water and lime, mixing with chili peppers and eating as gruel; dough preparation for flat cakes, tamales and tortillas. [14]
Caribbean cuisine is a fusion of West African, [1] Creole, Amerindian, European, Latin American, Indian/South Asian, Chinese, Javanese/Indonesian, North American, and Middle Eastern cuisines. These traditions were brought from many countries when they moved to the Caribbean. [ 1 ]
Japan has a long history of importing food from other countries, some of which are now part of Japan's most popular cuisine. Ramen is considered an important part to their culinary history, to the extent where in survey of 2,000 Tokyo residents, instant ramen came up many times as a product they thought was an outstanding Japanese invention. [75]
Lefse (North Dakota) As Norwegian immigrants made their way to states like North Dakota, they brought their beloved lefse bread. A soft flatbread made with potatoes, lefse is traditionally made on ...
Authors such as Strabo wrote about the aboriginal people of Spain using nuts and acorns as staple foods. [7] The extension of vineyards along the Mediterranean seemed to be due to the colonization of Greeks and Phoenicians, who also introduced the production of olive oil. Spain became the largest producer of olive oil in the world.