In the year 1499, Alonso de Ojeda and his mapmaker Amerigo Vespucci (whom America was named after) was reminded of the canals of Venice, Italy by seeing Indian huts built on stilts in Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela News, Views, and Analysis, 2016). This lead Ojeda and Vespucci to name the land after the Italian word “Veneziola”, meaning “little Venice” or now known as Venezuela (Venezuela News, 2016). Lake Maracaibo is Venezuela's oldest lake, it is estimated to be 20 to 40 million years old (Venezuelan News, 2016). All though Lake Maracaibo is an incredible sight it is not the only landform Venezuela is known for, the world’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall is Angel Falls which is 3212 feet tall (Venezuela News, 2016). Venezuela is home to 28,946,101
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Many dishes are made with fish such as trout, red snapper, piranha and shrimp (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Venezuela's national dish is Pabellôn criollo - flank steak, black beans, rice and fried plantains (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Other common foods include; Arepas - fried or baked corn or wheat pancakes, often filled with meat, eggs or cheese; Cachapas - sweet corn pancakes usually filled with cheese; Tequenos - fried dough combined with cheese; Empanadas - cheese-filled pastries; Pan de jámon - long bread filled with ham, olives and raisins (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). “A cooking method that is very common in Venezuela is the criollo plate which is having cuisines emerge with traditional foods of each culture” (Venezuelan cuisine, The Bueno Theme). To go with all this wonderful food typical drinks include; juices made from sugarcane, tamarind, coconut, coconut juice/water drunk straight from the coconut, fruity juices made into milkshakes (batidos), strong beer, chicha-alcohol made from fermenting corn or rice, sancocho-meat and vegetable stew served with arepas and toasted cassava (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Venezuelans enjoy one of their favourite drinks, coffee. They say that their coffee is not like any other (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). They have a wide variety, for example, hot milk black coffee (guayoyo), sweetened coffee (negrito), strong coffee with lots of milk (marron), among other types (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Of course to finish of a meal there needs to be a dessert. Popular desserts include Majarete - coconut custard and Quesillo - egg custard (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). The food of Venezuela reflects the people, with wide varieties of foods from all the different cultures. Mother's Day is one of the most important celebrations since the country deeply values mothers and women in general. Christmas and Easter are also a big
Many dishes are made with fish such as trout, red snapper, piranha and shrimp (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Venezuela's national dish is Pabellôn criollo - flank steak, black beans, rice and fried plantains (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Other common foods include; Arepas - fried or baked corn or wheat pancakes, often filled with meat, eggs or cheese; Cachapas - sweet corn pancakes usually filled with cheese; Tequenos - fried dough combined with cheese; Empanadas - cheese-filled pastries; Pan de jámon - long bread filled with ham, olives and raisins (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). “A cooking method that is very common in Venezuela is the criollo plate which is having cuisines emerge with traditional foods of each culture” (Venezuelan cuisine, The Bueno Theme). To go with all this wonderful food typical drinks include; juices made from sugarcane, tamarind, coconut, coconut juice/water drunk straight from the coconut, fruity juices made into milkshakes (batidos), strong beer, chicha-alcohol made from fermenting corn or rice, sancocho-meat and vegetable stew served with arepas and toasted cassava (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Venezuelans enjoy one of their favourite drinks, coffee. They say that their coffee is not like any other (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). They have a wide variety, for example, hot milk black coffee (guayoyo), sweetened coffee (negrito), strong coffee with lots of milk (marron), among other types (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). Of course to finish of a meal there needs to be a dessert. Popular desserts include Majarete - coconut custard and Quesillo - egg custard (Steen,Mary, 2000,pg. 19). The food of Venezuela reflects the people, with wide varieties of foods from all the different cultures. Mother's Day is one of the most important celebrations since the country deeply values mothers and women in general. Christmas and Easter are also a big