Plantain

A tremble would overcome my system as soon as I would smell rice and beans, oxtails, or even fried plantain with steamed cabbage. I loved my Dominican cuisine, but stepping out of my house, I was not limited to the other cuisines near me. I would go to Wall Street just to let my curious taste explore the many different scents around me. The Halal truck…

salad (Macedoine of potatoes, carrots, peas, boiled egg with mayonnaise), fresh green salad, sweets such as caramels, biscuits or cakes and last but not least my favorite dish pasteles en hojas which is a traditional Dominican savory cake wrapped in plantain leaves, that is made out of tropical root vegetables. My mom used to let me help in the preparation of this Christmas supper. Since I was the oldest female out of my cousins, she allowed me to prepare the fruit trays,…

A bit of imagination, music, movies, novels and live entertainment can all have the same topic: marine creatures. In fact, when you hear some relaxation music themed around whale songs, that you read a novel titled Moby Dick, which is a legendary white sperm whale or even some facts about the blue whale, being the largest mammal on Earth, it is easy to think of whales. The confusion comes when the term whale is part of a sea creature's name. You see, when people talk about sharks, their mind is…

Today’s society consist of many diverse populations. Our nation is full of people from all sorts of ethnic backgrounds. The government conducts a survey of the census and provides information regarding the diversity of the nation. However, some individuals are lumped into a category and their culture is misrepresented. How would you feel about being called an African American when you are Jamaican? Would you lose some form of identity? Let us begin by exploring an assessment conducted on…

7:00 am- I open my eyes and a thin beam of early-morning light shines into by enormous bedroom. A breeze blows the drapes on my bay window revealing the sun still low in the sky, which cast feeble shadows about the room, decorated with exotic souvenirs and artifacts from my adventures all over the world. I step out the door to a deck with a huge, sparkling pool and a trail leading back towards the rocky cliff overlooking the ocean. I follow the trail out to the cliff and study the tropical,…

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My two sides American and Honduran People thing is a very unique experience being in born in the USA and having a Hispania or Latino background. In a ways is very unique having two different background; I get to learn two different language English and Spanish. I get to know my American culture and my Honduran culture. It is not always easy being Hispanic American. A good reason being born in the United States is that I have more opportunities here. The downside is that I did not get to grow up…

I remember the day when my mother dropped me off at the front door of my pre-school class- the welcoming teachers who were extra tender, the vibrant wall decorations, and the clueless children who were dominantly from Mexican heritage, but the image that strikes me most is of me hugging my Guatemalan mother’s leg, telling me “Todo ba estar bien mijio.”(“everything will be fine, son.” “Ba” is informal spanish for “va”) In Thompson's web article “Five Reasons Why People Code Switch”, He…

volcanoes, mountain ranges, valleys and plains. La sierra is also referred to as the Andean Highlands Region. The la oriente is the Amazon region. These three parts of Ecuador make up big part of Ecuador’s geography. Bananas, flowers, cacao, rice, and plantains are all grown in Ecuador. These crops are involved…

Salted codfish, also known as saltfish is a “fresh, meaty white fish” that has been salt-cured and dried to be preserved for longer storage for later eating (The Spruce 2017). The drying of food is one of the world’s oldest preservation techniques, and dried fish can last several years in storage. Additionally, the method of salting the fish is said to make it tastier. There are many types of fish that can be salted and dried, such as snapper, pollack, and shark; however, salted codfish’ has…