E noi i kekahi Puerto Rican i kā lākou mau meaʻaiʻelima i makemake nui, a ke makemake nei wau e pā iʻelua mau mea kanu. ʻO ka mea kanu. Hikiʻole keʻai ponoʻia ka peʻa liʻiliʻi nui loa, akā i ka wā e hoʻolapalapa aiʻoe (a me keʻano o kāu kukeʻana), eʻikeʻoe i kahi mea hoʻokomo i hoʻohuiʻia i loko o kekahi o nā mea punahele a Puerto Rico. nā pāʻina kaulana . ʻO ka'ōmaʻa'ōmaʻomaʻo he lāʻau hiʻona, maikaʻiʻole i ka maikaʻi (a hiki i ka wā e hoʻolālā ai lākou,ʻoiai),ʻoiai ka ulu o nā mea kanu maikaʻi. Ponoʻoe e hele ma kou ala e haʻalele iā Puerto Rico me kaʻole o ka hōʻailona o ka mea kanu'āina, a me kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole au e'ōlelo iāʻoe e hana pēlā. Akā, e ho'āʻo i kekahi o kēia mau meaʻaiʻono, nā mea a pau i hanaʻia me ka meaʻai maikaʻi.
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Mofongo
ʻO ka papaʻoi loa loa ma ka papa inoaʻo Puerto Rican, aʻo ka mea nui loa iʻikeʻiaʻo "luna aupuniʻole"ʻo ia ka moepongo. Hiki ke hoʻohanaʻia kēia puʻu o ka plantain green and garlic ma keʻano he kīʻahaʻaoʻao a iʻole he mea i komoʻia, ka meaʻai me ka steak, ka moa, kaʻolo, nā huaʻai, ka puaʻa a me nā mea hoʻopihapiha'ē aʻe. Pono, ināʻoe eʻai wale i ka palaoa pono e hele i ka mokupuni, e hanaʻoe i kahi pepeiao.
Ua halaʻole au i ka nui o nā manawa aʻu i hoʻokomo ai me ka leʻaleʻa, akā ke hoʻomanaʻo wau i ka mea nui i loaʻa iaʻu ma Don Tello . A inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻohui i kahi mea, e ho'āʻo i kahi mea nui , i hanaʻia me ka omeainana'ōmaʻomaʻa, ka mea kanu pono, a me ka yucca: Heʻaiʻono nā Vejigante Restaurant ma nā pā hale Luquillo.
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ʻO Tostones
ʻO kaʻaoʻao kīhāpai nui loa e pili ana i kēlā me kēiaʻai, nā mea kelepona he'āpana paʻakiki paʻakīpī o ka manainana'ōmaʻomaʻo i hoʻolakoʻia me ka paʻakai. Hoʻohana mauʻia lākou ma kahi o ka meaʻai a he mea hoʻokani maikaʻi i nā iʻa iʻa. Ma Keala Trapiche , no ka laʻana, hiki iāʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā maka momona me ka hua'ōlelo "saladi" hou a hoʻopiʻiʻoiaiʻo Aguaviva e lawelawe pono iā lākou me ko lākou hōʻailona hōʻailona.
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Amalillos
Me nā tostones, amarillos , aiʻole nā huhū e like me kā lākou e kapaʻia ai,ʻaʻole Puerto Rico wale nō. Akā, ua kaulana lākou maanei, a me ke kumu maikaʻi. ʻO ka meaʻono i nā mea momona, amarillos,ʻo ia hoʻi, "yellows," he nani loa i ka wā i puhiʻia ai a hiki i kaʻaoʻao o nā lauʻeleʻele gula.
Hiki iāʻoe ke loaʻa amarillos nui loa ma Puerto Rico. ʻAiʻia lākou i ka wā o waho o ka pā.
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'Anānitas
Aloha au i ka inoa arañitas ,ʻo ia hoʻi keʻano "nā mīkini liʻiliʻi." Mai hopohopo,ʻaʻohe wiliwila i hoʻopilikiaʻia i ka hanaʻana i kēia meaʻai (ʻaʻole paha,ʻaʻole!). ʻO kapaʻiaʻo Aranitas no ko lākouʻano. Ua komo lākou i ka lālā i hoʻouluʻia me ka'ōniu a hiki i ka paʻakikī. ʻO nā mea kepau i hoʻopūʻia i waho o nā'ōpū paʻu ke hāʻawi iā lākou i ko lākou inoa. Hiki iāʻoe ke nānāʻole i kāu hanaʻana ma luna o kēia mau mea maʻalahi.
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Pastelón
Makemakeʻoe iā lasagna? Ināʻoe e hana, ponoʻoe e ho'āʻo i kahi pastelón, heʻano hoʻohui'āina o ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa Italian. Hanaʻia me nā kumulāʻau maʻamau, nā meaʻono,ʻo ka pāʻina he meaʻono loa i nā meaʻono a me nā mea lewa. Hanaʻia me ka pipiʻai i hoʻokuʻiʻia ma waena o nā lālā o ka mea kanu memele a hoʻokuʻuʻia me ka'ūpulu paʻakikī, heʻoluʻolu ke nānā aku (inā he kaumaha). ʻO ka manawa mua wau i pastelón i La Casita Blanca , kekahi o nā haleʻaina aʻu e makemake nei ma ka mokupuni. Aʻoiaʻiʻo nō ka hana, he meaʻono loa ia.
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Pākē
Ma nāʻano mele Kalikimakaʻo Puerto Ricanʻo Puerto Rican nui loa, ua hanaʻia nā kuʻi me nā mea kanu a me nā yucca (cassava) a ua piha i ka puaʻa a me ka pipi o ka honua,ʻoiai he mauʻano likeʻole ka mea maʻamau. A laila ua kāpiliʻia i ka lau maiʻa a me ka paʻi. Hoʻopiʻi nā papahele no ka hanaʻana a lilo pinepine i kahi hui a iʻole ka hanaʻohana. ʻAʻole hiki iā lākou ke maʻalahi e loaʻa ma ka papa hale meaʻai, akā e mālama i kou mau maka no lākou; Ināʻoe he poʻe male Mexica , makemakeʻoe e hauʻoli i nā pāpale Puerto Rican.