I'm Cooking Cuban Food Tonight!
 

I'm trying something new tonight - I'm making Ropa Vieja, thanks to some help from Darcie on ingredients! Also yellow saffron rice, a black bean and corn mixture, and fried sweet plantains, plus some fresh pineapple.

Eddie is a little nervous. LOL! We'll see how it turns out in about a half hour.

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Oh... I misread that and thought maybe you were finally able to do to Ricky Ricardo what Fred and Ethel Mertz had always threatened.

Old Clothes?

Re: I'm Cooking Cuban Food Tonight!
 

How about mojitos? ;)

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Sounds awesome! Hope it turns out edible. ;)

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hey folks all are invited...

probably could get a few busloads from here but it is a little too far...

and I am hungry..

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Ropa vieja is very good
I love Cuban food

Rellenos de papa is one of my favorites

also, I know it is not TRUE Cuban but, I love Cuban sandwiches like the ones in Tampa, FL. THEY ARE THE BEST

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that is what the dish is called yes
very good though

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I think it's called that because the meat is shredded like old clothes (rags).

By the way, it was AWESOME!! Eddie ate seconds, so I knew it was good. I'm having leftovers tomorrow. The plantains were sweet, which I was a little worried about - I have a hard time knowing when they're fully ripe. Eddie grew up on these in Liberia, so he loves them fried in a little olive oil and butter.

We ate at a famous Cuban restaurant in Tampa (actually Ybor City) last week. It was called the Columbia and it was amazing. We had some beef dish there that was made from eye of round with a stuffing of some kind of Cuba sausage. I also ate tostones, but Eddie doesn't like those. We had black beans, rice & boiled yuca. Then for dessert - churros with chocolate, caramel and guava sauces. I think I gained like five pounds at that one meal!!

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Oh I forgot - we also have Pina Colada cake (NO ALCOHOL) that is a lot like Tres Leche, only with coconut. Yummmm!

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Are there recipes you might be free to share? I'd love to see what is in these dishes.