I'm Cooking Cuban Food Tonight!

[Steve Epley]

I lived in the Miami area for couple of years and my Dad had lived there for over 30 years he loves Cuban food. His favorite resturant is Padrinos we have to go with him every time we go.I don't care for it much.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

I lived in the Miami area for couple of years and my Dad had lived there for over 30 years he loves Cuban food. His favorite resturant is Padrinos we have to go with him every time we go.I don't care for it much.

I will remember that name! I love just about any foreign food that is served over rice.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I will remember that name! I love just about any foreign food that is served over rice.

There 4 or 5 in the South Florida area this man escaped Castro and has had these resturants for years. My Dad who loves Cuban food says they are some of the best in the area. He eats there a couple of times a week. He loves their Lamb shank with rice.

[Steve Epley]

Originally Posted by Sherri

I will remember that name! I love just about any foreign food that is served over rice.

You would love my wife's gumbo-jambalia-red beans & rice-steak & rice-chicken & rice and we ain't Canjun.

[Rhoni]

Originally Posted by Sherri

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.

I make awesome Garbanza Bean Soup. & yellow rice, black beans, and chicken. I'll have to cook for you sometime...that is a Florida thing!

Blessings, Rhoni

[Rhoni]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

There 4 or 5 in the South Florida area this man escaped Castro and has had these resturants for years. My Dad who loves Cuban food says they are some of the best in the area. He eats there a couple of times a week. He loves their Lamb shank with rice.

Nothin' better than a warm cuban sandwich!

[Rhoni]

Originally Posted by Sherri

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!!

Chorizo's cuban sausage! I love Ybor City. Now you went and made me homesick!

[Dedicated Mind]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

So is "Cuban" food any different then any other Caribbean island?

we don't eat black beans in Puerto Rico. I'm not an expert on cuban food but I think the dishes are similar yet distinct. There may be differences among the "afro caribbean" and spanish populations. We for instance do not eat cocunut rice while afro-caribbeans do.

it is refreshing to see Americans explore new cultures. Thumbs up Sherri.

[Steve Epley]

True Jamaican and Haitian food is not the same.

[Sherri]

Originally Posted by Rhoni

I make awesome Garbanza Bean Soup. & yellow rice, black beans, and chicken. I'll have to cook for you sometime...that is a Florida thing!

Blessings, Rhoni

I actually love garbanzo beans! When we were in Costa Rica on missions, our meal one night was garbanzo beans cooked in spices and served over rice. I thought it wouldn't be that great, but the flavor was unbelievable! You didn't even miss the meat.