ADSactly Food: Typical Venezuelan Food - I
Hello friends of @adsactly
Before starting, I would like to tell you that throughout Venezuela we can eat typical foods from other countries and other continents, such as pizza, hot dogs, ceviche, enchiladas, roasts, sushi, Chinese, French food. Sure, you save less than before, but there are still restaurants or fast food outlets that can offer attractive offers. Another thing that I would like to tell you, is that America, Venezuela is in the Americas, has native ingredients that give that particular flavor to our dishes. For example we find the chili pepper, coriander, yucca, corn, banana; We also use different spices such as bay leaf, cumin, pepper, garlic, oregano and curry.
Let's start with breakfast. The Venezuelans like to have breakfast in an abundant way, since they believe it is one of the most important meals of the day. In our country we start the day with a good and aromatic hot coffee. It is normal to eat arepas. The arepas are a typical Venezuelan dish that I think everyone already knows and I hope they have the pleasure of tasting someday. They are made with cornmeal, which is poured into water and salt, kneaded and small flattened circles are formed that you then take to the kitchen. When those circles of flour are cooked, you open them and you can fill them with whatever you want; from ham and cheese, meat, chicken, to butter only. Delicious!
There is a typical filling called “parakeet” and it is scrambled egg with onion, tomato, chili pepper and a touch of salt and pepper. The smell of sauteed ingredients is for salivate immediately. You can also fill the arepas with chicken, meat and even fish; These proteins can be seasoned with curry, pepper, garlic, onion, chili and even add a touch of cilantro. Some prefer to make a stew that is left with sauce, others make it drier. In the eastern part of my country, Venezuela, we used to have breakfast with arepa and fried fish. As the east is a marine area, vendors often pass the streets selling the fish of the day. To these fish only salt is added and fried in hot oil. When they are ready, you can add a touch of lemon juice and eat.
We also have breakfast with the usual empanadas. Empanadas are also made from cornmeal. As with the arepa, we pour the flour in water, a touch of salt, but we also add sugar and knead. When the dough is ready, we take a little and lay it on a piece of cloth or a piece of plastic previously greased. There we crush the dough until it is very thin; Then we fill it with whatever we want and close, folding the circle of dough leaving a kind of crescent. We take that half moon so that it does not break and we throw it in a vessel with hot oil. First we let it overgild on one side and then turn to we let her brown on the other. As with the arepa, you fill the empanadas with whatever you want, from cheese, meat, chicken or fish. In the area where I live it is typical to fill them with marine products, such as squid, shrimp, pepitonas, fish, all seasoned with sweet pepper, onion and garlic. The secret of perfect empanadas is in the touch of sugar and how thin you make the dough. I assure you that you will not want to eat only one, but many.
The whole world knows the terrible political, social and economic problem that Venezuela is going through at the moment and for more than 20 years. Our purchasing power and therefore our food has been reduced. Eating was never a problem, until now. Food was essential for the Venezuelan, now it is an option that not everyone can meet. Right now I talk about breakfast, and there may be thousands of people in Venezuela who go to work without breakfast, and even without having a cup of coffee. That is why I wanted to make this post and others, to rescue from oblivion the prosperous way in which we lived, in which we ate well. We did not always have this little Venezuela, there was a time that was prosperous and great. A Venezuela that will return sooner or later.
I hope you enjoyed this post. I remind you that you can vote for @adsactly as a witness and join our server in discord. Until a next smile. ;)
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastronom%C3%ADa_de_Venezuela
https://www.101viajes.com/venezuela/comidas-tipicas-venezuela
Written by: @nancybriti
hahaha I think it was not a good idea to read this publication at this time, 9:50 in the morning, even without breakfast, of course while I wait to cook my arepas. Thank you @nancy for this colorful and succulent post, as you say reminds us of the abundance in which we lived, and where we could taste the variety of dishes that were within our reach. Better times will come, I'm sure of that.
And I hope in God that it will be so, @sweet! Dio must see us and realize that we need a miracle. Greetings. ;)
Hello @adsactly and @nancybriti
Today I received a gift from 5 STEEM
It reaches me for two empanadas.
So this week I will buy them for breakfast.
I will try to ... be identical to the ones you put in the post.
Of course, accompany with coffee in my house.
I promise you that I will think about your publication when I eat them or, better yet, I will read it again.
Thank you for highlighting our typical food.
Stay great!
What a beautiful comment, @mariita52. I appreciate it! I'm sure those empanadas will taste great not only because you had time not to taste empanadas, but because it's almost a gift. I hope that life will give you many opportunities to continue thanking for the gifts life gives you. Greetings.
Hello @nancybriti
Thank you for your sweet response and good wishes.
The same for you.
Bravo for this beautiful and delicious display of our cuisine. I'll look at the bright side if this because it is good to remember all the good things we used to eat.
I don't remember when was the last time that I bought an empanada in the street, coffee shop or restaurant. It's been more than 5 years, I'd say.
Once in a while we prepare them at home, but it can be hard to get good ingredients at hand.
As you said, scarcity is not the problem now, but inflation has made it virtually impossible to buy traditional ingredients for our traditional dishes.
I hope the countries that are receiving tens of thousands of venezuelans and complai about the dozen crimes committed by some assholes and want to blame a whole people for it can appreciate all the good things they are receiving. I hope one day Chile, Argentina, Perú and Brazil will say they owe to Venezuelans the enrichment of their culture, especially their cuisine.
When I was doing this publication, I didn't want to remember what we are living but what we lived before. It's so easy to forget! You and I know that Venezuela was a country home, home, hope for those who came from outside looking to make their dreams come true. We are in reverse, we did "taima"; but you will see, sooner rather than later, we will return to make the hard-working and thriving country that believes that everything is possible and food is not a problem. Thank you for your comment, @hlezama.
Thank you, Nancy for such evocative post. If people can learn the lessons from this crisis we'll be a great country again.
I find it very interesting that your people use cornflour so much and in so many ways I've never heard of. It is also used in Romania in a traditional dish, similar to polenta.
I'm very tempted to try one of the dishes you mention...not for breakfast, though. I only have coffee then... could be good even for lunch, though.
Excellent post, @nancybriti!
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American Indians use corn a lot, they may even consider it sacred. In my country, the jojoto can be used not only to make masses, it can also be eaten in drinks and even eaten alone. We are born consumers of corn. Sure if you consume it, you will love it, @ladyrebecca.
I’ve had many empenadas when I traveled Argentina and this post makes me want to eat them again :D Sooo yummee! Also have to try and eat Arepas :-)
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LOL. I'm sure you'll like them, @soyrosa! You who are a sybarite and traveler, you will love the tropical flavor of some foods. It may not be healthy to eat a lot of carbohydrates, but who put healthy next to divine. Delighted by your comment. Thank you! ;)
It's certainly a delicious post, @nancybriti. As a good Venezuelan, I usually have an abundant breakfast. Arepas are my favorite, and among their fillings are fish and seafood. Watch out! You can not miss a good spicy liquid. Apart from the previous coffee, the Venezuelan breakfast is usually accompanied by a natural fruit juice (orange, papaya or other).
Although there are other countries in America where they make empanadas (like Chile, for example), I think the Venezuelan style is unique and unmistakable. And a good breakfast, especially when you go on a trip or walk to the beach, is made of empanadas.
Watch out for your new posts in this series. Greetings.
That's right, @josemalavem. I forgot the fruit juices. Maybe lack of habit makes memory fail. Hence the importance of these texts: that people read and say they were not always a poor and needy country. To remember is to live and to live is to decree. Let's make that prosperous country come back. Greetings. ;)
@nancybriti, One thing i have to say here and that is, in all these pictures we are seeing the essence of Art and when we see the art essence in the food then it becomes more Delicious and Fulfilling. Stay blessed.
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Sure! Food enters through the eyes. Thank you for commenting, @chireerocks
Welcome.
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MmmmmmMmmmmm The arepa is considered the most important breakfast of the world, thanks for sharing my culture to this amazing community.
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LOL. The arepa is in our DNA. It is part of us. ;)
Excelente artículo, muchos saludos desde Venezuela. Te invito a ver mi contenido
Thank you for commenting, @soymariondo
I believe when I come there, I will eat that meal
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I hope so. You will be fascinated!
Thanks
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