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To: SAJ

A+++ yum, what kind is it??


36 posted on 12/17/2012 7:10:37 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Well, luv, as I'm living in Panama, I suppose it must be sancocho, the traditional Panamanian chicken soup.

Do please make it with potatoes, not yucca... and, to compensate for the usual blandness of Panameno fare, add a good bit of sage and a dash (per pot) of hot sauce.

I've never figured out how Latin America gets the reputation for very spicy food. Sure, some Mexican cuisine is highly spiced, as are some Caribbean dishes, but traditional dishes (called tipico, btw) are extraordinarily bland to US tastes. There's even a joke about this.

"What does Columbian food taste like? Like Panamanian food, but not so highly spiced. < / rimshot>". Ah, well...that's why things like culantro and achiote exist, I suppose; to allow correction of this defect.

;^)

43 posted on 12/17/2012 7:20:53 AM PST by SAJ (What is the next tagline some overweening mod will censor?)
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