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Nicaraguan cuisine

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The Cuisine of Nicaragua is as diverse as its inhabitants. It is a mixture of criollo style food and pre-Columbian dishes. When the Spaniards first arrived in Nicaragua they found that the Creole people present had incorporated foods available in the area into their cuisine.[1] Despite the blending and incorporation of pre-Columbian and Spanish influenced cuisine, traditional cuisine changes from the Pacific to the Caribbean coast. While the Pacific coast's main staple revolves around local fruits and corn, the Caribbean coast's cuisine makes use of seafood and the coconut.

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[edit] Main staple

As in many other Latin American countries, corn is a main staple. Corn is used in many of the widely consumed dishes, such as nacatamal, and indio viejo. Corn is not only used in food; it is also an ingredient for drinks such as pinolillo and chicha as well as in sweets and desserts. Nicaraguans do not limit their cuisine to corn, local grown vegetables and fruits have been in use since before the arrival of the Spaniards and their influence on Nicaraguan cuisine. Many of Nicaragua's dishes include fruits and vegetables such as jocote, grosella, mimbro, mango, papaya, tamarind, pipian, banana, avocado, yuca, and herbs such as culantro, oregano and achiote.[1]

[edit] Typical Nicaraguan dishes

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Nicaraguan cuisine makes use of fruits, some of which are only grown in that particular region due to their location. Many fruits are made into drink, such as melon, papaya, guayaba, guanábana, coconut, pina, and pitahaya among others. Pinolillo is very popular among Nicaraguans, as many times they refer to themselves as pinoleros.[2]. Many drinks are also made from grains, and seeds, mixed with milk, water, sugar and ice.[3] Other drinks include:

[edit] Postres (Desserts)

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  1. ^ a b "Try the culinary delights of Nicaragua cuisine". Nicaragua.com. http://www.nicaragua.com/cuisine/. Retrieved on 2006-05-08. 
  2. ^ http://www.juridicas.unam.mx/publica/librev/rev/derhum/cont/44/pr/pr35.pdf
  3. ^ Ellis, Stefanie. "Fritanga: Welcome to Nicaragua.". STLToday. http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/restaurant/story/957B48C2A78B7980862572F20000BA72?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2007-06-07. 

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