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Central America includes the diverse lands of Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama. There is a delicious range of food and drinks that are popular in these countries. Let’s take a little journey together.
Guatemala
If you were to wake up in Guatemala, you would enjoy a simple breakfast, typically tortillas, eggs, beans and plantains. Also, there are delicious fruits including bananas, papaya, mangoes and avocado. Guatemalans also grow coffee, which is known for it’s rich taste.
For the remainder of the day, you could enjoy tamales, nachos, and enchiladas. Chiles rellenos is a meal where peppers are stuffed with rice, meat, cheese and vegetables.
If you were to order a roast chicken at a restaurant, you may find that the feet are still attached. They also enjoy eating caldos (meat stews) and sopas (soups).
For dessert Guatemalans love creamy flan and Tres Leches Cake, which is a cake soaked in three kinds of milk.
El Salvador
El Salvador food is quite distinctive from the others lands of Central America. They serve platanos fritos (fried plantains), huevos picados (eggs scrambled with vegetables) and cheeses for breakfast with local fruit.
Since El Salvador borders the sea, seafood is very popular. They also enjoy thick corn tortillas which are stuffed with meat, cheese and squash. Empanadas are pastries made of flour and filled with meat and potatoes with cheese. A popular soup is Sopa de Pata, made with corn, plantains, and meat. A favorite is tamales which are made from corn dough and filled with meat or sweet corn.
A snack may include pacalla which are palm flowers breaded in cornmeal and fried. Curtido is much like sauerkraut, made with cabbage, carrots and other vegetables mixed with vinegar and spices.
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