Hispanicity week. Day one: Piña Colada & Peas’n Rice

First stop: BahamasGuanahani was the name the natives gave to the island that Christopher Columbus called San Salvador when he arrived at the Americas. Columbus reached the island on 12 October 1492, the first island he sighted and visited in the Americas. Guanahani is one of the islands of the Lucayan Archipelago in the Bahamas. …

La India dormida y un arroz con leche panameño

Flor del Aire se llamaba la princesa india, hija de Urracá, el cacique más fiero que peleó contra los conquistadores en las tierras del Istmo de Panamá. Para su desgracia, se enamoró de uno de los guerreros rostro pálido que trataban de conquistar a su gente. Por ese amor imposible despreció el que le brindaba …

A Sleeping Indian and some rice pudding

Flower of the air was the name of the Indian princess, daughter Urraca, the fiercest chieftain who fought the Spanish conquistadores (conquerors) in the lands of the Isthmus of Panama. Unfortunately for her, she fell in love with one of the warriors who tried to conquer his people. For that impossible love she despised the …

Blast from the Past

The 7 links challenge gave the chance to realize that some of my best posts (modesty aside), are in the old format, it means that they are together on the same post with the Spanish recipe, so many of my English speaking readers might overlooked them.  That’s why today I bring you the first of …

Rice with chicken

This dish is one of the most typical recipes in Panama, I don’t think there’s a Panamanian that hasn't eaten rice with chicken in a party or in any family gathering. If one has to choose the three most popular dishes in Panama the thing would be complicated because the Panamanians have so good appetite …

Arroz con pollo

Este plato forma parte de las recetas más típicas de Panamá, no creo que exista panameño que no haya tomado un buen plato de arroz con pollo en una fiesta o en cualquier reunión familiar o de amigos.  Si hubiese que elegir los tres platos más populares en Panamá la cosa estaría complicada porque los …

Arroz con pato al horno or Rice with roast duck

Finally the rice was a success, everybody loved it and there were not any leftovers! Rice with roast duck   Here's the recipe: 2 duck fillets 6  and 1 / 4 cups boiling water 3  and 1 / 2 cups rice 1 large carrot, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 3 green peppers chopped 3 sticks celery …