Cuba is a country that has a cuisine filled with an...

Cuba is a country that has a cuisine filled with an abundance of flavors and influences of the origins of its citizens and people that came by the island over the centuries. Filled with fruit trees and the perfect land for raising animals and growing vegetables, Cuban cuisine is unique and vast. A staple in a Cuban’s diet is, of course, their coffee. Internationally known for the strength and flavor of Cuban coffee it has made its way into many people’s morning routines. Breakfast, or desayuno, isn’t a very ceremonious occasion in Cuba. It’s quite short and to the point, consisting of cafà © con leche (coffee with milk), plain coffee (Cuban coffee), or sometimes a heavy, Spanish-style hot chocolate. The hot drink of†¦show more content†¦Dinner, or comida (although its literal translation means â€Å"meal† it is referred to as the evening meal in Cuba) is a dressy affair in most Cuban homes, regardless of the social status of the family. Ev ery day when the adults return from work and the children from school and playing outside everyone comes home to bathe and dress in fresh clothes for dinner, which is served at 7:00 or 8:00 P.M. Some ladies dress in leisure yet fashionable clothes. In late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries women wore batas, long white linen dresses, usually hand- embroidered with ruffles and lace down to their ankles. The food served for comida was generally lighter than that served for almuerzo, but was nevertheless rather elaborate, consisting of three courses. Cubans living in America nowadays don’t generally distinguish much between dishes appropriate for lunch and dinner. Most have adopted the American custom of having a single large meal in the evening, at which any dish can be served. Meat is very popular in a Cuban’s diet making beef a common main protein in most lunch and dinner dishes. According to â€Å"Havana: Autobiography of a City†, Beef has been popular since ancient times when the crews of the La pinta, La Nina, and La Santa Maria brought jerked beef and live cattle when they landed on the island in 1492. Christopher Columbus said when he arrived to the island â€Å"Cuba-Show MoreRelatedThe Caribbean Country of Haiti1499 Words   |  6 Pages Introduction to Haiti Haiti is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western third of the island of Hispaniola. It is the third largest Caribbean nation with a population of 10.4 million which makes it the most populous full-member state of the Caribbean community. Haiti is also the poorest country in the Americas as measured by the human development index. Haiti is so poor that people used to work as restavecs(unpaid household servant).half of the children in Haiti are unvaccinated.2%of