Dr.Valoy Dominican Cuisine

    The Omnivore’s Dilemma states that part of the modern American’s problem with food is that we have lost our “food traditions”(4). In my opinion, that's not true. There are many cultures, including mine, that can affect what you eat.

               In Dominican culture, many cuisines are made up of a combination of Spanish, indigenous Taíno and African influences. In this culture, there are many traditional foods that I eat. For instance, there is a traditional breakfast that Dominicans eat. This cuisine consists of  mongú, fried eggs, fried salami, and fried cheese. Sometimes, you can have avocado with this dish, as well. Mongú is basically mashed plantains. There is another dish that can be eaten as a snack and it is pastelitos. This dish is folded up fried dough filled with ground beef, chicken, or cheese. Lastly, there is a dessert that I really like and it is Flan. This dessert is like a spongecake covered in melted sugar. The melted sugar is like caramel. That's some food that's in Dominican culture and that I eat.

 This is mongú with fried eggs, fried salami and fried cheese.


 

 These are pastelitos.

This is Flan.

                    There are many types of food that I eat now. When I said that in Dominican culture, the traditional breakfast is mongú, fried eggs, fried salami, and fried cheese, I would eat this for breakfast, but mostly for dinner. Usually on the weekends, for breakfast I have pancakes. On weekdays, for dinner, I usually have rice with beans and stewed chicken. Those are some dishes that I eat that are part of my culture and some dishes that aren't part of my culture.

    

As you know, these are pancakes.

            

This is rice with beans and stewed chicken.

                   Other people may think Modern Americans don't have strong food traditions. That's not true because in some cultures, people can't eat pork. this shows that people do have strong food traditions. Therefore, Modern Americans do have strong food traditions because some traditions affect what you can eat.

                    In conclusion, Modern Americans do have strong food traditions. In Dominican culture, there is a traditional breakfast that they eat. There are some dishes that I eat that is part of my culture and I eat some dishes that are not part of my culture. It's good to try different foods from different cultures.