The culinary world of Panama

The culinary world of Panama


7 October 2017 | Saturday

As you know, Panama is located in the intersection of all roads of the world. This state owns the Panama Canal. Due to the difficult past, including that associated with various wars, conflicts and geopolitical confrontation, home-made food, culinary traditions and farming borrowed features from many cultures. Here, in the kitchen, you can notice the Spanish influence, the influence of the North and South Americas, the indigenous tribes of the Indians left their imprint.

Local people love dishes from meat and fish. So, guests of the country can be recommended to try chicken soup, as well as soup with rice and seafood. Sea bass marinated in spices, chicken with vegetables, a bun with rice in bijao leaves, a variety of snacks from raw fish, including ceviche, a dish popular also in many other countries of South America, marinated pork, baked a fish are popular in Panama.

Local people like drinks of local origin from fruits that farms produce. A special place is occupied by juice from green coconut, cocktails from tropical fruits, and also seco from sugar cane.

Here a typical home breakfast of the average family consists of corn tortillas, fried yucca and meat. For lunch, the locals usually eat meat dishes with rice and other side dishes. Local residents have a healthy habit: for dinner, they eat only fish and seafood.

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