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July 9, 2013 by adaisygarden

My husband & I recently went to south Florida. You can really get some good Latin food there! We went to a supermarket and were amazed at the hot foods available for purchase at very low prices. Here are just a few snapshots I got…

These are Cuban tamales.

Pork rinds. The real thing, not the ones you buy in a bag like chips! These are so good!!

Fried pork chunks! What can I say?!

These are whole picnic pork roasts. Very popular for making Cuban sandwiches and for family get-togethers.

At the cafe, I chose a Venezuelan Arepa. It was so good! It’s made with white cornmeal, and the filling was cheese, avocado, and fried plantains.

My husband chose the traditional Cuban sandwich with fried green plantain chips. It was delicious as well.

We had fun looking at all these different options and eating some, too! I highly recommend any of them!

Happy food tasting,
Daisy 🙂

Posted in Cooking, Photography | Tagged Cooking, Cuban | 11 Comments

11 Responses

on July 9, 2013 at 5:26 pm | Reply The Confluent Kitchen

You can really get some great latin food in LA too, though most of ours is Mexican and Salvadorean. Still fabulous though!
- on July 11, 2013 at 1:02 pm | Reply adaisygarden
  
  I love trying new foods, so that’s why I went with the arepa… I’ve had them and made them many times but never with these particular fillings. It was so good!
  - on July 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm The Confluent Kitchen
    
    I don’t know that I’ve actually had an arepa. A new mission just unfolded for me. 🙂
on July 9, 2013 at 5:45 pm | Reply Jayne

This all looks so good!!!
- on July 11, 2013 at 1:03 pm | Reply adaisygarden
  
  It is!! I can only eat this once in a while because its not really low calorie. 🙂
on July 9, 2013 at 6:33 pm | Reply quilt32

I don’t believe I’ve ever had any of these dishes. They look delicious.
Lillian
- on July 11, 2013 at 1:04 pm | Reply adaisygarden
  
  Wish I could take some to you… You’d love them! 🙂
on July 9, 2013 at 9:53 pm | Reply Debbie

You got me hungry . . .and I just ate! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
- on July 11, 2013 at 1:08 pm | Reply adaisygarden
  
  Haha, it’s fun trying special foods.
on July 10, 2013 at 4:47 pm | Reply Rhonda Sittig

Fun sharing a bit of your trip!! That food looked amazing! Sure would like to have had one of those tamales!
- on July 11, 2013 at 1:12 pm | Reply adaisygarden
  
  They are good! I made some for Christmas Eve dinner last year…they’re not as hard as they seem and they’re delicious, especially when they have pork filling.