1. DARBY DODDS
PUERTO RICO !!

2. FOOD IMPORTS/EXPORTS
IMPORT : $40.8 billion
Tobacco, Chocolate, Fish
EXPORT : $61.7 billion
Bananas, Coconuts, Rum, Canned Tuna, Beverage Concentrates

3. IMPORT
EXPORT S T A

4. COMMON DISHES * TRADITIONAL DISH
- Hearty gumbo made w/ either chicken or
shellfish (Asopao)

5. COMMON DISHES * APPETIZER & SOUP
- Soup: Chicken soup w/ rice ( sopon de pollo con arroz)
- Appetizer: Crescent shaped turnovers filled w/ lobster, crab, conch, or beef (Empanadas)

6. COMMON DISHES * DESSERTS
- Some form of custard or sweet potato balls w/ coconut, cloves, and cinnamon
- Classic is coconut bread pudding
- Preserve and jellies

7. COMMON DISHES * MAIN DISHES
- Puerto Rican beef stew (Carne guisada puertorriquena)
- Staple of many Puerto Rican dinners (Meat pies)
- Fried beef steak with onions
- Veal
- Calf brains, calf kidneys, stuffed beef tongue
- Barbecued pig (Lechon asado) : Festive Island Dish

8. COMMON DISHES
* DRINKS
- Strong, black, aromatic Puerto Rican coffee (finishing meals)
- Entirely proper to order a cold beer before looking at the menu
- National Drink : Rum

9. MAJOR COOKING UTENSILS
*Wooden Mortar
-used to grind, mash, or crush herbs, ingredients, and seasonings
* Coffee Maker
* Coffee Strainer
* Achiotera
-a container used to store annatto oil with its seeds
* Authentic cast
-pots and pans

10. MAJOR COOKING UTENSILS
* Filling Tostonera
-used for making filled tostones with meat, chicken, or shrimp
* Tostonera
-used for making tostones
* Puerto Rican paper for pastels

11. TRADITIONAL/ RELIGIOUS FOOD CUSTOMS
* CHRISTMAS
- Christmas Eve (Noche buena)
~ Family and friends get together for festivities and traditional foods of lechon asado & pasteles

12. TRADITIONAL/ RELIGIOUS FOOD CUSTOMS
* CHRISTMAS
- New Years Eve (Despedida de Ano)
~Some people eat one grape at every chime for good luck

13. TRADITIONAL/ RELIGIOUS FOOD CUSTOMS
* TRADITIONAL HOLIDAY FOODS
- Main Dish: roast pork served along with arroz con gandules, platanos and pastels
- Beverage: Conquito ( made using coconut milk and rum)

14. TRADITIONAL/ RELIGIOUS FOOD CUSTOMS
- Dessert:
1. rice cooked w/ spices, sugar, milk, and coconut milk (Arroz con dulce )
2. custard made w/ cornstarch, sugar, and coconut milk (Trembleque)

15. POPULAR DISHES * APPETIZERS - Stuffed yuca fritters (Alcapurrias)
- Deep fried salt cod (Bacalaitos)
- Green bananas with spicy sauce (Guineitos verdes en salsa aji-li-mojili)
- Stuffed pastries (Pastelillos)
- Fried plantains (Tostones)

16. POPULAR DISHES * SOUPS - Chicken stew (Asopao de pollo)
- Chicken soup with rice (Sopon de pollo con arroz)
- Root vegetable stew (Sancocho)
* SALAD
- Shredded salt cod w/ capers and olives (Ensalada de bacalao)

17. POPULAR DISHES * DESSERTS - Coconut pie (Pastel de coco)
- Coconut pudding (Tembleque)
- Carmel custard (Flan de leche)
- Latin rice pudding (Arroz con dulce)
- Lime pie (Pastel de limon verde)

18. POPULAR DISHES * BEVERAGES - Coffee with milk (Cafe-con-leche)
- Beer (Cerveza)
- Fruit shakes (Batidos)
- Rum (Sugarcan liquor)

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20. WORKS CITED Import/export : http://www.topuertorico.org/economy.shtml
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