Essay On Rice Pudding

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Rice pudding is a dish that can be found anywhere around the globe but every country, culture, and household has a different version of this delicious treat. This dish is actually very simple and easy for anyone to make. Different cultures around the world would either use rice pudding as a dessert or for dinner. However, it is mainly used as a dessert where rice is a very important staple within their culture.

Traditionally, Nicaraguan food is a mixture of Indigenous, Spanish, and Creole cuisine. The typical staples of an average Nicaraguan includes corn, beans, garlic, and onions. Majority of these ingredients can be found in almost every dish. In fact, corn tortillas are used with almost every meal. Corn is even used as an ingredient …show more content…

Even my family members are apart of the group of typical Americans who binge on treats such as chips and soda. However, this is slightly different in Nicaragua. While I’m sure some people will have the occasional bag of chips or can soda. The ingredients tend to be different. Like the rest of the world, Nicaragua has stores and markets that sell American snacks. Yet, Nicaragua has a lot of street foods. Dishes such as tajadas or quesillo that are either fried or filled with cheese. However, fresco can be found at every street corner. It is possibly the healthiest item out of all the street food. According to Lonely …show more content…

Sadly, stores like Harris Teeter tend to cater to Mexican culture and try to put every Latin American country in the same category or by just saying that they are all the same. For example, it is easy to find Mexican candy in a Walmart but nothing from what is deemed as less important countries. Although, Johana misses eating Nicaraguan food on a daily basis. She fixes this yearn for the traditional food from her country by visiting her family in Nicaragua and the few that live in Honduras every summer. Even sharing the love for her country by teaching her children all about the joys of

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