Panamanian christmas traditions

Conclusion

Students will be able to recognize all the Panamanian food.

Panamanian cuisine is a mix of African, Spanish, and Native American techniques, dishes, and ingredients, reflecting its diverse population.

Since Panama is a land bridge between two continents, it has a large variety of tropical fruits, vegetables, and herbs that are used in native cooking. Typical Panamanian foods are mildly flavored, without the pungency of some of Panama's Latin American and Caribbean neighbors. Common ingredients are maize, rice, wheat flour, plantains, yuca (cassava), beef, chicken, pork, and seafood. The corn-based tortilla de Maiz viejo.

Corn-based dishes come from the kernel, cooked in water and then ground in order to obtain a dough (as opposed to using corn flour to obtain the dough). Fresh corn is also used in some dishes. Due to the multicultural background of the Panamanians, many of its dishes are heavily influenced by the cuisine of other Latin American countries and also the Caribbean as well as European. Some of the main specialties are

¥ Tortillas: These can be around ten to twelve inches in diameter (these are always cooked on a griddle), or smaller, around four inches (most of the time these are fried).

¥ Bollos: corn dough wrapped in corn husk or plantain leaves and boiled. There are two main varieties: fresh corn bollos (bollos de maíz nuevo) and dry corn bollos. The dry corn type is sometimes flavored with butter, corn, or stuffed with beef, which is called bollo "preñado" (lit. "pregnant bollo").

¥ Torrejitas (Pastelitos) de maíz: A fresh corn fritter.

¥ Tortilla Changa: A thick tortilla made out of fresh corn.

¥ Almojábanos: "S" shaped corn fritters.

¥ Empanadas: Made either from flour or corn, and stuffed with meats, cheese, and sometimes sweet fillings, such as fruit marmalade or manjar blanco (dulce de leche).

¥ Hojaldres/Hojaldras: A type of fry-bread, similar to South American countries, known in other countries as "blach tostones".

¥ Carimañola: Similar to an empanada, but made from yuca and stuffed with beef.

¥ Arroz con camarones y coco: Rice with shrimp and coconut milk.

¥ Arroz verde

¥ Arroz con puerco y vegetales

¥ Arroz con chorizo y ajíes dulces

¥ Arroz con pollo

¥ Sancocho

¥ Carne Entomatada

¥ Mondongo a la culona: Stewed beef tripe.

¥ Salpicón de carne

¥ Lengua guisada: Stewed beef tongue.

¥ Bistec picado: Chopped beefsteak.

¥ Pernil de pueco al horno: Roasted pork leg.

¥ Chorizo con vegetales

¥ Chuletas en salsa de piña

¥ Bistec de hígado: Liver steak.

¥ Ropa vieja

¥ Ceviche: Commonly made from corvina.

¥ Fried fish

¥ Ensalada de papas: Potato salad, called ensalada de feria, when beetroot is added.

¥ Tamales

¥ Tamal de olla

¥ Plátano en tentacion: Ripe plantain cooked in a sweet syrup.

¥ Tasajo- Dried, sometimes smoked meat, usually from beef though the word refers mainly to the mode of curing rather than the type of meat. Panamanian sweets.

¥ Bocado de la reina

¥ Cabanga

¥ Huevitos de leche

¥ Manjar or manjar blanco

¥ Cocadas

¥ Mazamorra or pesada de nance

¥ Tres leches

¥ Sopa borracha

¥ Mamallena Others: suspiros, bocadillo, dulce de papaya, dulce de grosella, queque, gollería (sweetened plantain fritter). Drinks

¥ Chicha

¥ Chicheme

¥ Resbaladera

¥ Ron ponche

¥ malteada (malted eskimo-like milkshake without ice cream)

¥ Sorrel (Sorrel is a drink containing sorrel sepals, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, sugar, water, and a splash of rum)

¥ Fresh fruit juices (licuados or jugos naturales): pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, orange, tree tomato, etc. are prepared by blending fresh fruit and straining; typically heavily sweetened and optionally with condensed milk added.

All the panamanian delicious food.