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Category: Cuban Recipes

Ropa Vieja, Cuba’s National Dish

Ropa Vieja, Cuba’s National Dish

A great stew is served up with a wonderful story about its origins. This is one of my favorite kinds of recipes.  There’s a story attached to it that’s as interesting as the stew itself.  Cuba’s national dish translates to “Old Clothes”– about as unappetizing…

Spicy Pork Stew or What do I do with all that leftover Pernil?

Spicy Pork Stew or What do I do with all that leftover Pernil?

      I had a sizeable piece of Ingrid Hoffman’s delicious Cuban Pernil, which of course I had to cook in order to post. I also had, in abundance, the great-tasting Pigeon Peas and Rice I made as a side.  I could hardly get…

Two hams gone wrong…and two recipes that could have saved them…Cuban Pernil and Pigeon Peas and RIce

                        Ingrid Hoffman’s Recipe for Cuban Pernil uses a Fresh Ham as its start off point.          Much to my absolute horror, my dear friend, Ann Legette in Greensboro, NC, sent me the following…