That's exactly what I'm saying. They sell the cheese "raw" and then it's candied in sugar syrup in nuggets then served in the syrup. The bags are maybe a gallon with an inch of water in the bottom with cheese that looks like fresh mozzarella. Maybe it's regional since I only saw in Higuey. Maybe three balls of cheese per bag and the bags are inflated. It is very odd indeed. The GF was disappointed I didn't like it.
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i still think peter is mixing queso en hoja in this:
on the photo one can see both queso en hoja (in inflated plastic bags) and chicharron de leche (in plastic jars). now that you mentioned the name of the product i remember seeing it before.
https://omar0505.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/chicharron-de-leche-y-queso-de-hoja/
Ah thanks.. I think they make the chicharron de leche from the hoja cheese... Must be a god awful mess if the bag breaks.
no problemo. i am a big fan of hoja cheese. here on the NC is normally kept in boxes rather than bags. my father in law has a milk business and just recently started making cheeses as well. yummy.
as far as the chicharron the leche goes, i would not touch it with a stick. i dislike milk based deserts served here. naaaasty.
as far as the chicharron the leche goes, i would not touch it with a stick. i dislike milk based deserts served here. naaaasty.
Harina de cassava is sold in many markets in La R.D. and used by many a gringo for such things as thickening soups/stews...
A Culinary Tour - Regional Foods of the Dominican Republic
http://www.dominicancooking.com/9181-a-culinary-tour-of-the-dominican-republic.html
http://www.dominicancooking.com/9181-a-culinary-tour-of-the-dominican-republic.html
One of the kids came back from the river a couple days ago with some crawfish, by the end of the day he had caught around forty by hand. About the same size as you see in New Orleans, five to six inches long. They simply call them camarones, but there is another word for crawfish. I might make a simple trap with two plastic baskets and a funnel made from mesh. I bet he can catch a 100 a night easy. He uses crushed snails to bait them. Twenty is barely enough for one serving.
Left the Old Bay back in the States!
Left the Old Bay back in the States!
Yea when I was a kid there was dozens of lakes Upstate NY that had, what we called crayfish. They usually were blue and normally you would find them by accident because you stepped on them.
Cangreijitos I think they are called.
