Eating Rice in DR, or NOT

[the gorgon]

I agree... I still remember Jamaican food when I used to live there, back in the 90's... But now I eat fantastic "Mediterranean/Italian" food, made with local products... Gourmet seafood salad, perfect pastas, and so on...

Of course, Olive oil is not made here... But French bread is made right here in Las Terrenas

I will allow rice about twice a week. No sopita, no "habichuelas rojas/blancas".

On the positive side, I love "arrepitas de yucca" and "batida de lechoza"

i was born in Jamaica, and lived many years there. what is your impression of the food there , relative to the food in the DR, for instance?

 

[AnnaC]

i was born in Jamaica, and lived many years there. what is your impression of the food there , relative to the food in the DR, for instance?

So you are a Jamaican/American living in the DR?

 

[the gorgon]

So you are a Jamaican/American living in the DR?

i guess so..

 

[Squat]

i was born in Jamaica, and lived many years there. what is your impression of the food there , relative to the food in the DR, for instance?

Ackee and Saltfish... Calaloo, roasted breadfruit, Red Stripe, all good

Add some 1982 rub a dub and a spliff...

But then again, I was in my early 20's, and now I am 20 years older

Jamaica has good food & good music, versus DR's bad food & bad music. But life in the DR is much easier for me.

And Saman? province has somehow a feel of Portland Parish (Port Antonio, JA)...

Btw, I am not Errol Flynn

 

[robbie]

Just got onto this thread, IMO, Dominicans rat way too much carbohydrates and starch. I know thats a thing
of the income level, but def not for me.Thats why the girls all have a "pooch" instead of flat tummies. Very typical
of countries which have little money.
So, No, I do not do much rice, and I prefer brown rice.

 

[Lucifer]

White rice rules! It's the food of the gods: Chiri, el Torito, and Lucifer

 

[grumpy]

White rice rules! It's the food of the gods: Chiri, el Torito, and Lucifer

Loving the post at 3:32 am. Doesn't get any more antichrist than that.

 

[the gorgon]

Ackee and Saltfish... Calaloo, roasted breadfruit, Red Stripe, all good

Add some 1982 rub a dub and a spliff...

But then again, I was in my early 20's, and now I am 20 years older

Jamaica has good food & good music, versus DR's bad food & bad music. But life in the DR is much easier for me.

And Saman? province has somehow a feel of Portland Parish (Port Antonio, JA)...

Btw, I am not Errol Flynn

yes, you have lived there; callaloo..

and yes, Samana is a lot like Port Antonio..

 

[oriole100]

The crazy thing adopt rice is it is grown in great quantity in the DR. It would be cheaper to bring it in from the US. Something is wrong with this picture. It should be cheaper here.

 

[the gorgon]

The crazy thing adopt rice is it is grown in great quantity in the DR. It would be cheaper to bring it in from the US. Something is wrong with this picture. It should be cheaper here.

economics is largely about scale. a large rice farm in the DR is a backyard garden in the USA.