Pavochón–the Puerto Rican Turkey for Thanksgiving
[2024-02-05 04:58:11]
Like many of our rapidly diversified Long Island families, Thanksgiving seems a bit different from the Norman Rockwell version of my house. Since my parents are from Aruba and Puerto Rico, there are often beans and rice, and traditional requirements (呃) sugar pickled yam
If you have them, there may be tortillas (steamed with banana leaves on regular corn meal) and cornbread. There is pork loin, just because there is pork always. Brussels sprouts, Spanish-flavored vinegar, vinegar. There is always a turkey, but it talks to your taste bud with various accents.
Puerto Rico may not be the first place you think on the occasion of a typical Thanksgiving holiday in the USA, but the Caribbean islands have been part of the American since the 1898 Spanish-American war It is getting. Therefore, Thanksgiving has long been celebrated warmly. time
However, the turkeys received some transformations. Everyone who has tried lechón or pernil (baked shoulder meat) is familiar with the exciting mix of oregano and garlic, so the meat becomes juicy and juicy. About twenty years later, entrepreneurs who ordered the order also thought of the idea of exporting turkeys. It worked. Today pavochón (pavo is a Spanish turkey) not only eats at Thanksgiving, but also eats all year round. Therefore, at my Long Island house this year, the turkey America, which is raised on a farm, free-standing and kept locally, will have a distinct Latin flavor. It tastes like a house
Pasteur - In most Puerto Rico houses, productions take place one to two weeks before Thanksgiving. Pasteur is not only prepared for Thanksgiving but also enough to keep it until the New Year. And it makes this process a social gathering where the family takes care of. Pork is the most popular paste for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but some people make "thanks paste" using turkey or dried cranberries. Pavochon - Popular from November to January. In Puerto Rico it is traditional to roast turkey in the form of Lee Hyun (piglet) for Thanksgiving. The word pavochón is a combination of Spanish pavo (Turkish) and lechón. To make this dish real genuine Puerto Rico, the turkey is packed with moofongo plus almonds, raisins, olives, boiled eggs and tomatoes.
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