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http://www.cnn.com/2010/T...tml?hpt=C2



PEREZ HILTON has finally managed to tick me the fuck off.
No, no no.. Not because of gossip. I don't actually read his gossip columns
mostly cause I have no clue who most of the celebs are that he slaughters.

But because he's stated in the article above that there is no other city
in the USA where you can get delicious, authentic food like in Miami.


This is utter bullshit!


Tampa's Ybor city is at least as bit as Calla Ocho in Miami, and fancier
with one of the most famous cuban restaurants in Florida (The Columbia),
featured in the first Punisher Movie.

I'm sorry, but Tampa holds it's motherfuckin' own when it comes to cuban
food and culture.



Just sayin'


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post a photo of a good cuban dish I can make

ZombieKitten said:

It's big, but here: http://rencooks.files.wor...0_3984.jpg

TheVoid said:

omg! that looks fantastic!

recipe?

ZombieKitten said:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/...06,00.html

Now a lot of 'Ricans that I knew in Tampa actually would soak
the pork in frozen orange juice overnight before cooking it
the next day (though the recipe doesn't absolutely call for it)


The side dishes (yellow rice and blackbeans) I've always
just bought canned or readymix

TheVoid said:

woohoo!

we can only buy those beans dried here so I have to soak them overnight then boil them a few hours

ZombieKitten said:

Cubans actually consider french fries a side dish (a substitute for the beans), or fried plantains (I've never been able to do those right )




The Roast Pork dish is actually very easy to make. It cooks itself practically, and always turns out tasting heavenly. It was the one dish I actually somewhat missed when I went Raw vegan.


There's also a wildly delicious potatoe salad that a friend of mine made, flavored with a bit of bacon (broken into bits) and place in the salad.

TheVoid said:

I want to know how to make that rice and beans I like to eat mainly vegetarianish (bacon and stuff is OK )

TheVoid said:

Oooooo, make you wanna slap yo mama!

That's the hood description of something that looks tantalizing.

TheVoid said:

That's "German Potato Salad."

Perez Hilton Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. has no taste buds

Shyra said:

I love that, the bacon is toasted a bit first

mayo + sour cream dressing with a little seeded mustard

cut up capers and pickled gherkins
sliced green onion

and quartered boiled eggs on top

I'm always making that for BBQs

Well being as he is from Miami..... maybe he has never been to Tampa


http://en.wikipedia.org/w...and_infamy

"Hilton was born in Miami, Florida to parents from Cuba. He says he did not learn to speak English until he went to school."

I make an awesome Cuban Sandwich with the leftovers of my Puerto Rican Lechon (roast pork).

ZombieKitten said:

Gone, girl, with your throwing down! Sounds so good!

TheVoid said:

Chile. Please.

Puerto Sagua, 7th & Collins, not just a restaurant, but a legacy, dude. 'Nuff said

Ottensen said:

Cubans from Miami do ARROZ CON POLLO pretty good, but the ones from Tampabay do it like it oughta should.

You got to be muerto awn it!

I bit too proud of my new animated gifs.

TheVoid said:

Okay, I just nearly peed myself. Thank you.

johnart said:

Honey, you ARE an awesome cuban sandwich.

Shyra said:

I was sooo starving last night when I wrote that

ZombieKitten said:

Yeah, and you made me hungry!

Shyra said:

omg! guess what I am having for breakfast

grilled salmon with a mustard/mayo sauce (that I made ) and some steamed broccoli, cauliflower and green beans in garlic and parsley.

I'm in heaven!!!

(I hate breakfast foods with a passion!!! )

TheVoid said:

I'm going to make this tonight!!!

I'm soaking the beans right now

My friend, Matt - who lives here in Madison - makes THE BEST mojitos. He learned from a bartender in Havana.

How about some good cuban or puerto rican restaurants in Los Angeles? Can anyone help me with that? I went to Versaille and it is nothing like the one in Miami. I wanted to cry when I got my food. I do miss the food there. All of the food actually. It is worth a trip just to eat.

TheVoid said:

I'm a Puerto Rican sandwich.

ZombieKitten said:

That sounds like heaven !!!!

TheVoid said:

Chile, don't you know that Miami IS Cuba!? You know T-Bay can't touch Miami's Picadillo or Carne Asado...and not even the ones in restaurants, I'm talking those mom &pop corner bodegas with those old school cafeteria counters set up in the front, where you know the food has been sitting there for a day and a half...and it's served by the old Cuban lady in her house shoes making little cups of cafecito for her gossipping girlfriends complaining about their sons...hell naw, you can't beat mama made Cuban cooking in Miami unless you hop a boat to Havanna..no way, no how- Those bodegas are on every corner in town in Miami, I say nobody can mess with those old Miami ladies', they got the skillz that will make you slap somebody!