{"id":435,"date":"2018-03-21T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T15:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2011.temp.domains\/~ricomeri\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2018-03-27T14:04:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T19:04:28","slug":"food","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mangotango.blog\/food\/","title":{"rendered":"Food!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A common question is what was the food like? The short answer is….very good! Staples include rice, beans (pinto and lentils), fried plantains, and slaw. In the Dari\u00e9n, commercial agriculture and refrigeration are scarce, so most food was either non-perishable (such as rice and beans), or freshly caught. Fish was abundant and the couple of times we ate meat it was some type of game, such as rabbit or deer. Hiking up Cerro Pirre, we ate rice and beans every day, occasionally with a processed meat on top, like tuna, sardines, or spam. Of course, they have many wonderful fruits in the tropics, including bananas, papayas, mangoes, and pineapple. Yucca root is very good and we had that in Pijibasal. Lemongrass tea is common and, not surprisingly, the coffee is very good.<\/p>\n

Examples of food and meals…<\/p>\n