LETTER E
– breaded (usually a breaded meat)
– Salad. Ensalada Verde – green salad
– Boneless rib steak
– Spaghetti. Here espaguetis is a popular going to the beach food usually served between 2 slices of bread sandwich style.
– Asparagus
– Spinach
LETTER D
– dumpling
– A sweet, like soft fudge, made with milk. Can be served soft in a jar or more solid in a fudge like form.
LETTER C
– Your basic tomato condiment Ketchup.
(Solimán) – A small pear-shaped fruit that is nicely sweet with a crunchy texture and very few seeds. They are a pink to white color sometimes turning bright red when they are over-ripe. They can be eaten fresh or made into juices and jams. You can see vendors along the streets selling these small fruits. Ask for a taste of one.
– Cashew. The interior is the cashew NUT or seed (semillas) called Marañon. The outside of the fruit is made into sweets that are very tasty. There are many different types of this fruit from nice and round to long and flat. You can purchase Cajuil nuts and Cajuil Dulce, the sweet fruits, in many roadside stands and markets.
More detailed information about the cajuil.
– West Indian type pumpkin
– A smaller squid that is tenderer than the larger octopus or pulpo
– shrimp
– Jaiba – Crab. You can find these being sold on the streets and beaches. They are tied into a bundle. Very tasty.
– Sugar cane. Sold by vendors on street corners and just about everywhere. You can buy these natural peeled sticks for munching on. Make sure you keep the bag or have a place to spit the discarded the pulp after you have removed the juice. You can also get the juice squeezed if you desire. Caña street vendor.
– Carnation milk
– Ground Beef
– Cassava. More information on Casabe and Casabe Bread.
– flour made from fresh yuca.
– Pork
– The Barbados cherry is the common cherry here in DR. It grows on a large bushy type shrub or tree. It gets small pink flowers with the fruits being ripe from April to October. The tree produces bright red cherries that are very tart with 3 seeds inside. They are very high in vitamin C. The fruits can be purchased throughout the country. They can be made into a wonderful juice.
– milk mixed with the guanábana fruit
– Barley
– pudding made with cornmeal
– Fried pork skins. One can usually purchase these in the streets carried on the shoulders of street vendors. Topped with a special vinegar sauce or límon these are very greasy, not that good for you. But they are sooo tasty that once you have tried them you won’t be able to resist making the guy stop to sell you a little bit (un chin)
– A hamburger Dominican style.
– Orange/ Orange juice. You can also call this fruit Naranja.
– Passion fruit. This fruit has a tart sweetness that is wonderful made into juice and ice cream. It is also great eating this messy fruit fresh from the skin (easer if eaten with a spoon)
– Goat
– Spicy goat
– Little squash
– Dominican twist to the Chinese dish chow fan. This is a rice dish made with bacon, chicken and/or fried pork skin. Added in are egg, garlic, onions and other ingredients that are different according to the cook. Get the recipe for Chofan.
– Smoked pork chop
– Grilled pork cutlet
– Beef Cutlet
– Skirt Steak. Usually charcoal grilled wit lots of spices.
– Prune (Ciruela Seca-dry prune)
– The water inside a green coconut. Very refreshing. Information about the Cocoero Street Vendor
– Coconut and milk sweetened to make a puddling like desert.
– Cauliflower
– The burnt rice on the bottom of the pan. It is very good to eat (make concón)
– Cream of tartar
– Cream Cheese
