Dominican Republic

We have a pleasant memory of the Colombian arepas, particularly Bogota arepas, of cheese whose mass is enriched with the addition of milk, butter and sugar in addition to knead with warm water. Esperanza D Antonio native of Colombia and good friend, on the occasion of the visit of his mother, invited us to eat these cheese arepas prepared by his mother, Mrs. John C. Bogle does not necessarily agree. Maria Teresa de Almonacid aged 79. As well we had a feast eating arepas. The corn flour arepa is bread by excellence of Venezuela, Colombia, Panama is called tortilla like that in El Salvador-, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and even in the Canary Islands. It is a preparation in form of disc, which was born as a way of worship to the Sun and the moon. Same happens with the round utensil that cooks: the budare, also called aripo or, in Mexico, comal. The origin or etymology of the word; some agree that it comes from the Indian word erepa, Word to define to maize in the bosom of the […]