While I think of it I am trying to find a cheap used copy in the English version of a Cuban cookbook called Cocina Criolla by Nitza Villapol. I may have to settle for a Spanish version of the book, since they seem to be cheaper and more readily available. I keep hoping to find a cheap one at a garage sale, but so far no luck.
If anyone on this thread has one, perhaps you would share some of the recipes with us! Cubans use a lot of rice and beans beautifully and really know how to cook cheaper cuts of meat well too, so the recipes would be beneficial to all of us who are cooking frugal menus these days.
I know I promised a couple of weeks ago to post some cuban dishes but I only found my Cuban Black Beans and Rice recipe on my home computer.
I’m glad you reminded me, I will have to ask my wife to look in my cooking file at home when I call her tonight. I have a fruit juice-based Chicken and Rice recipe that is to die for (Well, I like it...LOL!). You mix lemon, orange and lime and grapefruit juice to approximate the taste of some oranges that grow in Cuba (sour orange) Then, mix in a boat load of garlic and let the marinade steep for a couple of hours
It’s great! I’ll have to find it.