Food, Drink & Groceries

http://www.today.com/food/its-got-be-crispy-woman-105-says-bacon-key-lon...

A brief NPR radio broadcast:

http://www.openculture.com/2013/04/the_history_of_coffee_and_how_it_tran...

http://www.openculture.com/2012/07/the_vertue_of_the_coffee_drink_london...

Off thread,, but I may never drink another coke. Some things are sacred:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAUDHxDYMMo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0PMq4XGtZ4

want down there sunday..1st time in about a yr..was real impressed..they doubled the size of the port site..and are building a hotel and shopping mall down there..there doing a 1st rate job on it..lots of nice little reasturants to eat..if in mga..u should check it out

The Huffington Post has run several articles on Nicaragua recently. This one on Lent delicacies, mentions iguana, armadillo, and bull's testicles. Not sure whether I'm more surprised at the food or that people observe Lent, and I'm curious as to whether anyone here has eaten any of them. My next question is always, "what does it taste like?"

Demand for the garrobo in particular is so fierce that live animals are brought to markets in large numbers, even though you are not supposed to hunt them during their breeding season from September to April.

I've found that I can drink arabica coffee and have a hot air popcorn popper for roasting it, and ordered an Aeropress and screen mesh filter and a small hand grinder. I'm going to see if I can get local growers to sell me either parchment or cleaned green beans but so far have been playing with the better grade of local market beans (29 to 30 Cordobas a pound, last year's crop). Roasting to something between City Roast and City Roast Plus.

stuff is pretty good.

I'm always suspicious of something touted as a health food, but this actually tastes good, cooks in a standard rice cooker, and has some impressive nutritional numbers. Other than learning to say the name right, it's a no-brainer.

It has a more interesting flavor than rice, and is really good the next day for breakfast with butter, milk, brown sugar, raisins, and a tablespoon of maple syrup. Sits well on my stomach (especially after that Indian food last night).

Does anyone know where to get Barley or Wheat from? Malted or Unmalted is fine...but Malted would be ideal

Gracias

Does anyone know where I might be able to buy fresh kale? Would love organic if possible. I live in Granada. Thanks.

I will be running an Acopio in Casares(a new venture I just started a week ago) as of this Friday,anyone on this forum that lives in the Esteli Area,Granada,Diriamba and Jinotepe that wants FRESH fish,from Red Snapper,Grouper,Mackerel,Jacks,some Flounder at times and Lobsters,please send me a P.M,with your request and I should be able to deliver said fish to You,even with delivery,my fish WILL be cheaper,not to mentioned FRESH,not frozen like the marisquerias offer them.

Eventually I will post a species price list,somewhere. Thanks Felix

While I am food shopping, I have some other items besides nuts/nut butters I want to ask about. These are products that, to the best of my knowledge, are not produced in Nicaragua but I am guessing are available somewhere in Managua.

While I know almonds, sesame and other interesting crops are grown here, I never see them for sale locally. Flax is generally easy to find and sometimes chia but what about the others?

I would like to find good sources for these products -- direct from the producers if possible. For example, I would happily purchase a sack (100 lbs?) of almonds. My guess is that these products are produced primarily for export and that is why we don't see them.

I would also be interested in connections to any berries (strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, ...) that are produced here.

Even before my first trip to Central America I remember reading in the guide books about issues with contaminated food. One typical example was about cut fruit being sold on the street. Another about raw vegetables washed with contaminated water. It made sense and I was careful about this. But, there is another side to the food concerns coin.

My first attempt with cacao beans was roasting some while my friend was visiting and grinding them in the blender, which I had heard wouldn't get them smooth. I made a drink of it that wasn't that far from the various cacao/corn balls for frescos that I'd experimented with once. I didn't get the beans roasted enough, so the color was a trifle purple and the texture was gritty. Tasted of chocolate, but not really what I wanted to do as a steady thing.

All I can find is the salted butter. Anyone know where 1 can find the unsalted stuff?? Preferably in the Managua area. Thanks

I am in Managua and looking for prepared horseradish to accompany a prime rib roast I will be serving for New Year's Eve. Anyone seen it at La Colonia or elsewhere? Thanks in advance!