Fun Facts

• The worlds largest single dish radio is located in puerto rico
• Puerto Rico was discovered by christopher columbus
• More than 70% of the rum sold in the U.S. comes from puerto rico
• Puerto Rico has its own " galapagos island "
• Puerto Rico has over 270 miles of beaches
• Puerto Rico unofficial mascot is a tiny tree frog
• El Yunque is the only tropical rainforest in the only rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System  

Tradition

 The most traditional Puerto Rican dish is asopao, a hearty gumbo made with either chicken or shellish , also they eat homemade cuisine or what they called cocian criolla.

Puerto Rico & America

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Besides the hour time difference and the look of Puerto Rico what shocked us the most was when we saw the McDonalds io just had to take a picture , we also eat plaintain which is very popular in Puerto Rico

Dinner Start around 5:30 opening up the choice of...

Popular Meals

Mofongo is the unofficial king of Puerto Rican cuisine. This is a tasty and filling concoction of mashed plantain, seasonings and a virtually unlimited choice of filling; vegetarian, shrimp, steak, pork, seafood
 
 succulent roast suckling pig of Puerto Rico, also known as lechón
 
 arroz con gandules is the national dish of the island. Pigeon peas with rice has distinctly Caribbean roots, but the 'Rican twist to the dish is its secret sauce, known as sofrito
 
 asopao. This is a homemade classic - a savory soup usually made with chicken and rice


  Fritters, Alcapurrias These include cuchifritos, alcapurrias (a kind of fried turnover), frituras, almojábanas (cheese-flavored rice fritters), bacalaítos (codfish-flavored fritters), and buñuelos (yam fritters)

Cooking tour

 Being that we are visitors the cheif offered us the cooking tour which in formed us of the cooking styles of Puerto ricans.“cocina criolla” which means creole cooking is a cooking stlye is the cuisine created by the European colonists using their traditional recipes coalesced with native Caribbean foods and cooking styles

Hungry!

I'm starving but not for long because were on our way to get some food . i absolutely cant wait to get my hands on some good old fashion island food. Their dishes include chicken, pork, rice , fish, seafood, pigeon peas , plantains , avocado, mangoes, and pumpkins which they call calabaza. As much as there dishes sound familiar they prepare there different and  apply different flavor and spices like sofrito onions, adobo, oregano, garlic , peppers, cilantro , and chilies. They also have a special sauce which they call achiote which is reddish-yellowish oil thats usually spicy and they roast it onto the meats! my mouth is just watering thinking about it

Arrival

FINALLY we made it , and it is beautiful ! the sun is out and its warm. The flight here was quite pleasant and our view is beautiful!