Cuban Cuisine & Cookery
Larry acting as volunteer sous chef 🧄 Hello again, Blogonauts! On today's Jaunticles menu, let's trace some of my experiences dining in Cuba. (Since we were on a licensed tour, our group ate meals that most Cubans simply cannot afford. So with that in mind, take these comments and photos with a proverbial (or perhaps literal) grain of salt.) We ate extremely well all along our travels in Cuba. Our 9-day tour covered the cost of all but a couple of meals. The portions were simply enormous, and to my surprise, they also included 2 or 3 drinks per meal. (In addition, we were often offered additional drinks during our daily tour stops.) Coconut & Rum concoction Our drinks were usually fortified with " Vitamin-R ," aka, rum, rum, & more rum. Honestly, I've never done so much day-drinking in my life. Breakfast in our casas particulares (private home bed-&-breakfasts) were usually similar to one another. (My guess is that the tour company set the standa...