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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
I've for some red beans soaking. When I was in Roatan earlier this month one of the people on out trip was a man from Belize (  , here it comes!!!), and he made traditional Belizean Beans and Rice. I hope mine come out something as awesome as he made.. |
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Originally Posted by GloryDayz
Well here we go.. I made the onions and garlic large enough to pick out (request from family members...), so we shall see...  |
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Originally Posted by Woogieman
Yep, when I lived there, a labroer would make $5 USD a day. They have little roadside puperias that sell small bags of rice and beans, 6 eggs, little cartons of milk, because that's all they can afford on the way home. The poor enclaves are mostly mainlanders that come to Roatan for work (very little economic activity in the mainland). The residents of the isalnd are descendants of African slaves and are VERY proud of their English schooling and churching, and far MUCH better than the hispanic mainlanders. They actually look down on them because they are so destitute, father and brothers will prostitute their young daughters and sisters. It's soul crushing but I've seen it first hand. The Hill Folk live in concrete "foundations" (appears as if it was going to be a neighborhood but construction stopped), which is ok until rainy season. I took some workers home one day into the hills, and those roads are impossible to describe...as are the living conditions.
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Speaking of beans and rice.. One of the people in the AirBNB with us was another instructor from Belize (in b4 the Belize jokes pour in...), and he showed us how to make Belezian beans and rice. Man was it good, I quoted my effort from the "What's for Dinner" tread.
Beans and rice is sooooo simple and SOOOOOO good!