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I just ate a whole bag of spinach and a whole tomato. Ask me a question.
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Do all the Puerto Rican's use bacon grease to cook with? lol, my oldest daughter's father is PR and once I tried some of her grandmother's chicken and I think I insulted her by telling her it tasted like bacon! lol! She was like, "VUT?"
Quoting: nah My wife said her mom kept all the rendered animal fat in some jars and not always separated. They'll even cook their plantain for tostones with different leftover animal fat and I've never spit any out. Even eggs cooked in chicken fat are great. Cookin with lard...mmmmm. Many of the older generations do, but there seems to be a gradual drifting away of really cooking at all by the under 40 crowd. It does seem that as they get older, they look back and remember traditional food cooked by their mothers/grandmothers AND then want to cook with a stove instead of a microwave. They try to make it healthier by using cooking oils, but it just doesn't come out the same as cookin with lard. It does seem that Puerto Ricans with more of an indigenous and/or African bloodline cook more lard based traditional island dishes without so much of the Euro (Spanish) influences. My wife is Taino, Spanish and African and never shies away from preparing a good animal fat based dish. We try to keep it at a minimum and mix it with some good olive and peanut oils. So...do all Puerto Ricans cook with animal grease? The older ones that are cooking the best tasting dishes are. My grandmother also kept all bacon and chicken grease in separate jars and used them according to what she was cooking.  My grandmother used to cook with lard all the time, you're right food does taste better that way. My dad tells us horror stories about when they had no money for food, they had to eat spoonfuls of lard. When they came to USA I think she switched to oils but she always had lard to rub on us when we were sick, lol! She used the lard mostly for pastries after coming to USA, but store bought. I'm not sure what PR ethnicity my daughter is, but she has dark skin and natural blonde/light brown hair, I think that side came from Spain but IDK, I wish she would get to know that family better. It's not set in concrete, but many times you can tell someone's predominate genes by the area of the island they're from. Farthest east like maybe Luquillo to Fajardo tends to have more African influences. The San Juan Metropolis areas has a wide mix, but you see the Spanish influences in facial features like thinner noses (up in the air on the women), maybe higher and pointier cheek bones along with the blonde hair you spoke of. Head west and the northern part of the island has a mix of the indigenous Taino and Spanish genes. My wife is from Aguadilla on the far west side of the island. While the Spanish influences are everywhere, you'll see more rounded faces and darker tan brown complexions on people. There are African influences there because of it being another coastal area near the city of Mayaguez, but not as much as the far east areas. The central and more mountainous areas have more indigenous genes as that was were the Tainos fled Spanish oppression. Ponce in the south has (to me) a snooty cow Spanish influence that I stay away from like San Juan when we visit. The southeast is another area that has an indigenous feel, but you never escape the Spanish gene influences. I like the area, but it's a pain in the butt drive from Aguadilla as the drivers are CRAZY no matter what genes they're more influenced by. I really like PR being as I get to see areas and sides of the island that regular tourists miss out on. The town of Aguadilla can look a little intimidating late at night, but when you know many of the people you feel a little safer. Standing in the streets outside of the bars late at night and seeing tourists roll through with eyes wide open is kinda fun. Most are looking for lodging and just don't realize they've gotten off at the wrong exit. If you're ever on the west side of PR, hit up Chanos Chicken. The menu is easy...Pollo y papas...Chicken n Fries. The lines can be long and hot as you're waiting outside...but I've never stood in line as I have a small army of nieces and nephews to pick from to get to stand in line (for a nominal fee of course) for me as I ride back and forth on a bicycle sucking down a couple of local Medalla beers. Oh man...now I've done it. I've went and gotten lost and blabbed n blabbed n blabbed about PR. I can't help it...I love it there.  Wow, you know way more than my daughter! But her dad was always ashamed of his heritage, he even pretends like he can't speak Spanish, which may be genetic because my daughter has taken Spanish for 5 or 6 years, understands it fluently but say's she can't speak it either. My husband speaks more Spanish than both of them combined and it's his 5th language. But she has the Jenifer Lopez looks, with the light hair and defined butt, but not that big, her's is muscular. Her nose isn't that pointy but she has the round face. She is really pretty, looks nothing like me.
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