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Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast Foodways

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⚠ A DIFFERENT COUNTRY BY EVERY FOOD MEASURE. The two AUTONOMOUS REGIONS of the North and South Caribbean Coast cover a very large share of the national territory with a small share of the population, were never effectively Spanish — the MOSQUITO COAST was a British protectorate and a Miskito kingdom — and were only incorporated in 1894. The people: MISKITU, MAYANGNA, RAMA, ULWA, GARIFUNA, and CREOLE communities speaking NICARAGUA CREOLE ENGLISH. The food: RONDÓN (rundown) — fish, seafood, cassava, plantain, breadfruit and dumplings in coconut milk, cooked down for hours; RICE AND BEANS in coconut milk, not gallo pinto; PATI, the turnover; coconut bread; PANBON/plunkin; WABUL, the mashed plantain and coconut-milk drink; seafood, turtle historically, and river fish. Plus BLUEFIELDS, Pearl Lagoon, Puerto Cabezas and the CORN ISLANDS. ⚠ FILING THIS UNDER "NICARAGUAN CUISINE" WITHOUT SAYING SO WOULD ERASE IT.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Miskitu community documented
  • Mayangna community documented
  • Rama community documented
  • Creoles community documented
  • Garifuna community documented

Languages: Mískito, Mayangna, Rama, Nicaragua Creole English, Garifuna, English, Spanish

What is recorded

  • Nicaragua incorporates the Mosquito Reserve by force; the Caribbean coast is brought under Managua’s authority. documented
  • The Autonomy Statute creates the North and South Atlantic (now Caribbean) Autonomous Regions, recognising Miskitu, Mayangna, Rama, Garifuna and Creole rights. documented
  • The Nicaraguan Caribbean coast was never effectively under Spanish control; the Mosquito Coast functioned as a British protectorate and a Miskito kingdom and was incorporated into Nicaragua in 1894. The two autonomous regions cover a large share of national territory with a small share of population and are home to Miskitu, Mayangna, Rama, Ulwa, Garifuna and Creole English-speaking communities. Rondón, rice and beans in coconut milk, pati and wabul are recorded as distinct from Pacific Nicaraguan foodways rather than as variants of them. documented
  • The Mosquito Coast functions as a British protectorate and a Miskito kingdom, outside Spanish and then Nicaraguan control. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to Caribbean documented

    ⚠ The Mosquito Coast was a British protectorate and a Miskito kingdom, incorporated into Nicaragua only in 1894. Its food is Caribbean.

  • related to Garifuna Across Central America documented
  • related to Jamaican Foodways documented

    Rondón is rundown; pati, coconut bread and the creole English all point the same way.

Recorded as relating to this foodway

  • related to Honduran Foodways documented

    La Mosquitia spans the Honduras-Nicaragua border; the Miskitu are one people across it.

  • related to Miskitu Foodways documented

    ⚠ One people across the Honduras-Nicaragua border. The Mosquito Coast was a British protectorate and a Miskitu kingdom.

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