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Honduran Foodways

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Honduras is mountainous, has the longest Caribbean coast in Central America, and its food divides accordingly. The interior and Pacific: BALEADAS — a thick flour tortilla folded over refried red beans, crumbled quesillo and mantequilla crema, and the national everyday food — plus plato típico, carne asada, chismol, tajadas, and the LENCA highlands of Intibucá, Lempira and La Paz. The CARIBBEAN COAST — La Ceiba, Trujillo, the Bay Islands — is a different country: GARIFUNA communities with hudut, tapado, ereba and machuca; coconut in everything; seafood; the English-speaking BAY ISLANDS with baleada-free Caribbean food; and the MISKITO and TAWAHKA of La Mosquitia in Gracias a Dios. ⚠ AND THE BANANA COAST: Tela, La Ceiba and Puerto Cortés were built by United Fruit and Standard Fruit, which is where the term "banana republic" comes from and is a food-system fact before it is a political insult.

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Where in the world

Communities and languages

  • Lenca community documented
  • Garifuna community documented
  • Miskito community documented
  • Bay Islanders community documented

Languages: Spanish, Garifuna, Mískito, Lenca-Honduras, English

What is recorded

  • Honduras has the longest Caribbean coastline in Central America. The baleada is documented as the national everyday food of the interior. The Caribbean coast holds Garifuna communities, the English-speaking Bay Islands, and the Miskito and Tawahka of La Mosquitia, and is recorded as a distinct food system. The phrase "banana republic" was coined by O. Henry in reference to Honduras. documented

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