Pabellón criollo = heaven on a plate
Es el plato nacional de Venezuela. Consiste de caraotas, arroz blanco, y carne mechada con cebollas y pimientas. A menudo hay plátanos fritos también. Usualmente la carne es carne de vaca, pero a veces es pescado, capibara (chigüiro), o caymán. La iglesia católica dice que la capibara es un pescado, y por eso se puede comerla durante los días cuando no se debe comer carne. Nunca preguntábamos qué tipo de carne usaban los vendedores.
It's the national dish of Venezuela. It consists of black beans, white rice, and shredded meat with onions and peppers. Often there are fried plantains, too. Usually the meat is beef, but sometimes it is fish, capybara, or cayman. The Catholic Church says that capybara is a fish, so you can eat it on the days when you're not supposed to eat meat. We never asked the vendors what kind of meat they used.
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It looks delicious, Kevin but I fear I must stick to my vegetarian meal plan this week.
A capybara sure would be a strange fish!
cayéndome la baba...
