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Costa Rica Animals and Foods?

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can you name some in there native language?

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  1. lomito pimiento, lengua en salsa de tomate, ceviche, arroz con pollo

    i loved these foods when i ate there


  2. salsa lizano...yummy rich barbeque sauce.

    mango

    guineo (banana) banano?

    papaya

    carambolla (star fruit)

    granadilla (pasion fruit)

    arroz cantones (chinese rice)

    gallo pinto (rice and beans

    farmers soup (can't remembe in spanish) but has beans with the brown water for the broth..hard boiled eggs, maybe some onion, and rice with tortilla on the side.

    the tortillas can be HUGE (thick and large)

    queque tres leches....three layer cake.

    victoria...the premium beer

    imperial....the cheep beer

    gin....is actually ginger ale.....popular down there.

    chayote (squash)

    aguacate (avocado)

    everything down there has rice (arroz) as part of the dish

    tamal (tamales) for christmas have chicken and veggies in them

    IMHO, costa ricans do not like veggies all that much tho

    some of these names might be el salvadoran.....just get them mixed up.

    as for the animals

    mono blanco (white howler monkeys

    lara (maccaw)  the scarlet maccaws are famous in costa rica

    mariposas (butterflies are everywhere)

    tucanes (tucans)

    amigo de hombre (a yellow brested bird about the size of a finch)

    quetzal.....elusive but beautiful

    tortugas....the razor back kind, and thre green kind.

    alacranes, arañas, cucarachas (grandes) y chicotes are there

    ....scorpions, spiders cochroaches and something called a chicote that likes to eat the corn crop up.

  3. Mono (monkey), pisote(native animal in raccoon family) , tucan, lapas(macaw), sopolote(buzzard), boa,

    Lizano(veg salsa), trenza(stuffed bread), borachos(cookies with liquor flavored jelly), chuleta(pork chop), yucca, pinto(black/red beans and rice national dish), banano,

    mamon chino(small grape like fruit with spiky skin) , chicharron(pork skins), civiche(fish cooked by lime juice), picaritas(corn chips like fritos), pargo(red snapper)

  4. hmmm.

    i was just there.

    but i totally forgot how to say it in their language.

  5. gusta no im just making things up

  6. These are some of their favorite dishes: Alfajores, Cachos, Churros, Dulce de leche and Casado.

  7. gallo pinto, empanadas, jocotes, nisperos, are some foods.

  8. gallo pinto, chorreadas, flor de itabo con huevo, mamones, sapallos, tacaco, miel de chiverre, charascuasa...........so many more

  9. Hi!

    Food:

    gallo pinto con natilla, plàtanos fritos, tamales, empanadas, olla de carne, sopa de frijoles, arroz con pollo, ceviche, arroz con leche, cajetas...

    Animales: venados, puma, tapir, chancho de monte, tigrillos, monos tití, monos carablanca, monos congo...

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