I don’t think I’ve made a post on here about food, so here goes! 😃

I’ll go first…I just love eating uncooked pasta. It has such a satisfying crunch and the tomato pasta and wholewheat pasta are my faves! This has been a habit that I’ve had ever since I’ve had teeth and people are always surprised that I haven’t damaged my teeth doing this. I enjoy pasta cooked too!

  • @[email protected]
    17•1 month ago

    That’s a very popular drink here in the Dominican Republic, probably in Puerto Rico and Cuba too, you have to know the trick so the milk and orange juice mix well tho. It’s called “morir soñando” (which means “to die dreaming” in Spanish) look it up if you feel like to.

      • @[email protected]
        1•1 month ago

        I honestly don’t know since I’ve never done it myself, would have to ask my mom or something.

          • @[email protected]English
            6•1 month ago

            Not OP, but I was curious about it, so I watched a video tutorial (in Spanish).

            Basically, you prepare a mixture of evaporated milk, condensed milk and regular milk with some ice and vanilla extract, and in another bowl just orange juice with ice.

            The secret is that both liquids need to be cold so they get mixed properly. She didn’t mention what temperature was necessary, just that 20 minutes in the cold did the trick.

    • @[email protected]
      5•1 month ago

      Yeah, it’s pretty good, especially in the summer time.

      On topic for the thread, the way I make it has pretty much always gotten a “WTF are you trying to feed me?” look from Dominicans. Okay, more of an “Ay dios mío, este muchacho” eye roll and a “¿Qué es este menjunje que tu tá inventando allí?” from them, if I’m being honest. For the ones I’ve gotten to actually try it, though, they all agree it’s pretty good.

      I have the usual mix of milk and orange juice, add in some sweetened, condensed milk, vanilla extract, and then I add jam/preserves instead of just sugar. I’m partial to cherry preserves, but if chinola jam were a thing I could get here, I’d probably just stick with that. Toss it in a blender with some flaked ice, and 30 seconds later, you’re that much closer to developing diabetes. Depending on the sort of night I’m having, I might toss in some spiced rum, too.