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Adams 1
Samantha Adams
Profe. Munoz
Spanish 101
26 November 2022
The Influence of Cultures on Puerto Rican Food
Puerto Rican cuisine is influenced by many civilizations. It is influenced mostly by
Spanish, African, and Indigenous cultures. Many recipes passed down from generation to
generation were from other civilizations as well as their most popular foods today like mofongo,
bacalao, and pasteles. Christopher Columbus and Juan ponce de Leon were some of the reasons
for this mixture of other cultures into their own just by exploring and showing what their home
countries had to offer.
Coriander, papaya, cocoa, nispero, apio, plantains, and yampee are among the indigenous
tastes and components. According to Puerto Rican cuisine, Cocina criolla can be traced back to
the island's Arawak and Taino Indigenous peoples, who thrived on corn, tropical fruit, and
seafood. When Ponce de León and Columbus arrived in 1508, they brought beef, pigs, rice,
wheat, and olive oil with them. Soon after, the Spanish began cultivating sugarcane and
importing African slaves, bringing okra and taro with them. The blending of flavors and
ingredients passed down that was from generation to generation among the island's various