NICARAGUA

Food

• Breakfast eaten around  6 or 7 am

• People in rural arias eat even earlier than that during busy seasons (harvest)

• Lunch around noon - 2pm

• Dinner around 7 - 9pm

• Sometimes the spoons are made from sections of a dried gourd shell

• Mostly just use tortilla without a spoon

• Lots or rice and beans (gallo pinto)

• Tortilla with every meal

• Fast food is not common

• Fritanga (streat food) generally consists of rice and beans (gallo pinto), pork, chicken, meat, cassava, and plantain all grilled together and served with fruit juice.