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    Costa Rican cuisine is known for being mostly mild, with high reliance on fruits and vegetables. Rice and black beans are a staple of most traditional...
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    Costa Rica Costa Rican culture has been heavily influenced by Spanish culture ever since the Spanish colonization of the Americas including the territory...
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    and relatively low corruption. Costa Rican cuisine is a blend of Native American, Spanish, African, and many other cuisine origins. Dishes such as the very...
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    Scotch bonnet (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    pepper Food portal Bajan pepper sauce Caribbean cuisine Cuisine of Jamaica Cuisine of Nigeria Cuisine of Trinidad and Tobago Jamaican jerk spice List...
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    Tostones (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    twice-fried plantain slices commonly found in Latin American cuisine and Caribbean cuisine. Most commonly known as tostones in Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Mexico...
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    Chicharrón (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    It is part of the traditional cuisines of Bolivia, Brazil, Portugal (where it is called torresmo), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic...
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    Enchilada (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020. "Enchilada: Another Costa Rican Paradise". Qué Rica Vida. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022...
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  • Mesoamerican cuisine – (covering Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica and Mexico) has four main staples: maize (many...
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    Fufu (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    foufou /ˈfuˌfu/ foo-foo listen) is a pounded meal found in West African cuisine. It is a Twi word that originates from the Akans in Ghana. The word has...
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    Ceviche (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    and is recognized by UNESCO as an expression of Peruvian traditional cuisine and Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Different versions of ceviche...
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    Cacique Guaro (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    high purity and is the best-selling distilled spirit in Costa Rica. It is known as "Costa Rican liqueur". As it has a neutral taste, guaro can be consumed...
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    Picadillo (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    mushrooms, apples, artichokes, tomatoes, and a layer of seasonings. Costa Rican versions always include the name of the vegetable that represents the...
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    Arepa (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    South America since pre-Columbian times, and notable primarily in the cuisine of Colombia and Venezuela, but also present in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Central...
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    Gallo pinto (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    base, gallo pinto has a long history and is important to Nicaraguan and Costa Rican identities and cultures, just as rice and beans variations are equally...
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    Costa Rican Americans (estadounidenses de origen costarricense) are Americans of at least partial Costa Rican descent. The Costa Rican population in 2018...
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  • Tres leches cake (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    scratch or by using a store-bought mix. Albanian cuisine Latin American cuisine Nicaraguan cuisine Raichlen, Steven (1998). Salud Y Sazon: 200 Recetas...
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    Run down (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    yellow lantern chilli or "chile panameño", an important ingredient in Costa Rican cuisine. It can be served with flour dumplings. On the Colombian isle of...
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  • American cuisine Belizean cuisine Costa Rican cuisine Guatemalan cuisine Honduran cuisine Mesoamerican cuisine Ancient Maya cuisine Nicaraguan cuisine Panamanian...
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    Natillas (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    cornstarch, cinnamon, vanilla, zest, and orange blossom water. Puerto Rican Natilla can be bought all year around in supermarkets and convenient stores...
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    Islands cuisine Canadian cuisine Caymanian cuisine Costa Rican cuisine Cuban cuisine Dominica cuisine Dominican Republic cuisine Greenlandic cuisine Grenadan...
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    Italian Costa Ricans (Italian: italo-costaricani; Spanish: ítalo-costarricenses) are Costa Rican-born citizens who are fully or partially of Italian descent...
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  • Lizano sauce (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    Lizano sauce (Spanish: salsa Lizano) is a Costa Rican condiment developed in 1920 by the Lizano company. It is now a product of Unilever. It is a thin...
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    11 km (7 mi) south-east of Juan Santamaría International Airport. Costa Rican cuisine, called comida típica ("traditional food"), is generally not spicy...
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  • bicentennial of Costa Rican independence. Four private banks, the Banco Anglo–Costarricense, the Banco Comercial de Costa Rica, the Banco de Costa Rica and the...
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    Churchill (snow cone) (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    de gastronomía costarricense [Between the griddle and the pot: fundamentals of Costa Rican gastronomy]. EUNED. p. 177. ISBN 9968-31-128-6. v t e v t e...
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    the State of Costa Rica within the United Provinces of Central America (a blue and white striped United Provinces flag, with the Costa Rican State Seal...
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    Pico de gallo (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    salsa cruda ('raw sauce'), is a type of salsa commonly used in Mexican cuisine. It is traditionally made from chopped tomato, onion, and serrano peppers...
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    Fried cheese (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    also found in Italian cuisine. Fried cheese was a popular dish in Cairo during the Middle Ages, and remained a part of the cuisine under Ottoman rule. Since...
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    Palmito cheese (category Costa Rican cuisine)
    "Queso Palmito: originalmente costarricense" [Palmito Cheese: Originally Costa Rican]. Tecnología Láctea Latinoamericana (in Spanish). 68: 42–49. Retrieved...
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    The Costa Rican Civil War took place from 12 March to 24 April 1948 (44 days). The conflict followed the presidential elections of 8 February 1948, in...
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