I’m originally from Costa Rica, but lived in both the US and Canada
The US has always had a major xenophobia problem, even in progressive areas and even before Trump. I grew up in a red area of a blue state before moving to the city. My experience growing up was horrible. Cops are relentless and will try to fabricate evidence to ruin your life if you’re Hispanic. There’s no nuance. Everyone called me Puerto Rican or Mexican by default, even friends.
Canada is different, Costa Rica has a much stronger presence here and people are much more aware of it (though I’ve yet to actually meet any other Costa Ricans). My experience as a latina has been better by comparison, though unfortunately it’s because a lot of the racism and xenophobia gets directed at South Asian people instead. Not to say Canada is perfect (and obviously it varies by area), but Canadians are generally just more pleasant to be around.
Biggest pet peeve is when people think texmex is traditional Hispanic food. Fuck off with that hard shell BS
Yep, well before the American taco was a thing (aka the taco emoji 🌮). It’s going to overlap with Mexico a bit because they’re next to each other, but it’s hardly indicative of the vast majority of Latin America
Traditional street food varies by country. Traditional dishes are more along the lines of rice and beans, soups, platters, grilled meat, and so on. It’s a very diverse part of the world
I noticed that. They all have empanadas, but they’re different in each county. Also ceviche is slightly different everywhere.
I loved gallo pinto for breakfast when I was visiting Costa Rica, shame I’m too lazy to make it at home really.
I’m originally from Costa Rica, but lived in both the US and Canada
The US has always had a major xenophobia problem, even in progressive areas and even before Trump. I grew up in a red area of a blue state before moving to the city. My experience growing up was horrible. Cops are relentless and will try to fabricate evidence to ruin your life if you’re Hispanic. There’s no nuance. Everyone called me Puerto Rican or Mexican by default, even friends.
Canada is different, Costa Rica has a much stronger presence here and people are much more aware of it (though I’ve yet to actually meet any other Costa Ricans). My experience as a latina has been better by comparison, though unfortunately it’s because a lot of the racism and xenophobia gets directed at South Asian people instead. Not to say Canada is perfect (and obviously it varies by area), but Canadians are generally just more pleasant to be around.
Biggest pet peeve is when people think texmex is traditional Hispanic food. Fuck off with that hard shell BS
Didn’t Texas use to be a part of Mexico?
Yep, well before the American taco was a thing (aka the taco emoji 🌮). It’s going to overlap with Mexico a bit because they’re next to each other, but it’s hardly indicative of the vast majority of Latin America
Traditional street food varies by country. Traditional dishes are more along the lines of rice and beans, soups, platters, grilled meat, and so on. It’s a very diverse part of the world
I noticed that. They all have empanadas, but they’re different in each county. Also ceviche is slightly different everywhere. I loved gallo pinto for breakfast when I was visiting Costa Rica, shame I’m too lazy to make it at home really.
Gallo pinto is lazy man’s food. You make a huge amount at a time then reheat it over the next few days
Thanks for the recipe, thats quite a lot of work compared to the typical dutch breakfast which is
We don’t really have a food culture here 😬