Comments on: Move Over, Pumpkin Pie from Marta’s Cuban American Kitchen

By: Marta Darby

Marta Darby — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:48:26 +0000

Val, my mom concurs with Cubanita. She says she remembers my grandmother asking for "la contra" in salt.

Getting a "little extra something" in Cuba?? Go figure.

Besos,
Marta

By: Cubanita

Cubanita — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:22:01 +0000

I meant to write C'mom & resourceful, OK?

By: Cubanita

Cubanita — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:20:59 +0000

Marta, your idea of melting the guava paste for the cheesecake makes me thing that we, Cubanitas stranded away from the Miami homeland, could use that method to make "homemade" mermelada de guayaba, to eat with queso amarillo Gouda, no?

There is! another recipe for our Guava's Month!

And if you have mermelada de guayaba, then you can definitively have batido de guayaba, without ever touching the real fruit. I know it might not be the same, but, C'com, we need to be resourful in these far away kingdoms!

And, also with mermelada de guayaba, we could aim for a homemade guava ice cream, loaded in leche condensada...

and, and, and...

By: Cubanita

Cubanita — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:15:28 +0000

Isn't "la contra" a little extra of something that the bodeguero would give you when you bought something in la bodega? And the "caprichitos" some sort of treat for the kids, also courtesy of el bodeguero? I am not sure about los caballitos, but my Mom and and my Grandma used to tell me stories of those times (obviously, before 1959) because abuelo and abuela had a little bodega and a fondita in Guane...

By: Val Prieto

Val Prieto — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:38:41 +0000

Marta,

Since we are using Cuba-Guava speak, ask your mom about these terms, in terms of guayaba:

La contra, caballitos y caprichos.

By: daisy

daisy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:45:27 +0000

Marta, Marta, Marta. -la boca se me hace agua-
Come to Philly, redistribute your guava wealth

By: Marta Darby

Marta Darby — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:01:02 +0000

asombra,

Is it because I used the word, "liberty?" =D

I'll take my chances.

By: asombra

asombra — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:18:12 +0000

Marta, you've gone too far. The FDA is dispatching agents to your house as we speak. Nancy Pelosi will soon make you illegal. This kind of richness can no longer be allowed.

By: Val Prieto

Val Prieto — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:14:54 +0000

That last picture makes me want to dive in and swim in it.

By: Orgullosa de ser Cubana

Orgullosa de ser Cubana — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:02 +0000

Oh Marta....now I'm really in trouble! I am salivating (actually drooling heavily) on my keyboard. I was planning to make a guava/cream cheese pie, but this sounds soooooooooo much better.