Staple Foods Of Santa Marta
Great Variety
Grown Locally
Very Fresh

Staple foods mean food that is eaten on a regular basis and is the major part of the diet. The food menu around the Santa Marta area are

• Rice is a very popular food on the coast.
• Plantain is very popular and eaten in the form of patacones
• Potatoes eaten often in the form of soup or french fries (papas fritas).
• Onions
• Beans are found in a great many meals.
• Yuca or also known as Cassava
• Corn (in the form of Arepas which is a cornmeal based bread) and could go with almost all meals

The meats and seafoods are as follows.

• Chicken
• Beef
• Pork
• Shrimp
• Lobster
• Crab
• Oysters
• Fresh and salt water fish

Seafood is very popular around the region and a reason for the many seafood restaurants.

Dairy

• Milk
• Cheese
• Eggs are popular for breakfast
• Yogurt and a thinner variety for cereal.

Fruits

These are the major fruits but the list of fruits available is very long that is readily available.

• Banana, major growing region
• Coconut
• Pineapple
• Tomato
• Lime is more popular than lemon.
• Apples
• Mangoes are popular
• Avocados are king sized

On the Caribbean coast you will find an amazing variety of fruit and the ever popular fruit market.

A point of interest is that some of the fruits are only consumed in the form of juice such as borojo.

Arepas, a cornmeal based bread that would go with most meals.

Bandeja Paisa (paisa tray) is the traditional food in Medellín and the Antioquia (state or province) Andes region. A variety of meats such as chicken, sausages, pork along with a fried egg, rice, patacones, beans, arepa. avocado, salad, This meal is filled full of the staples of the region.

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