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    Cooking and Telling Stories Y El Pilón: It’s All About Family
    Cooking and Telling Stories Y El Pilón: It’s All About Family
    Cooking and Telling Stories Y El Pilón: It’s All About Family
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    Cooking and Telling Stories Y El Pilón: It’s All About Family

    By Clari Diaz

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    All Puerto Rican recipes begin with “El Pilón”. The name of the art piece on the cover of this book. Hence, a true Puerto Rican kitchen always has a pilón. El Pilón will bring you back to abuela’s (grandma’s) house where you might have observed her smashing ajo (garlic) and other herbs to make your favorite treat. Puerto Ricans when they visit the Caribbean also look for very decorative pilones to gift to their mothers, daughters, sisters and dear friends. You can not make traditional Puetro Rican dishes without EL Pilón. El Pilón has brought me back to “Cooking and Telling Stories” about my growing up years next to mami, abuela and titi. Read through the stories and the recipes, cook from them and remenice with me and get your pilón to work. Yo quiero, arroz con gandulez con lechon y pastels pero que le hechen salsa……if you don’t know how to cook it, open the book and grab your children, family and friends put on some Salsa and get your Pilón!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLulu Publishing Services
    Release dateMay 30, 2015
    ISBN9781483429731
    Cooking and Telling Stories Y El Pilón: It’s All About Family

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      Cooking and Telling Stories Y El Pilón - Clari Diaz

      DIAZ

      Copyright © 2015 Clari Diaz

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted by any means—whether auditory, graphic, mechanical, or electronic—without written permission of both publisher and author, except in the case of brief excerpts used in critical articles and reviews. Unauthorized reproduction of any part of this work is illegal and is punishable by law.

      ISBN: 978-1-4834-2972-4 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4834-2973-1 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 5/21/2015

      Raiz - Es

      Puerto Rican Art

      EL PILÓN

      SABORES Y COLORES

      CUANDO NIÑO YO SABÍA CUANDO MAMÁ ESTABA EN LA COCINA. MI

      CORAZÓN Y MI NARIZ SE SONREÍAN, MAMÁ EN LA COCINA

      MACHACANDO EN EL PILÓN, HACIENDO LA COMIDA. ME MIRABA,

      SE SONREÍA Y MACHACANDO TODAVÍA, CON AJITO Y RECAITO

      MACHACABA EN EL PILÓN. ¡

      MMM…

      QUE RICO CUANDO MAMÁ

      ESTABA EN LA COCINA! QUE BONITO SER CRIADO EN LAS

      COSTUMBRES DE PUERTO RICO. ¿QUIÉN SABÍA QUE UNA IMAGEN TAN

      SENCILLA, COMO MI MAMÁ MACHACANDO EN EL PILÓN, SE

      QUEDARÍA GRAVADA PROFUNDAMENTE? QUE SABÍA YO QUE AL

      REFLEJAR, SE ME ENGRANDECERÍA EL CORAZÓN Y LLENARÍA MIS

      OJOS CON LÁGRIMAS DE RECUERDOS, DE ALEGRÍA Y DE AMOR.

      DIRÍA YO QUE ESE DÍA NO TAN SOLO PREPARÓ LA COMIDA, PERO

      TAMBIÉN PLANTÓ BANDERA, SABORES Y COLORES EN MI CORAZÓN Y

      EN LOS CORAZONES DE MÍ CRÍA.

      Vincent Huertas

      LA VIDA ES COMO UN ROMPECABEZAS

      Sabores y Colores

      Translation by Clari Diaz

      When I was a child I new when mom was in the kitchen.

      My heart and my nose would smile,

      Mom is in the kitchen using El Pilón preparing my meal.

      She would look at me and smile,

      while using El Pilón

      adding bits of tender fresh garlic and herbs!

      Mmm…how delicious it was when mom was in the kitchen.

      How beautiful it is to be raised in Puerto Rican traditions.

      Who new that a simple image like mom using El Pilón,

      would remain forever engraved.

      Who new that upon reflection,

      my heart would fill my eyes with tears,

      with memories of happiness and love,

      I would say,

      on that day, she not only prepared my meal,

      but also

      implanted the flag of (sabores y colores) flavors and colors

      in my heart and in the hearts of our cultural rearing.

      To my mom, Irma Aquilar Diaz, who taught me about the heritage and traditions of our rich Puerto Rican culture and cuisine.

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      Contents

      Introduction

      Sofrito

      Don’t Be Intimidated by Fish

      Getting Ready for the Holidays

      Ita’s Famous Meals

      Favorite Recipes

      Appendix

      Glossary

      Resources

      Introduction

      I was fortunate enough to be raised in the warmth of a family where I learned what family really means. I was an only child, so when extended family came over, it was such a delight. My father sometimes left our home early in the morning and returned with my grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins in tow within a few hours. He enjoyed having our family around him because it made Mom and me so happy. My cousins and I were all within a year or two of each other’s age. Very soon after our family gathered, I started to hear mashing in el pilón (mortar and pestle), and soon thereafter, the wonderful aromas of arroz con gandules (rice with pigeon peas), pernil (roast pork), habichuelas (stewed beans), tostones (fried plantains), and aguacate (slices of avocado) emanated from my mom’s kitchen. At these meals, my family members sat around the table and told stories. When I recall these childhood times, I can almost hear my parents laughing in the kitchen, telling stories while they cooked and listened to Puerto Rican country music of their generation and mashed herbs and spices in el pilón. I heard the women squeal with excitement when an old favorite tune played. The result of the wonderful aromas was delicious food. My family was all about cooking together and telling stories, and these moments created such cherished memories. Nostalgic stories developed from these gatherings, and some became legendary. As I grew into adulthood, other cherished memories and stories developed as I cooked with my daughter, my aunt, my cousins, my boyfriend, and other members of my family who are very close to my heart. The sudden notion to record these stories became the impetus for creating this book.

      My favorite childhood story is the making

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