Comments on: The Dominican Republic: Part 1 http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/ Keith Prickett's Food Blog Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:11:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Keith Prickett http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-19606 Keith Prickett Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:08:14 +0000 http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-19606 Julia, Yes. If you want to call it a "slum," then you can. I stayed in an area of very low poverty for much of my travels to the Dominican Republic. We have friends there and enjoy the relationships. The food line-up I mentioned was based on my experience in these very poor areas. It's not very healthy and I should have specified the setting before I wrote this. I have experienced food in a few other places in the Dominican Republic, including in resort areas. Resort areas all around the world are the same though. I was trying to sure a more unique experience. Thanks for reading! Julia,
Yes. If you want to call it a “slum,” then you can. I stayed in an area of very low poverty for much of my travels to the Dominican Republic. We have friends there and enjoy the relationships. The food line-up I mentioned was based on my experience in these very poor areas. It’s not very healthy and I should have specified the setting before I wrote this. I have experienced food in a few other places in the Dominican Republic, including in resort areas. Resort areas all around the world are the same though. I was trying to sure a more unique experience. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: julia http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-19603 julia Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:44:04 +0000 http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-19603 I'm dominican, and it completely depends where you eat. We don't add tons of sugar to our coffee, or salt and oil to out rice and we do cover it with a lid.. not plastic bag. Jesus.. it sounds like you stayed in a slum! So sad.. that's why I tell all my foreign friends to not leave the resort areas when they travel to DR.. they can't seem to find their way to civilization and always end on slums... I’m dominican, and it completely depends where you eat. We don’t add tons of sugar to our coffee, or salt and oil to out rice and we do cover it with a lid.. not plastic bag. Jesus.. it sounds like you stayed in a slum!

So sad.. that’s why I tell all my foreign friends to not leave the resort areas when they travel to DR.. they can’t seem to find their way to civilization and always end on slums…

]]> By: Keith Prickett http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-291 Keith Prickett Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:21:34 +0000 http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-291 "e" -- I was simply contrasting with the way I tend to cook in order to help understand the difference. The food is good, and all that salt seems necessary with the amount of sweat that comes out of me there! “e” –
I was simply contrasting with the way I tend to cook in order to help understand the difference. The food is good, and all that salt seems necessary with the amount of sweat that comes out of me there!

]]> By: e http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-290 e Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:48:23 +0000 http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-290 sounds like you are complaining about the food in a way or making the food look bad,by talking aboutt tons of salt,sugar,and oil. We eat healthy too. Schuuuuu! sounds like you are complaining about the food in a way or making the food look bad,by talking aboutt tons of salt,sugar,and oil. We eat healthy too.
Schuuuuu!

]]> By: The Dominican Republic: Part 2 (Coffee!) | Making Banana Pancakes http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-127 The Dominican Republic: Part 2 (Coffee!) | Making Banana Pancakes Tue, 05 Feb 2008 07:17:44 +0000 http://makingbananapancakes.com/2008/01/31/the-dominican-republic-part-1/#comment-127 [...] house we would be served a delicious cup of Dominican coffee. If you’ve read my last post, you know coffee also comes along with every meal. Needless to say, we drank a lot of coffee while [...] [...] house we would be served a delicious cup of Dominican coffee. If you’ve read my last post, you know coffee also comes along with every meal. Needless to say, we drank a lot of coffee while [...]

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