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Food & Eating in Costa Rica

Believe it or not, I get quite a few emails from people asking about the food in Costa Rica--I suspect those emails are from people who have not been here yet.  The food is good if you know where to go but lets be honest, Costa Rican food is simple but hearty and it's certainly not like good French cuisine!  However, you can eat well here, and cheaply.  Here's a link to an article all about food and eating in Costa Rica: Costa Rican food!  Enjoy!

Costa Rican Recipe
Tortillas and Cheese ("Tortillas con Queso")

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups of freshly ground corn
2 tablespoons of sour cream
1 cup of Turrialba cheese
1 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon of cooking/vegetable oil

To Prepare:

Mix up and knead all of the ingredients.  Make four equal-sized balls out of the mixed ingredients.  Put one between two layers of plastic wrap and then flatten.  Heat up a large frying pa and spread the cooking oil on a paper towel.  Put the flattened ball on the frying pan.  When it is dry, turn over lightly press down on the ball with the paper towel containing the oil.  This will take about 5 minutes and it serves four.

Garden Tips for Costa Rica

Henry, a CR resident kindly provided these garden tips in a posting on our Yahoo "BoomersCR" group "BoomersCR" -- Yahoo forum

If you start a vegetable garden this time of year, you definitely need
a good irrigation system. some garden crops do better in the dry
season and others in the rainy season. Ss for what crops to grow that
also depends on where you live. Here is a some information regarding some of
the plants you may want to grow in your garden. It is broken down into
inermediate to high elevations and coastal to intermediate elevations.
Also, in parenthesis is the best time of year to plant these veggies in
the central valley and the pacific lowlands. This is not the planting
months for caribbean grown gardens.

Intermediate to upper elevations:
aspargus(april-may), basil(all year), beets(may-nov), black berries(may-
june), brocolli(may-nov), brussel sprouts(may-nov), cabbage(april-oct),
carrots(april-dec), corriander(cilantro april-sept), cucumbers (dec-
august), eggplant(april-dec), garlic(dec-march),lettuce(april-dec), mint
(april-dec), onions(dry season), parsley(april-dec), peas(april-dec.)
potatoes(april-dec), rosemary(all year), spinach(april-dec),

Lower elevations and some intermediate pacific side:
ci=coastal/intermediate
bananas(ci, march-april), beans(ci,may-june/sept-oct)chayote(ci,april-
octber), chili peppers(all zones/april-oct), corn(all zones/april-sept),
ginger(ci,april-nov), lemon grass (all zones/april-june), melons(all
zones, dry season), mustard(all zones/all year), okra(ci,april-dec),
oregano(all zones,all year), pineapple(ci,april-may), squashes(all
zones, april-oct), taro(all zones,march), yuca (ci,march-april)

A great book to buy is called the costa rican organic home gardening
guide by ed bernhardt. it can be purchased at Seventh Street Books in
San Jose I think.