Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining
Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining
Aero: Katie Zawisa – Costa Rica 2014 – Food and Dining
Katie Zawisa
Food was plentiful in my house. After every meal I felt like I needed a nap because I was so full I swore there was no way I would be able to walk. Rice was eaten at breakfast, lunch and dinner. The whole time I was there I think I ate 2 meals that didn’t come with rice
My favorite thing about food in Costa Rica is the fruit. I’m not a huge fruit eater at home because everything aside from apples are expensive. In Costa Rica you can get three pineapples on the side of the road for the same price of one back home. What makes it even better is they are extra delicious because they are straight out of the field and on your plate. Aside from being on your plate you can get fresh fruit smoothies. The smoothies are to die for because all it is is whatever fruit you want with either milk, water and possibly ice cream mixed in with it; no extra sugar added. I found a smoothie place that was like a block away from the school about 4 days before we left and I wish I had found it earlier. If you want a fresh fruit smoothie, this is the place to go. They have dozens of combinations of fruit on a menu board that can be mixed with milk, water or ice cream and for cheap. It’s about $2 for a large freshly made and sealed drink. Once I discovered it I had to show everyone else. The next day we all went there for smoothies and they fell in love just as fast as I did.
Another thing that was more flavorful was the ice cream. I only had ice cream a couple times there but when I did it was yummy! Obviously the fruity flavors were better than the “fruit” flavors in the U.S. but the flavors that had chunks of things in it, like chocolate chip, were better too. The chocolate not only tasted better, but was more plentiful throughout the ice cream as well.
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Junk food wasn’t eaten much while I was there which was kind of a relief. It explains why they are much more healthy looking down there while we Americans look like we have more obese people than healthy. Americans can only dream to have a healthy population like the Costa Ricans.
Coffee! My family, at least the older generations, are huge coffee drinkers, so naturally when I went on a coffee plantation for the coffee tour I had to buy one of everything in the gift shop for people to try back home. Boy did that coffee smell fresh! When I brought it back to my home in Alajuela I had to keep the plastic bag of coffee I had bought in an open area not in the main house. If I had left it in my room of suitcase you would be hit with a wall of coffee aroma every time you walked near it. Needless to say, so far my family seems to really be enjoying the coffee and its powerful kick!
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– Katie Zawisa
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