Talk:Arepa

message: So to avoid fruitless discussion I have eliminated the opening sentence that claims arepas to be from the Northeast of Colombia. There's no proof of this and most other wiki pages claim other parts of Northern South America to be the origin, particularly the Timoto-Cuicas in the Venezuelan Andes. Apart from that, the Arepa experience is very different from country to country, the only thing shared is the name.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stuyvesant 1976 (talk • contribs) 13:50, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: And yet the name comes from the language of the Cumanagoto Indians, Indians that lived in the Cumana area at eastern Venezuela, is like football which name is in English, thus its origen must be some place where English is the language. If the Tace has that nema is obviously from a Spanish Country, not from USA or anywhere else in the world, thus the origen of the word must tell you about the origen of the dish. 2603:300A:1E8A:4900:E968:FCE8:948:60C6 (talk) 18:23, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes on edit

message: What's the source for the "most popular arepa" company?
What's the "argument" re: Venezuela and Colombia claiming as a "typical" food?
--68.37.196.220 20:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Arepa is an aboriginal dish of the northern Andes, in South America. The word is recorded by conquistadors as ancient Muisca(1) which was the language of the Chibchas, the indigenous inhabitants of the eastern fork of the Andean cordillera, which now spans both Colombia and Venezuela. Trade and warfare are natural spreaders of foodstuff, and so, we now find Arepas everywhere from the Andes (as far south as Ecuador) to the Caribbean coast of South America (where they are eaten deep-fried). 
The Venezuela Vs. Colombian "controversy" is misguided, as is the parochial identification as a dish from either of the two modern countries.
(1)Quote not available, but fact of aboriginal origin is obvious enough.
Raravis 18:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: They eat then because first they don’t make real empanadas they make them from a precooked corn flour which this in Colombia is not authentic, also is cheap and Venezuelans are known for having a bad economy, also arepas has stated in Colombia as an authentic meal, but in Venezuela is eaten as a fast food mean with different fillings in which the arepa is now not the center but are their fillings 2600:6C5E:1BF0:71D0:F5A9:600E:1BC7:B74C (talk) 23:10, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neither Colombia nor Venezuela existed when arepas were first eaten... 

message: This (arepa rellena) is the most frequent form it adopts in Venezuela, whereas in Colombia it is still eaten unadorned (or just with butter or cheese spread on top, occasionally as a filling), mainly as the regional form of bread.
I removed this sentence as it is unreferenced and is not true in my experience. I am not Venezuelan but lived there for two years (in Monagas and Anzoátegui) and I very rarely saw arepas rellenas, they were almost always served plain or with butter. If I am wrong, please reinstate this information if you have a reference. I also did some miscellaneous cleanup, mostly for writing style issues (eg. English doesn't use "typical" in the sense of Spanish "comida típica" - I replaced it with "traditional"). More cleanup still needs to be done though. --Grace 09:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arepa rellena 

message: A question: are arepas known outside of Colombia and Venezuela? Do Ecuadorians or Peruvians or Guyianans eat them and think of them as their own (as opposed to something brought by Colombian or Venezuelan immigrants)? Danfeder (talk) 02:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Ecuadorians have arepas too, they also have a different name for them: "tortillas de maíz". You can search "tortillas de maíz ecuatorianas" in any search engine and look for yourself. The same happens all over Central America, Bolivia and other places, there are very similar dishes to arepa in these places, such as gorditas, pupusas and tortillas de maíz, and yes, they make it with fillingst, too. JoselínDoom (talk) 21:26, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Arepa rellena 

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message: This one is priceless.  Although the subject is notable, this kind of seems like trivia.  Anyway to work the Hugo Chavez wikileak into this article or any other?  - Wikidemon (talk) 01:25, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, done!  I've just made a stub article for Arepera Socialista.  Wikidemon (talk) 01:58, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Socialism's tangy and tasty benefits: apera wrap is wikileaky 

message: Substituted at 08:12, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: Hello, I am a student at the College of Wooster in Ohio, working on a project to improve Latin America related wikipedia articles. I am planning on adding a new section later today about the history and culture of the arepa in modern day Venezuela. I see that there has been a lot of discussion about Colombia v. Venezuela and their consumption of arepas, so I wanted to add a section on Venezuela to make sure that both countries got representation. I will be discussing the popularity of the arepa in Venezuela, and how the food shortages have affected the amount of arepas being eaten. I will also discuss the influence that the Venezuelan arepas have had on arepas elsewhere. In addition, I will be adding a photo of arepas being produced on a wood fire stove. My sources are below:
McManus, Melanie Radzicki. "How Venezuelan Traditions Work." Traditional Venezuelan Food - How Venezuelan Traditions Work | HowStuffWorks. July 25, 2011. Accessed October 19, 2017. https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/national-traditions/venezuelan-tradition1.htm
This website discusses the cultural significance of the arepa as a way of continuing Venezuelan culture. It discusses the frequency to which arepas are eaten. It is a very factual, to the point page. 
Puyana, Alejandro. "Arepas Are Conquering The World - But Dying At Home In Venezuela." The Salt. July 26, 2017. Accessed October 19, 2017. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/07/26/538515889/arepas-are-conquering-the-world-but-dying-at-home-in-venezuela.
This article discusses how the arepa has spread to the trendy food scene, but in Venezuela, food shortages due to the new government is causing the per capita arepa consumption to decrease. 
Rodriguez, Dulce M. "Venezolanos consumen 12,5 kilos menos de harina de maíz precocida al año." Noticias. November 22, 2016. Accessed October 19, 2017. http://visionagropecuaria.com/venezolanos-consumen-125-kilos-menos-harina-maiz-precocida-al-ano/.
This article, written in Spanish, discusses the food shortages in Venezuela and discusses the effect that the shortages are having on corn flour consumption per capita. Arepas are made of corn flour, and the article discusses how arepas are being eaten less and less. 
Bernal, Mateo M. Arepa, sabor y tradición del campo. December 18, 2016. Wikimedia commons.
This is a photo, taken by a man in Venezuela, showing the process of making a batch of arepas. It shows a traditional method of making them.
AmethystCosmos (talk) 14:35, 24 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Section 

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message: That entire section is wrong. Arepas de Coco is a different recipe from regular traditional Puerto Rican arepas. The regular is done by using flour with parts water and butter. Then said dough is fried. 2601:14D:4680:1DF0:4095:F093:A59D:1862 (talk) 01:00, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Puerto Rican Arepas 

message: Since this is obviolsy Colombian, looks like the person who write this does not know about history because the arepa is obviously Colombian 2600:6C5E:1BF0:71D0:F5A9:600E:1BC7:B74C (talk) 23:07, 13 September 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Fixed. --Jotamar (talk) 20:07, 14 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why it says Venezuela?