Talk:Latin American cuisine

message: Latin American countries are so different between I don't agree with have a general article.  For example people from Uruguay haven't taste Mexican food in thir entire life.  And Mexicans haven't taste Uruguya food either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.126.218.25 (talk) 21:38, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: Setting a "Latin American cuisine" article is supposed to add a brief description of the cuisines of the different regions of Latin America.
Yet for the most part, the article contains more information about Mexico than the other actual regions of Latin America.
I believe the last part of the article should include more about Central American cuisine (Including some of Mexico) rather than making it only Mexico.
:I agree totally. Additionally, there's a whole paragraph about Spanish tortillas, even though it is at no point argued that these are part of Latin American cuisine. There's nothing on the Caribbean countries of Latin America in the article, either, and it doesn't seem to hang together with respect to commonalities of the cuisines, such as frequently emphasizing the same staples in similar combinations: for example, I can't speak to South America, but the whole Mesoamerica region has beans-and-rice combination dishes, such as Honduran casamiento. Similarly, the article on pupusas (a Salvadoran dish) recognizes its common ground with Venezuelan and Colombian arepas and Mexican gorditas. The discussion of New Mexican cuisine likewise overlooks the confusion of Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisines. Lawikitejana 21:05, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree, somewhat. Tortillas may be typical food in some areas but i think it should be removed. Each country should have a section, preferably 1-3 paragraphs explaining their main staple, national dish and maybe the range of variety. -- LaNicoya  •Talk•  01:21, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

text: I think you did a great job so far on the article. It was really nice to add the different influences in the cusine of Latin America. -- LaNicoya  •Talk•  19:14, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

text: The different cultures (racial makeup) is what affects the variety of the food. That's as far as my understanding of the matter leads me to think.-- MarshalN20 (talk) 05:08, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article contains too much Mexican information. 

message: We seriously need a Paraguayan cuisine article. There is actually quite a lot in :Category:Paraguayan cuisine. --Soman (talk) 03:00, 25 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Paraguay 

message: Haitians speak French and french creole, which is considered a mix Latin-germanic language. The food they eat is very similar to rest of the Caribbean, nothing special. If they can be in this list (which is a joke) then i guess Martinique and Guadeloupe should be here too. I don't see the Dominican republic either which is a major oversight. 
True Latin Languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Romanian. French (while it is a romance language) sounds nothing like the other languages and has lots of words that derive from Germany. Lets also not forget that many people just simply don't consider the French to be Latin. At least not as Latin as the others.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.233.85.209 (talk) 05:35, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: French is one of the Romance languages and Haiti is part of Latin America. Any further reverts will be reported to AN/I and I can assure you that your IP account will be blocked for disrupting the encyclopedia to push an uneducated point of view. Best regards.--MarshalN20 Talk 12:51, 29 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Per this, Haiti is a Latin American country. Please stop removing it. Boomer VialHolla 06:52, 31 January 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haiti doesn't belong in this list.  

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message: If you're going to add Haiti in there (which is highly questionable) then you might as well add Belize. Which has more of a Hispanic Tamale influence 76.167.193.57 (talk) 07:31, 6 June 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Belize is not included because it is not considered a part of Latin America.--MarshalN20 ✉🕊 04:31, 8 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Belize? 

message: In general parlance Haiti is not thought of when Latin America or Hispanic food is brought up. And don't lie, You know it's TRUE. When people think of Latin American/Latino food or culture they think of Mexico Brazil Honduras Colombia Peru chili. Not Haiti. 76.167.193.57 (talk) 21:09, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Haiti shouldn't be listed 

message: Good article considering the enormity of the topic.
Vegetable escabeche (pickled vegetables) should be mentioned as it's a universal item in parts of Central America and Mexico. Virtually every table in every cafe in Guatemala has a big glass jar of escabeche from which you can fish out whatever items you want onto your plate.
Thanks for your hard work.
Phil (chef and lived in Guatemala for 14 years) 174.97.235.231 (talk) 15:38, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: You realize that this is a volunteer project and you can make these changes, right? Thank you for the suggestion. - Julietdeltalima (talk) 16:46, 18 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Escabeche 

message: The "Traditional Eating Customs" section is very oddly written, inaccurate, and poorly sourced. It states the following:
"There are many forms of gratitude that inhabitants of Latin America employ when they discard excess food. Some people kiss the bread while others cut it before discarding it."
I am from Chile, with family in Argentina, and have traveled extensively in Peru and Mexico. I've never heard or seen of this custom. The one source points to an article that redirects to an American food blog (not from Latin America) focused on US Latinos. This might be a real tradition in parts of Mexico or among US latinos, but definitely not warranted as currently written. Diegojosesalva (talk) 23:27, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: (I suggest deleting that paragraph, will go ahead if there are no comments in a few days) Diegojosesalva (talk) 01:15, 31 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Traditional eating customs is inaccurate