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Burén
Burén, also known as a budare or a budali, is a cooking utensil in Puerto Rican cuisine, that originated in Taino cuisine throughout the Greater Antilles. It is a thick metal plate, and similar in structure to a griddle. During the Taino period, most buréns were ceramic. It was used by the Tainos to cook over a fire. Background The Tainos used it to cook cassava and breadcakes called ''casabe''. In Jamaica, a cassava flatbread of Taino origin is called bammy. They ground the cassava first, before cooking it on a burén. A woodcut was made of Taino women cooking using this method. ''El Burén de Lula'' is a book about a chef using traditional cooking technique. A short film features her and the burén. Arepas de mano.jpg, Hechas al burén See also *Griddle *Comal (cookware) A comal is a smooth, flat griddle typically used in Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America, to cook tortillas and arepas, toast spices and nuts, sear meat, and generally prepare food. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bammy
Bammy is a traditional Jamaican cassava flatbread descended from the simple flatbread called ''casabe'', eaten by the Arawaks / Taínos, Jamaica's indigenous people. Variations of ''bammy'' exist throughout the Americas. It is produced in many rural communities and sold in stores and by street vendors in Jamaica and abroad. History Origin ''Bammies'' have existed since pre-Columbian times, and they originated from the native Arawak / Taíno people. They are made with cassava (also called ''yuca'' or ''manioc'') indigenous to Mesoamerica, and was a staple crop of the Arawaks / Taínos, which they cultivated in ''conucos''. Cassava was also integral to their existence, as it featured prominently in their worship. Yúcahu, a major Taíno god, whose name has been translated to ''‘spirit of the cassava’'', was the ''god of cassava'' and the sea. A minor Taíno god related to growing cassava, the process of life, creation and death, ''Baibrama'', was worshipped for his assistance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taíno Women Preparing Cassava Bread
The Taíno are the Indigenous peoples of the Greater Antilles and surrounding islands. At the time of European contact in the late 15th century, they were the principal inhabitants of most of what is now The Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, and the northern Lesser Antilles. The Lucayan branch of the Taíno were the first New World peoples encountered by Christopher Columbus, in the Bahama Archipelago on October 12, 1492. The Taíno historically spoke an Arawakan language. Granberry and Vescelius (2004) recognized two varieties of the Taino language: "Classical Taino", spoken in Puerto Rico and most of Hispaniola, and "Ciboney Taino", spoken in the Bahamas, most of Cuba, western Hispaniola, and Jamaica. They lived in agricultural societies ruled by caciques with fixed settlements and a matrilineal system of kinship and inheritance. Taíno religion centered on the worship of zemis. The Taíno are sometimes also referred to as Island Arawaks or A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
