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Visit the Taste of Andino
Culinary art is locally identifiable and
expressed differently in the various villages of the Andes. The meals,
embellishments, flavors and presentation of the foods vary from village to village.
Many of the family "cooking secrets" can be traced back generations and while
the keeper of the secret may have moved with her new husband to a different village, the
people of the Andes know and attribute certain recipes and foods to certain locals.
Visit the various places selling foods and meals in La Mesa, and you are sure to find
things that identify with this village.
- Welcome To The Association of Homemakers
- Candies Typical of Mérida
- Candied Fruits
- Hand Made
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- Members of the La Mesa Association
of Homemakers meet regularly on Sunday mornings after church in a storefront
building across from the Plaza Bolívar. Since 1980 they have gathered to
exchange recipes, craft skills, town gossip, AND to sell their hand made foods
and crafts to their neighbors, visiting Mérideños and tourists. With
three sugar mills in town, it's not surprising to find a large varity of
"sweets". Many of the candy formulas and recipes are locally
identifiable. The Homemakers Shoppe features a wide variety of
candies, jellies, cakes, toronjas (baked, sweetened oranges), parchitas
(passion fruit), arequipe (thick, rich chocolate made from whole milk) and
many other taste treats. The prices are reasonable, and they will make fine
gifts for friends back home.
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