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What is the ingredient “royal”?
I bought a cake like snack in Costa Rica called Gato Guayaba. I was trying to figure out what was in it, so I read the following ingredients list:
Ingredientes: Margarina, huevos, royal, azùcar, ...
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What exactly is “repocheta”?
Another food related question I collected on my trip through Central America five years ago is
repocheta
Again it's not in Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Larousse Gran Diccionario, Google Translate, or ...
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What does “sobadito” mean?
Here is one more food word I collected in Costa Rica:
sobadito
In my notes I have only written that it has some connection with food. It's from about five years ago so I don't recall anything ...
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What is “surime”?
I've been trawling through my collection of interesting Spanish words and found one more wich is not in the DRAE, Wiktionary, Larousse Gran Diccionario, Wikipedia, or Google Translate.
surime
My ...
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What is the origin of the word “tascalate”?
Another unusual Spanish word I collected in my travels is tascalate.
It's a drink in Chiapas, Mexico and there are Wikipedia articles about it in English and in Spanish.
But it's not in Wiktionary ...
