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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)[reply]

Article contains too much Mexican information.[edit]

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)[reply]

The article is completely biased on Mexico. For a "Latin American cuisine" article, this is extremely Mexican PoV'd. A Latin American myself, I find this quite insulting. Mexico isn't Latin America, and that's the end to that. I'm going to try to edit this thread to a fairer view, but I'm not a proffesional on the matter; therefore I would need--and appreciate--help from a lot of other people that know of the matter. MarshalN20 00:58, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

I'll continue with the editing here. Please, if anybody sees something that is wrong, fix it. I'm only trying to make the article better, not worse. One of the first things I'm going to do is do away with the Tortillas section that makes no sense to be here.MarshalN20 13:54, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

Thank you very much. I'll keep improving the article, perhaps I'll add more pictures of dishes (To give some flavor to topic). I can't think of many more ideas at the moment other than keep expanding what we have; so any new idea could really come in handy.MarshalN20 01:28, 23 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Um...What does Latin American cuisine have to do with the racial makeup of the countries? For those that don't know Im referring to the map which I believe is irrelevant. A more relevant map might be one which simply portrays Latin American countries not their demographics.goolag 03:42, 20 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.189.199.241 (talk) [reply]

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)[reply]

I made some grammar and spelling corrections July 17, 2009 - no change to content. - SLD —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.197.114.194 (talk) 21:49, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Paraguay[edit]

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)[reply]

Haiti doesn't belong in this list.[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Per this[1], Haiti is a Latin American country. Please stop removing it. Boomer Vial^Holla 06:52, 31 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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No Belize?[edit]

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)[reply]

Belize is not included because it is not considered a part of Latin America.--MarshalN20 ^✉🕊 04:31, 8 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Haiti shouldn't be listed[edit]

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)[reply]

Escabeche[edit]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Traditional eating customs is inaccurate[edit]

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)[reply]

(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)[reply]