Traditional food
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Traditional foods are foods and dishes that are passed on through generations or which have been consumed for many generations. Traditional foods and dishes are traditional in nature, and may have a h
A dish of pasta (carbonara). Pasta is considered one of the traditional foods of Italy
The Antica trattoria Bagutto in Milan, the oldest restaurant in Italy and the second in Europe
Freshly harvested Bambara groundnuts
Wrapped humitas being cooked
Rice and peas
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Rice and peas or peas and rice is a traditional rice dish in some Caribbean and Latin American countries. Kidney beans and other similar varieties are typically used to prepare the dish in the Greater
Jamaican rice and peas
Typical Jamaican meal—fried chicken and oxtail, with a side of rice and (gungo) peas
A pot of Jamaican rice and peas
Jamaican Christmas side dish—"rice and (Jerusalem) peas". This native cultivar of peas is tiny, but it gives the rice a rich colour and flavour.