Traditional Cuisine History

Traditional gastronomy built one expressions
of the cultural heritage, essential source of
the cultural identity of the national people
and the community.
Pre-Columbian times existed a large variety of
products, just like vegetables, fruits, grains,
also hunting and fishing (caza y pesca).
Mesoamerican influences have like a food
base the corn, beans, and cacao (seeds). And
from South American was pejibaye, tubers,
and beans.

Indigenous Culture

An stretch relation between

agricultural growing and fauna,
with their belief, religious customs,
and the crafts that they made, was
essential for our culinary
development.

Costa Rican Cuisine.

The creole Costa Rican cuisine is

formed for the contribution of
three important cultural influences,
the Native, Spanish, and African
cuisine.
“Conteiners” Pre-Columbian

Stars to use materials as, clay, bronze; materials that are From 12000 a.c. to 1502
tough to the heat, and there can prepare meat, vegetables,
broths and to many other dishes. The aborigine had a lot advanced
agricultural knowledge and a
large diversity of products that
makes an “economic”
deployment, and the
development of the region start
to grown. Manifested on the
variety on the gastronomy and the preparation of the different
dishes and utensils that they used.

Utensils that were use.

Metate, vessels

Principals historical eras in Costa Rica

 Pre-Columbian
 Conquest
 Colonial
 Liberal and republic (republican)
 Contemporary
Conquest (1502-1573)

The conquistadors transform the alimentation of the native,

they brought to the country: cows (stocks) , horses, hen
(Gallina Castilla), wheat, and others.

The natives began to bringing the chicken (hens), the stock.

Consuming eggs, meat, milk, sour cream, and butter

(Spanish origin).
Colonial period (1573-1831)
Also the conquistadors began to produce more meat, beef
fats, and cacao (native), to export . In the colonial period began the massive
production of cocoa, so that there is a tradition of chocolate since the
eighteenth century, this did not take that longer due to raising cattle
started. Also in these period began to plant sugarcane in our country
(also to export).
Liberal Period (1821-1919)

In this period, it was possible

to appreciate the first
plantation of coffee in our
country and it was
consolidated in the decade of
1840. Also in this period, due
to the construction of the
railroad to the Atlantic we got
products such as banana.
Republican Period (1914-1949)

This time marked the beginning of coffee shops and ice cream
parlors.

Contemporary Period (1949…)

In this period many supermarket were open in the central

valley and many people started to eat junk food. The first
MacDonald was established in Costa Rica in 1970.