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Typical Meals Eaten by the Average Family

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Typical Meals Eaten by the Average Family

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Colombian cuisine is very diverse depending on where you live in Colombia. Colombians have three meals a day. Colombians start their day off with breakfast. For breakfast they typically have fruit, eggs and bread. Their traditional breakfast meals are arepas con queso, huevos perico, caldo de costilla, tamales, changua, calentado or cayeye. They generally have fruit juice, coffee or hot chocolate to drink. Lunch is from 12-2pm and is considered the most important meal of the day. Lunch consists of a soup, a main dish, a drink (juice or coffee) and a small dessert. Dinner is treated more as a snack because lunch is a big meal. Dinner consists of arepas or bread and cheese with a cup of coffee, juice, hot chocolate or hot agua de panela.

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Tamales

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Typical Meals Eaten by the Average Family

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Changua

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Typical Meals Eaten by the Average Family

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Arepas

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Calentado

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Typical Meals Eaten by the Average Family

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Huevos Perico

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Colombians eat three meals a day. Colombians start their day off with breakfast. They eat their breakfast in the morning at approximately 9:30. Their next meal is lunch, which is considered the most important meal of the day.  Lunch is midday and starts at noon and lasts to around 2pm. Dinner is the final meal of the day and is later in the night. Dinner is from 7-8pm. Colombians eat their dinner a little later than most because dinner is treated as a light snack before bed. They also eat big lunches so they aren't as hungry around dinner time.

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Breakfast is at 9:30am

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Lunch is from 12- 2pm

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Dinner is from 7- 8pm

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Columbia can be seen as a hierarchical society. People earn respect due to age and position. Older people are naturally perceived as being wise and are greatly respected by others. The family takes the stage in social structure in Colombia. It acts as a source of support and advice and therefore great loyalty is shown in families. Colombian values when greeting someone include shaking hands, have eye contact, engage in small talk and say “buenos dias”. Colombian values when dining include wait to be seated by the host, hands should be visible when eating and try all the food.

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Apps to order groceries from the store

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Empanadas

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Colombia produces approximately 32,000 tons of solid waste per day, or 0.68 kg/capita per day. Colombians have realized they are wasting a large amount of food so they created food saving apps. These apps allow people to purchase food from them. The goal of the apps is to prevent food waste. There are 1206 providers of the public waste management. More than 900 suppliers provide the collection and transportation services, 576 supply disposition services and 269 carry out recycling responsibilities. The garbage collection varies but is between 2-3 times a week.

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Poor Colombians are often limited to 2 meals a day. Wealthy or middle class Colombians typically have 3 meals a day. Poor Colombians eat an early breakfast with a large dinner around 6pm. Their breakfast is light consisting of bread or a roll, fruit and a cup of coffee. Wealthy or middle class Colombians have a breakfast that consists of fruit, eggs and bread. Lunch is the main meal of the day for those who can afford more than two meals. The wealthy or middle class will have lunch, their lunch consists of soup, a main dish, a drink (juice or coffee) and a small dessert. For dinner, poor Colombians will have soup or a stew with a side dish of potatoes, plantains, cassava, corn, or rice and beans. A wealthy or middle class dinner consists of arepas or bread and cheese with a cup of coffee, juice, hot chocolate or hot agua de panela.

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Wealthy Colombian Breakfast

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Poor Colombian Dinner

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Lots of meat is eaten in Colombia

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Food Loss and Waste in Colombia

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Meats are eaten almost every day in Colombia. Most of their dishes are served with rice, beans or potatoes. Colombian street food is everywhere so there is easy accessibility to food that way. Common street foods you will find in Colombia are arepas, empanadas, obleas and much more. Food can be accessed in convenience stores and grocery stores. You can also get food through apps. Colombia has a variety of restaurants and fast food chains for people to go to get food as well. Colombians enjoy their home cooked meals but will go to these places to get a bit to eat every once in a while.

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Wealthy Colombian Dinner

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Poor Colombian Breakfast

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Wealthy Colombian Lunch

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Street Food in Colombia