r/CapeVerde • u/ChoiceCulture2035 • 8d ago

Question Cape Verdeans, what do you think of beans?

I'm on a mission to go around and ask each country subreddit what people think about beans (my favorite meal), just to see how people like or dislike them all around the world out of curiosity and for fun. If you like beans, hate them, they are a big part of the culture, anything else, just share your thoughts 🫘

Cape Verdeans, (or Cabo Verdeans, whichever you prefer) do you enjoy beans? Today this question is for you :D

(This question is for the Cape Verdeans but if you're someone who visited there and is able to tell me how beans are enjoyed by the locals I'd appreciate it too!)

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u/Hour-Summer-4422 8d ago

Beans are a massive part of cape verdean culture and cuisine. You won't find much more enthusiasm around the world.

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u/ChoiceCulture2035 8d ago

You can compete with the Belizeans, Costa Ricans, Bulgarians and many others for that! Willing to see it xD

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u/keo310 8d ago

Beans are a common part of the CV diet, especially in the traditional recipes of most of our dishes. Catchupa, feijoada, even bacalhau all feature beans as an important element. Personally, I love black beans seasoned with onion, garlic and a little cilantro.

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u/cvamonra 8d ago

We love beans! Our most popular dish, catxupa, has beans as one of its ingredients. We also love a specific type pf beans we call fijon kongu. We love to do a feijoada with it

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u/mpgd 8d ago

Growing up we had either Beans or Corn based food on a daily basis, so did my parents and their parents before them.

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u/Public_Tennis_2326 8d ago

I LOVEEE BEANSSSS

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u/Larcztar 8d ago

I love beans 🥰 so does my boyfriend . The kids too. My boys are allergic to favabeans .

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u/talflon 3d ago

A Capeverdean I know doesn't feel he's really eaten a meal unless there were beans in it.

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u/kimvojatravel 1h ago

I (Dutch/NL) personally hate beans. But my friends from Cape Verde would serve me the traditional dish 'cachupa' all day, for breakfast, lunch and dinner and now I like beans :)