Spanish foods

The Spanish has influenced our culture in many ways. It is especially reflected at Christmas time in our music, song, dance and even our food. Popular foods such s carambola, sapodilla, granadilla, cassava bread, sancocho or sancoche and the most popular of them all pastelles. Pastelles originally were called 'hallaca' from Venezuela. Patella has its origins in the Spanish colonized who came from South America in the 16th or 17th century.
Pastelles is most popular dish around Christmas time and Trinidadian love to eat
pastelles with chow chow, ketchup or garlic sauce.