Bandeja paisa, with variations known as bandeja de arriero, bandeja montanera and bandeja antioquena, is one of the most representative meals of Colombian cuisine, especially of the Antioquia department and the Paisa region as well as the Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis departments of Caldas, Quindio, Risaralda, Tolima and Valle del Cauca. Its main characteristic is the generous amount and variety of food served on a traditional bandeja platter, including red beans cooked with pork, white rice, ground meat, chicharron, fried egg, fried sweet plantain, chorizo, arepa, hogao sauce, black pudding, avocado and lemon.
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Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountAntioquia department and the Paisa region, Colombia 1 Connections
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Bandeja paisa is one of the most representative meals in Colombian cuisine, especially of the Antioquia department and the Paisa region
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When did bandeja paisa take shape as a distinct Antioquia plate?
The source states there are no references in the food writing about bandeja paisa before 1950 and that it is probably an interpretation of local restaurants of simpler peasant dishes, without naming when it actually took shape as the composed plate now recognized.
What would resolve this A food-history source establishing when bandeja paisa took shape as the combined plate now served in Antioquia and the Paisa region, prior to its first documented reference around 1950.
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