Cuban products

[Taino]

Besides Cigars, rum and coffee, what other Cuban products would you love to have more handy (please don't tell me PCs and mobile phones)

[Colt45]

Warm temperatures, sunshine, and a great Cuban sandwich.

A falcon at my wrist, and the wind in my hair.

[Taino]

Warm temperatures, sunshine, and a great Cuban sandwich.

A falcon at my wrist, and the wind in my hair.

...so... for what you say, I understand "freedom" is your favourite product?

[Colt45]

...so... for what you say, I understand "freedom" is your favourite product?

Not exactly what i was thinking - I really do love a great Cuban sandwich, but I could not argue with your deduction

[habanablue]

Nothing handier than the corner store bodega selling Havana Club for $3....

[Claudius]

Besides Cigars, rum and coffee, what other Cuban products would you love to have more handy (please don't tell me PCs and mobile phones)

What else is there? - I cant think of anything.

[El Presidente]

What else is there? - I cant think of anything.

Nickle

[anacostiakat]

Nickle

I was thinking ladies. . .

[Huckins]

Wish I was able to find some nice Havana rum in the US for the holidays CHeers!!

[Miami101]

O.K.

Folks it so sad to see you guys only come up with this small list:

Here is a list of great things from Cuba.

Cuban Music: I think this one speaks for itself! If you smoke you cigars with out Cuban music....oh my god! What can I do for you..... When I smoke a great cigars it to 1950-1965 music!

Also these are some other music from Cuba: Afro Cuban, Son, Jaz

I also love the Afro Cuban music.....

Cuban Dancing: Salsa, Son etc......

Cuban Styles:

Cuban Bread: AKA Pan Cubano!

Cuban Food: Wow this list is very long.......

Cuban Dominios: Some of the best Dominios tables maker can be found in Cuba/Miami.

Cuban Baseball: Some of the best players...Also let not forget they have a great football team....

Cuban Poets, and Art:

Caban Religion - Santeria: Also found in Miami.....

This is just a few things

[El Presidente]

O.K.

Folks I so sad to see you guys only come up with this small list:

Here is a list of great things Cuban.

Cuban Music: I think this one speaks for itself! If you smoke you cigars with out Cuban music....oh my god! What can I do for you..... When I smoke a great cigars it to 1950-1965 music!

Also these are some other music from Cuba: Afro Cuban, Son, Jaz

I also love the Afro Cuban music.....

Cuban Dancing: Salsa, Son etc......

Cuban Styles:

Cuban Bread: AKA Pan Cubano!

Cuban Food: Wow this list is very long.......

Cuban Dominios: Some of the best Dominios tables maker can be found in Cuba/Miami.

Cuban Baseball: Some of the best players...Also let not forget they have a great football team....

Cuban Poets, and Art:

Caban Religion - Santeria: Also found in Miami.....

This is just a few things

You are right Carlos But the strength of Cuba is its people and the people are a product of all of the above and the difficult circumstances they live under.

[Miami101]

Cuban Poets:

Cuba is an island that has never ceased to yield poets. The first known poem, "Mirror of Patience", was written in 1608 by the Canarian Silvestre de Balboa at the Villa of Puerto Principe. By the first half of the 18th century, around 1733, the first theatre play El Principe Jardinero y Fingido Cloridano written by a Cuban author, Captain Don Santiago de Pita, was performed. Native bourgeoisie attained an important accolade in 1790 with the materialisation of Papel Periodico de La Habana, the first newspaper published on the island. Manuel de Zerqueiro (1760-1846) and Manuel Justo Ruvalcaba (1769-1805) are regarded as the most representative poets of the 18th century. In both poems the Cuban feelings rise slowly with the love and delight for the land's fruitfulness, dedicating their lines to glorify tropical fruits like pineapple and mamey. It was in the 19th century that the great poets were born and the tradition in Cuban poetry began to grow solidly. Deep and beautiful lines as those of Julian del Casal, Placido, El Cucalambe, Juan Clemente Zenea, Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, Juana Borrero, Jose Jacinto Milanes, Luisa Perez de Zambrana, Jose Maria Heredia and Jose Marti, left a trail of such exquisite lyrical poetry that, despite romanticism, in some cases exceeded the limits of feelings to offer poems of complete commitment. Cirilo Villaverde wrote the first great novel Cecilia Valdez, in the 19th century, it is an essential gift. Other important novelists from this period are Ramon Meza and Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda. Poetry of the 20th century, restless in a diversity of styles as the century itself, comes up in the world with the names of Jose Zacarias Tallet, Regino Pedroso, Emilio Ballagas, Regino Botti, Nicolas Guillen, Carilda Oliver, Heberto Padilla, Virgilio Piñera, Jose Lezama Lima, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Gaston Baquero, Nancy Morejon, Anton Arrufat, Eliseo Diego (Juan Rulfo Prize for his life's work), Cintio Vitier, Fina Garcia Marruz, Mirta Aguirre, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Guillermo Rodriguez Rivera, Angel Augier and Dulce Maria Loynaz (Cervantes Prize, awarded by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language). The XX century developed quickly with writers that soon began to achieve important international awards. The library of novels for this century gathers the works of Miguel del Carrion, Jose Soler Puig, Dulce Maria Loynaz, Severo Sarduy, Miguel Barnet, Senel Paz, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Luis Rogelio Nogueras, Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Virgilio Piñera, Reinaldo Arenas, Jesus Diaz, Jose Lezama Lima, Abilio Estevez and Alejo Carpentier (Cervantes Prize, awarded by the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language). Currently, story writing is a style that has developed into a solid tendency among young writers; names like Alberto Garrido and Ronaldo Menendez (both winners of the Casa de las Americas prize), attest the eloquent performance of Cuban literature.

Cuban literature, both new and old, abounds in Havana. Street markets often provide some prized books many of which are over 100 years old.

[Miami101]

Good point Prez......

I have to say I tend to forget myself.........Cigars, Coffee, and Rum....

It kind of sad for me the state things are in Cuba.

[Colt45]

O.K.

Folks it so sad to see you guys only come up with this small list:

Here is a list of great things from Cuba.

Carlos, for what it's worth, I listen to quite a bit of Cuban music - my favorite is probably the group ¡Cubanismo!

But I tend not to group things that people create - music, artwork, literature, etc, as "products" or consumables.

So, especially now that winter is very near, I'd still like some warm Cuban temperatures and sunshine.

And I really want that sandwich. No, seriously - where is it....

[rudder]

I like the classic cars

[Don Candido]

Yes, but aren't most of the classic cars American products? They don' t make cars in Cuba do they?

[rudder]

Yes, but aren't most of the classic cars American products? They don' t make cars in Cuba do they?

True, I dont know if they make cars in Cuba but they must spend a lot of time keeping the Classic American cars running.

[Taino]

Those cars have been there for so long that they are Cuban now.

Other product that I like a lot is Cuban art, there is a good generation of artist (painters) right know.

[dragon]

I'd like to get some of those black Habanos humidity pouches with the ziploc closure and the silver foil-like inside. A german vendor once sent some singles in one of those and they are great for carrying around to keep several cigars fresh.

[brooklyn]

You are right Carlos But the strength of Cuba is its people and the people are a product of all of the above and the difficult circumstances they live under.

Miami is right on target...Alejo Carpentier master of the genre magical realism...Garcia Marquez read him and put aside his draft of 100 years of Solitude and rewrote it!