Vegan Grocery Shopping in Puerto Rico | Vlogmas 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ต.ค. 2024
- About once a week we stock up on our bulk foods. See what we get as a mostly vegan couple grocery shopping in Puerto Rico.
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In Puerto Rico verduras are like root vegetables mostly and green bananas, green plantains and vegetables are everything else!! Cilantrillo is cilantro
Verduras inPuerto Rico are all the starch vegetables like potatoes, sweet potato, Ñame(yam) plantains etc. Vegetables are the greens.
I’ve really enjoyed following your channel for a few months now. I’m even more excited to hear that you are vegan! 👏🏼 You guys are great! Thank you for publishing consistent, informative content.
Thanks, Kelly! We have much more to come soon. Thanks for watching! -Jim
you can make your own almond milk, with raw almonds and water, sometimes I put a date in the blender and i have enough almond milk for 1 day
Verduras in PR are: ñame, batata, pana, malanga, etc.
That's why they didn't understand the word "verdura" as vegetables.
We have also been told by other people from the island that they use the word "Vianda" for ñame, yuca, yautía, malanga, batata, etc. We have so much to learn! Thanks for watching!
@@SpanishandGo That's right, that's the other word. Viandas or verduras.
Ujum, vianda and verdura are de same. Maybe verdura is the ñame, batata, yuca, yautia, malanga etc without cook. The when you cook it , becomes vianda. 🤣🤣🤣 But yes vianda and verdura are the same.
so verduras are tubers / roots?
Good food haul. The Sam's Club app has a Scan & Go feature, so you don't even need to check out. You scan everything with your phone as you put it in your basket. No more lines. It's a game changer at busy times.
You’re right! We have it downloaded, but we’ve had trouble using it since we changed our address to PR. I think the address change confused our credit card company or Sam’s club, so we can’t get our credit card connected yet to use it. Thanks for watching! -Jim
For Us verduras are roots, like batata, ñame, yuca and also other stuff like Plantains, Bananas etc. Vegetales just vegetables, the common stuff you already know. Depending of the zone if you are in the North r South they can be called Vianda (to roots etc)
Heading to Puerto Rico on Friday for the first time, I'm from New York and solo traveling around the island. You guys are great! Learning a lot about PR from your vids 👍
Enjoy your time here! The beaches on the west side of the island and the tropical rain forest are gorgeous. ¡Saludos!
Trust me and use the website puertoricodaytrips.com it’s like an encyclopedia with the most up to date information on everything to see and do in PR! Have fun
Enjoy ur trip here, bro.
Don't stay in Old San Juan, the Toro Verde Zip line in Orocovis, the Rain Forest in Río Grande, and the smaller island of Culebra, are all worth visiting!
So cilantro and cilantrillo, I'm not sure if they're different things, but in PR they also have recaíto -- sometimes called recao -- which has a long leaf and is also used to make sofrito. AND they have something called "cilantro brujo", which is very aromatic and even tastier.
I wonder if you guys will ever venture into cooking Puerto Rican food traditions / making sofrito, making mofongo and arroz con gandules, making tembleque and coquito for the holidays, etc.
No todos en PR le llamos verduras a los 'root vegetables'. Soy de Ponce (me crié en el campo/montaña) y nosotros le llamamos viandas. Las verduras son las hierbas verdes (cilantro/cilantrillo, culantro/recao, etc).
I lived in PR a long time ago....but I dont remember ever hearing people call a watermelon as Sandía.
I always heard ....melón.
En Puerto Rico a la se le llama melón de agua al watermelon y melón al cantaloupe.
My grand parents would use both words vianda and verdura but they also called green bananas and plantain verdura or vianda along with the rest.
In PR: Verduras = papas, batatas/yam, pana/bread fruit, malanga, ñame, chayote... Vegetales = Lechuga, tomates, maiz, aguacates(es una fruta, but still), brocoli, espinaca, berengena/egg plant(also a fruit, right? Lol), remolacha/beet...
Saludos y bienvenidos nuevamente a nuestra isla. En Puerto Rico Verduras y viandas son sinónimos, usualmente se refiere a los tubérculos ( muchas con almidón) como ñame, batata, yautía, malanga, calabaza, papas ,apio pero no el tallo si no el tubérculo que parece una mano, sin embargo la zanahoria a pesar de crecer bajo tierra la consideramos vegetal como los tomates, lechugas de todo tipo, brécol etc..
Yay! finalmente tienen carro 🥰. Is hard to move in PR without car. Por no decir imposible.
I have been vegan 4 1/2 years. Lately, I've been airfrying soft tortillas for crunchiness without the oil...because tortilla chips have always my greatest weakness too!!
That sounds delicious! I love crunchy tortilla chips. Great idea!
Hey guys! Watched the video and enjoyed it. Shopping suggestion is that when you dont need to buy in bulk at Sam's, you can go to Walmart Supercenter which is right next to that Sam's and buy the other stuff like the potatoes, etc (which you can buy by smaller size bags or by weight) Hope that helps!
Wow didn’t know you guys were vegan I’ve been vegan for almost 5 months :)
Verduras and Vegetales are same but some people called it different, depending on what part of the island and the education level ofcourse.
Thanks for your amazing channel, I learned a lot of Spanish from you, also proud of you for being vegan, same here 💚
That's awesome! Thanks for watching. We've been vegetarian since 2012-ish, and for years now we've been 95%-ish vegan. 😅 We occasionally make exceptions when traveling, but it's definitely our preferred way to eat. More to come soon! Be sure to check out our podcast in Spanish (spanishandgo.com/podcast) if you haven't already. ¡Un saludo! -Jim
Verduras en Puerto Rico son los tubérculos, vegetales son lo que nacen sobre la tierra normalmente
Cilantro=cilantrillo, recao=culantro (same thing) In English, recao is called long leaf coriander
Me caen super bien! Y me encanta que son veganos! 😀
You guys should try Oatly as milk.
Its unreal..... very good.....and it makes coffee taste even better than the usual cafe con leche.
Get used to subscribers stopping you like that🤣! Wepa🤣
If you see us please do say “hi!” Un saludo. -Jim
Didn't know you were vegan, that's awesome
Les recomiendo Bio Shack store es un supermercado completamente vegan y está muy cerca de ése Sam que visitaron.
Look at you! Four days in a row. You're on a roll!
You guys should meet up with Hayden he’s a Vegan youtuber that is starting a farm. He bought some land and built a little house. It is so cute. He’s a really cool dude!!! His channel is called VeganVlogs. He lives in Las Maries
Thanks, Amy! We’ve been meaning to meetup with him. We almost made it happen earlier this year, but he got sick and then we went to Mexico for a few months. Hopefully we can connect with him soon. Cheers! -Jim
Yum!❤️
I had my first ever corn and flour tortilla at the age of 29, when I moved to San Antonio TX.
Before that I lived in Manhattan and Puerto Rico.....never had them while living in these places.
Seems pretty expensive for groceries. I would say we are maybe a bit less here in California. Do you have farmers markets or tianguis?
There’s a really good Vegan restaurant called El Grifo in Caguas.
Vegetales son como broccoli coliflor maiz etc... lo que nosotros conocemos como verduras es como yuca malanca papa yautia etc.... esa es l diferencia
Saludos, me encanta tus videos. Tambien soy mexicana viviendo en PR. Te pregunto, is there a mexican restaurant in the island that you would recommend?
So happy to see you back in Puerto Rico!!! I was hoping you guys would move to Dorado this time around, that's where I am at. Love you guys, looking forward to seeing more of your videos! Take care💕
We appreciate your support! Dorado is much closer to us now that it was when we lived in Boquerón. 😆 Un saludo. -Jim
I liked you locking your puerta y rejas y el oyo (pothole). Verduras are guineos verdes pana platanos verde and other things that grow above ground biandas are ñame yautia yuca and malanga things that grow below the ground. You can buy tahini (sesame seed butter) in Walmart by the sriracha and wasabi. Humus is easy to make olive oil garbanzos tahini lemon ajo and a blender. You might want to try shopping at freshmart in caguas it's a bit mas expensive but for the hard to find vegan food you'll have more luck. I was vegan in Puerto Rico for 10 years difficulties finding suitable ingredients caused me to start eating eat eggs and dairy. The availability of vegan and organic food has improved dramatically since then. As far as you finding tortillas (not like an omelet) that will satisfy a Mexican you're going to have about as much luck as what my friend Hong has finding good kemshi. I wish you luck and still invite you to come to have coffee and a quesito with my in naguabo
As long as you make mofongo... :-)
We love mofongo! We found a couple of places that make a really good vegetarian version of it. 😋
Do you guys know Freshmart? I believe it could be a good option for you.
Verduras are root family of vegetables
I have to admit I was a little blown away by the cost of your groceries. We spend about $80 a week and get about the same amount.
We are not vegan, so we have to buy ouevos at every grocery trip. (My Spanish is very bad :( we went to Puerto Rico in September and I struggled with ordering at some places. I'll be better by the time we go in 2020.)
We usually spend about $100/week, but since we just moved back we had to stock back up on certain things that last much longer than a week.
For example, the unsalted mixed nuts we buy are $15 a tub, and the frozen fruit costs $10/package. Also the almond butter is about $10. Most of these things last us 3-4 weeks.
But yes, some things we buy are just more expensive, like organic apples vs conventional.
I hope that helps! Thanks for watching. -Jim
@@SpanishandGo that definitely makes sense!
Hello S&G being vegans could you please let us know what supplements you use like B12 or multi-vitamin?
Ok. I wanted to hear her speaking on the difference between verduras and vegetables.
Hi, Jaqueline! In Mexico, they're used the same. In Puerto Rico, _verduras_ are root vegetables specifically. They use _vegetales_ as the more general term for vegetables. I hope that helps! -Jim
I discovered recently PR has at least 60 kinds of taxes... yea..
y en una clase de historia de pr universitario el profe nos dijo que Puerto Rico era el único sitio donde el mango se le dice mangó, pq mango para nosotros es el mango de una silla y no la fruta. No se si sea cierto q seamos el único sitio pero es un dato curioso.
Y el sandía, en PR se acostumbra decir melón de agua para watermelon y melón dulce para lo otro (no sé alguien aquí me puede corregir). Yo no sabía lo que era sandía hasta que me mude a los EU. Y una vez en una bodega en NY yo dije habichuelas en vez de frijoles y escuché unos mexicanos decir :”ella dijo habichuelas” 😂
Bajen la app de sams es un éxito. Escaneas los productos con tu celular y pagas desde el mismo. Ya no hago más filas!!!
Interesting, I would think they would have veggie stands in Puerto Rico, is that not the case? I am vegan as well.
Have you found any cauliflower or Tofu?
Lol y’all vlog at my breakfast spot theres a EL mesón in Escorial that’s where I eat most of the time
Mi familia y yo llamamos a los mushrooms hongos
yo zetas
Have you guys always been vegan? If not, what caused the change? I'm just curious as to your thoughts. You could even share this in a video if you want. Either way, you have my support.
We usually call ourselves "mostly vegan" because we ocationally make some exceptions. At home we only eat vegan, and once in a while we'd eat cheese if there are no vegan options at restaurants or other events. We haven't had any meat, chicken or seafood since 2012. It's a good idea for a video. ¡Muchas gracias!
Coffee of course 😉
Does Puerto Rico have any farmers' markets or veggie and fruit stands?
Pamela Lueschen Fruit stands are all over the island. There are some Farmers Markets. The town of Rincón has one of the most popular farmers markets.
This video is helpful
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting. ¡Saludos!
El unico vicio que tengo es el te de kumbucha. Me encanta beberlo todo el tiempo:)
Veganos en PR wepaaaaa
At least in Peru they pronounce quinoa as "quinua".
Most states do tax clothes and food
The Jones Act instituted by the United State is the reason why Puerto Rican’s have to pay taxes on food. You can learn more by looking it up.
Hey hummus is very healthy
En cual pueblo estan viviendo ahora?
Verduras and or viandas same as vegetables but usually verduras as I recall at my grandparents home in San Jose, Rio Piedras they we're yautias, yuca,zanahorias,papas,ñame,malanga pretty much whatever was a root to us that was verduras but then later in life I learned about the verduras verdes like broccoli,radishes,cucumbers,coliflour,cilantro,tomatoes etc etc.
which all this dividing categories makes it very confusing; I just looked it up on the internet and it's quite crazy see for your self it's not the samething from what I knew growing up to today's crazy categories of veggies, verduras and or viandas and I'm 58
The hummus is healthy it's GARBANZOS but not the chips
I've been out of the island for so long I didn't know we had Sam's club I must visit Puerto Rico before I retire to Honduras
Great editing nice video clip God bless👋👋👋👋
🌺✌peace✌🌺
Malta India 😋
We made a video about that! th-cam.com/video/iBuqV_UIkQE/w-d-xo.html -Jim
I went to airbnb in long island 400k dollar house mom 3 kids they had ketchup in fridge.
Where in PR are you staying?
looks like Carolina or surrounding areas
They just changed the tax to 7% instead of 11% on food across the board even at restaurants
You two are Vegan?
They should do away with the taxes on food here in Puerto Rico, specially because salaries here are way lower than in the States.
Agreed. Thanks for watching! -Jim
People are goin to see you as freeks
Why is that? Because we eat vegetables? 😅 -Jim
Spanish and Go k im Puerto Rican I know thats place and people are not used to seeing people whit cameras in Escorial that’s where chu at the most they see is people in there phone Puerto Rican’s are always saying rude things about thing that they almost never see
@@hha-vl8mn Oh, I see. Well, the camera we used while recording this is smaller than a phone. Most people probably didn't even realize we were recording anything. Cheers! -Jim
Wooow on 9:50 you were very close to that fan!!! that was scary!! and yes we have Verduras!!! as a vegan my self, I love them!!
No bueno Amigos , hundred of thousands aphids and other flyes has to be killed to produce plantas, frutas and vegetablas for vegetarians amigos, do you think the cow life is more valuable than life little aphid ? First time I see Mexicana vegetariana Most Mexican love carne asada, chucharone and polo qisado Can’t be talk about mexican food without loving meat
Wait, so are you trying to say you don't eat vegetables? We're not trying to convince anyone to do what we're doing. We just do what's best for us. And yes, May can make any Mexican dish vegan. Un saludo. -Jim
Spanish and Go no I even grow them and like them but I don’t need them too eat that’s much like vegetarian cuz I eat meat to , so I save some little animals hope you guys are vegetarian because like fresh fruit and vegetables but not because you against killing animals for food I like you movies guys and like Mexico, Jim you have beautiful and intelligent wife , even she is vegetarian and don’t eat carne asada and drink tequila with worm
@@carbonusa Thanks for the support. Don't worry, there's plenty of meat for you. Yes, I'm a lucky guy! Remember though, it's usually mezcal that has the worm. Un saludo. -Jim