From time to time, I like to go back to this kind of cooking publications that leave a good and delicious taste in our mouths: publications about desserts or Creole sweets. As I told you in previous installments, Venezuela is a country that, although it is going through a critical economic moment, manages to make delicious meals with few and economic ingredients, in order to maintain our culinary customs and sweeten our daily life. That's why today I'm going to tell you about those desserts or sweets that you can find all over the country, that are very economical and popular or that you can make at home quickly and easily. Let's get started.

Venezuela is a tropical country, so the heat is part of our day to day. Any cold drink is appreciated at any time and consumed as if we had in the desert. Although ice creams, for example, are very popular, you don't have to go to an ice cream parlor to eat them. I remember that when I was a little girl, I waited anxiously for the ice cream man who appeared with his cart and with the emblematic sound of the bells making us salivate like Pavlo's little dog. But in Venezuela there are other cheaper and more popular ways to refresh yourself. Such is the case of the famous "tetas". "Las tetas (the tits)" are a kind of homemade handmade ice cream that are usually bought at a neighbor's house or made by yourself. To make them you only need plastic bags and the juice of the one you are going to make it. Some people make them from fruit, others are more risky and can make them with the most unexpected ingredient.

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If you want to make them out of fruits, you just make a natural juice, either from parchita, mango, pineapple, guava, and pour the juice into the plastic bag. This liquid is placed in the beak of the bag and will look like a teat (hence its popular name "teta"). Some people make them more elaborate and therefore more expensive, for example those who carry milk. These are usually coconut, chocolate, peanuts and even cookie oreo that are a delight. Nowadays, some people are using tubers such as yucca and even occumo to make them. These days I tried one of "chicha of ocumo", which has occumo, milk, cinnamon and a touch of vanilla. I really recommend it because it is exquisite and creamy.

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Another sweet you can find anywhere in Venezuela is the famous "pulp of tamarind". The pulps are made from a fruit called tamarind. The tamarind is acidic and has a lot of small seeds, so enough sugar is added to make it tasty and edible. The tamarind is removed from the shell, placed in a container with sugar and kneaded trying to remove the seeds if desired. That will give a paste that is wrapped in plastic giving it an elongated shape. This candy, as popular as it is economical, is sold in popular markets, in all the streets of the country and even in some houses, since some families seek to generate cash by selling anything.

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When it comes to street and economic sales, there are the sales of the famous "suckers" or artisanal sugar suckers. These colorful candies are famous because they are cheap and easy to make, and are the delight of young and old. Street vendors often carry bags filled with these homemade treats. They are made with water and sugar, only, and a little coloring which gives them those different colors. In recent years of crisis, these candies have come to replace those produced by large factories, as they are affordable for anyone. In this same format and with the same intention, I have seen sales of "pacifiers" of ginger and honey, a little more expensive, but also homemade and delicious.

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Sugar is also the main ingredient of another of the most economic and popular Venezuelan desserts, which is called "sighs". The suspiro or merengue is made with egg white and sugar. The idea is to beat the egg whites and gradually add the sugar. This sweet and thick mixture is poured into a pastry sleeve, then small cocoons are made on a greased paper. These small meringue candies are taken to the oven and then, when they are ready, they are left to cool and then removed from the paper or sheet. Personally, I love it when the sighs are poured with other ingredients such as cinnamon and nutmeg, because they are left to sigh for them.

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All these sweets that I mentioned can be sold in the streets by adults and children who go out to sell them to bring money home. Once my nephews and nieces were visiting my house, they heard that they were selling sighs in the street. I remember they ran out and asked me to buy some for them. When I went to see them, it was a very charismatic boy who sold the sighs and immediately said: buy it, lady, they are sweet. Those words made me laugh, so I bought many sighs. In Venezuela it is not uncommon to see more children selling candy than eating it. Eating candy is a luxury.

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE

https://losviajesdenena.com/helado-de-teta/
https://cocina-casera.com/mx/pulpa-de-tamarindo-azucarada-receta-facil/
https://ve.emedemujer.com/saborexpress/recetas/chupetas-de-caramelo-aprende-a-hacerlas/
https://www.analitica.com/vida-con-estilo/la-mejor-receta-venezolana-de-los-suspiros-de-la-abuela/

Written by: @nancybriti

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