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Fry breads
are not only a usual accompaniment to meals and a delicious snack, but also an
integral part of ritual for the Seminole Maroons:
The Seminole Maroons serve tamales any
time but especially at holiday time. On an appointed morning, several women will
congregate in someone's kitchen, enjoying the laugher, news, and general company
of each other as they prepare a minimum of fifty dozen tortillas to be served
for holiday dinners and when someone drops in for coffee or tequila, as a snack,
an so on. Then, when the festive day glides into evening, each of the ladies
takes home a portion of the day's home cooking and happiness to share with her
waiting family and other loved ones who will soon be visiting in the spirit of
the season.
These nine major rainforest spices earn
over $150 million per year in international trade: cloves, nutmeg, black pepper,
allspice, cardamom, ginger, vanilla, and cinnamon.
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