The traditional dishes that Nicaraguan families prepare with the arrival of the summer season or Easter, such as iguana pinol, cheese soup, seafood soup or dried fish, gaspar in watery rice and the vaho de cuaresma, among others, could be affected by the high prices of the products with which they are prepared.
“Many of the Nicaraguan families are going to be limited, because several of the products with which these exquisite foods are prepared have risen too much in price,” said Reni Díaz Zavala, owner of a commercial establishment in the city of Somoto, head of the department. from Madrid.
Díaz Zavala mentioned that the cheese has not gone down. «The pound is through the roof, since in some places it is sold for more than 100 córdobas, not to mention the curd, milk and cream that are widely used in the preparation of fish soup or soup of cheese,” he said.
Canned also rise
Referring to the canned products that are sold in his store, he said that sardines in their different presentations have risen in price this year. “We have that the sardine can rose almost 50 percent of its cost, in addition to other canned products typical of this summer period and Easter,” he explained.
“There are other products that are in great demand at this time, such as the fruits that we already have for sale. We have pineapple, orange, watermelon, melon and papaya. There are also jocotes, mangoes, and apples, which this year have had an increase in their prices,” said María Rodríguez, originally from the city of Masaya, and who at this time usually sets up her small mobile fruit business on the streets of Somoto.
«We market these products from Masaya, Granada, León, Chinandega and Rivas since before Ash Wednesday begins. until religious activities end Easter Catholics. We know that people honor their faith with different foods to remember the 40 days when Jesus, son of God the Father, fasted in the desert,” he said.
other expensive products
For his part, Wilmer Jiménez, from the community of Guasuyuca, in Somoto, said that sugar cane candy, cane itself and alfeñique, as well as cane juice and coconut water, have new prices, because the wholesalers add transport costs despite the fact that fuel prices remain frozen. “It’s that these (the wholesalers) don’t waste time raising everything,” he said.
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Jiménez, who is dedicated to the sale of fruits, vegetables and other products of this summer season in the streets of the city of Somoto, also said that there are products such as desserts, syrups, jocote and mango cusnaca that are traditionally They are made for this date in many Nicaraguan homes, they may not be served this year in dining rooms due to their high prices for their preparation.
Indian or patio chickens also do not escape high prices, since one of these poultry is offered at between 300 to 350 córdobas, not including the products that are added to its preparation, either for soups or accompanied with cheese balls and corn dough.
By: United Voices
