PLANTAIN HAMBURGER AS TYPICAL JUNK FOOD IN FLORENCIA

CITY

EDWARD TRUJILLO MANJARRES

PATRICIA CESPEDES GARCIA

COMMUNICATION SEMINAR

AMAZONIA UNIVERSITY

EDUCATION SCIENCIES FACULTY

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROGRAM

FLORENCIA-CAQUETA

July, 2013

INTRODUCTION

This pedagogical project is about the preparation of this typical

product known as plantain hamburger. This hamburger has plantain

instead of bread, this makes this product original. Tourist and

inhabitants visit different places to taste this exotic hamburger,

specially a fast food restaurant called Rapicomidas el Negro, which is

visited by a lot of clients to eat this kind of hamburger. It is a typical

fast food of our state Caquetá, especially of Florencia city. The

preparation of this product is easy and fast. It means that anyone can

work in these stalls without taking into account the academic

formation. For that, reason it contributes to the economic

development of our region as we can see later.

This pedagogical project aims at showing the process to prepare

plantain hamburger, describing the process to make this burger and

learn how this typical food becomes a cultural aspect of the region.

Moreover, it describes the type of clients, the function of the workers

in detail, the work-schedule, and some aspects form part of the

context. The most important part is that people recognize the

importance of the gastronomic variety and discover new cultural

elements in the Caquetenian food, inviting to everybody to contribute

with the development of this region. The history of the hamburger

plays an important role in the production of this product because it is

the origin of this. It is amazing to see how the plantain hamburger is

sold a lot on special dates. a clear sample is in San Pedro Festival,

where hundreds of plantain hamburgers are sold. It represents

progress to our state and help with employment.

DESCRIPTION OF THE SETTING

This pedagogical project was conducted in Rapicomidas el Negro fast food restaurant, located in 12th street, N. 6-109 Juan XXIII neighborhood, Florencia-Caquetá. It is a big and luxurious place. This is 5 m wide and 12 m large. In this restaurant, there are twenty tables and 80 chairs of different colors. The cook room is outside the hall. There is a big and sophisticated stove with special grills where the fast food, specially, plantain hamburger is cooked.

Carlos Andres Perez is the owner of Rapicomidas el Negro Restaurant. It was founded in September 20th of 1995. It was first located in 11th street, Divino Niño Park. As consequence of the social problem called invasion of public spaces in Florence city, he had to move his restaurant to the place, it is today. It mainly offers plantain hamburgers, hot dogs, stuffed potatoes; French fries, chuzos of meat and soft drinks. This restaurant has eight employees, they have different duties. Some of them cook, other attends clients and the owner is the cashier. They work like a family; their relationship is based on kindness and politeness. They are also hard workers and responsible, they work twelve hours a day from Monday to Sunday. It is the only microenterprise which has its own place. In Florence, there are also many fast food stalls in different places, where you can find plantain hamburger. They are located around Santander Park, on the Fundadores Avenue in Zona Rosa.

The clients of Rapicomidas el Negro Restaurant are de different social status. It does not matter if they are rich or poor. The treatment is the same with the clients. Also there are teen clients. It makes a familiar place, where people enjoy eating plantain hamburger with their children, their grandparents and soon. This place is visited by lot families on weekends. They usually eat plantain hamburger with enough pink sauce.

Moreover, it is an usual place people visit before dancing and drinking in a discotheque or club. Outside each discotheque is a small fast food restaurant.

OBJECTIVES

General Objective

To describe the process to prepare plantain hamburger and show the

plantain as the main ingredient and measure the impact and it level of

consumptions in the typical fast food in Caquetá region.

Specific Objectives

To recognize the creativity and innovation of Caquetenian in the

preparation of plantain hamburger.

To evaluate the impact of plantain hamburger in the typical junk

food in Caqueta region in aspects gastronomic, cultural and

economic.

To associate the plantain hamburger with the typical

gastronomy of the Caqueta state.

HAMBURGER HISTORY

According to Wikipedia. History hamburger. 2006, the hamburger is a

ground meat patty between two slices of bread; it was first created in

America in 1900 by Louis Lassen, owner of Louis' Lunch in NewHaven,

Connecticut. There have been rival claims by Charlie Nagreen, Frank

and Charles Menches, Oscar Weber Bilby, and Fletcher David. White

Castle traces the origin of the hamburger to Hamburg, Germany with

its invention by Otto Kuase. However, it gained national recognition at

the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair when the New York Tribune namelessly

attributed the hamburger as, "the innovation of a food vendor on the

pike."] No conclusive claim has ever been made to end the dispute

over the inventor of the hamburger with a variety of claims and

evidence asserted since its creation.

Today, hamburgers are usually a feature of fast food

restaurants. The hamburgers served in major fast food establishments

are usually mass-produced in factories and frozen for delivery to the

site. These hamburgers are thin and of uniform thickness, differing

from the traditional American hamburger prepared in homes and

conventional restaurants, which is thicker and prepared by hand from

ground beef. Generally most American hamburgers are round, but

some fast-food chains, such as Wendy's, sell square-cut hamburgers.

Hamburgers in fast food restaurants are usually grilled on a flat-top,

but some firms, such as Burger King, use a gas flame grilling process.

At conventional American restaurants, hamburgers may be ordered

"rare", but normally are served medium-well or well-done for food

safety reasons. Fast food restaurants do not usually offer this option.

In Caqueta State, there is not an exactly date which indicates when

the plantain hamburger was first prepared neither who prepared it,

but people know it was many years ago.

PLANTAIN HAMBURGUER

Ingredients

In order to make plantain hamburger, there are some ingredients that

it contains. it is necessary one loaf of meat hamburger, two loaves of

mature plantain, one slice of mortadella, one green tomato, one white

onion, one leave of lettuce, melted cheese, one package of potato

chips, ketchup, mayonnaise, pink sauces and a piece of aluminum

foil. These ingredients are easy and cheap to buy in any store or

supermarket in Florencia. The main ingredient of this product is the

plantain because it is consider the best. For that reason, if you are

going to make this hamburger, avoid changing this important

ingredient which makes difference of others kind of these products.

Finally, you have to be sure they are on good state to be eaten.

Preparation

The preparation of Plantain hamburger is easy and fast. The secret

consist on the sequence you put the ingredients on the loaf of

plantain. First, put the loaf of meat hamburger and the loaves of

plantain on the grill in order to fry. When they are golden, they are

ready. Second, chop the green tomato thinly sliced and add salt to

taste. Third, chop the white onion thinly sliced and then, add pink and

ketchup sauces in order to fry the onion. Finally, put the cheese on the

grill, when it is melted remove it. When the previous steps are ready,

you just need to assemble it. During the preparation of this product it

is important to be careful with the time of cooking of each ingredient

because it can get burned. For that reason I recommend to simmer

them.

How to Assemble the Plantain Hamburger

Put a piece of aluminum foil on the table. Then, put upward a loaf

of plantain slices of green tomato, two leaves of lettuce, slices of

roasted onion. Add ketchup, mayonnaise and pink sauces. Remember

that sauces are important in the flavor and the appearance of the

product. After that, add potato chips, the loaf of hamburger, a slice

of mortadella and cover with the other loaf of mature plantain these

ingredients. Finally, wrap the plantain hamburger with a piece of

aluminum foil and add melted cheese on it. It is important the napkins

when it is served. If you prefer, you can use boxes, especially to

hamburgers. After this process, you could enjoy this product at home

or in a fast food restaurant.

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF EATING PLANTAIN

HAMBURGER

The most evident advantage of consuming plantain hamburger is

that it saves time. In today's fast-paced life, there is nothing

better than getting a ready meal. Besides time, saves cost

because to buy a plantain hamburger result cheaper than other

kind of food. People can find hamburgers from $ 1.500 to $5.000.

Moreover, nowadays, the restaurants which sell them can be

found easily. They are really situated in each corner of a street of

our city. Another advantage of eating plantain burger is that they

have a good taste. And it also, has essential micronutrients in the

form of minerals such as calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron,

magnesium and copper. Plantain hamburger also contains small

traces of zinc and selenium. Although high in unhealthy fats,

nutritional details of hamburger include a small amount of omega

3 acids or healthy fats.

However, eating plantain hamburger also has disadvantages

because it could cause obesity. Generally, burgers have many

calories and these accumulate in the body as fat deposits that can

cause obesity. In addition, the burgers contain high amounts of

fats and salt that affects the health adversely with other problems

like high blood pressure and diseases of the joints. Eating fast

food for prolonged periods of time can cause as great harm to

your liver as alcohol. The addiction to eat plantain hamburger is

really dangerous because people become dependent of it. Then,

they will spend a lot of money and their economic situation will be

affected. Remember it is better to eat this kind of food on

weekends at least.

CONCLUSION

The plantain hamburger is an important junk food in the Caqueta

region. The innovation in its preparation is the main characteristic of

this product because the Caquetá plantain is recognized for its quality

and provides a different and more delectable flavor. That is why,

people prefer to eat plantain hamburger than bread hamburgers. In

Florencia city, there are many places where you can find junk food

because it is one of the main fast food of all stalls. Whether you are on

the road or just cruising around town, plantain hamburgers are at

hand anywhere in the city. It is very easy to find people selling that.

Moreover, it is necessary that people of others states know, learn and

taste plantain hamburger as a typical junk or fast food.

Finally, the plantain hamburger has a great impact in the typical

junk food in Caqueta State. Many people consume it instead of other

food. Even people who are not from Florencia prefer the plantain

hamburger. Also, tourists who visit the region enjoy of eating this

exotic burger and they wish to return to enjoy again this wonderful

food.

The innovation of this hamburger shows the creativity of Caquetenian

people to make a different product using the plantain which is a

typical product in this part of the country.

The level of consumption of plantain hamburger is high and it is a

good business because many people like buy this kind of food after

dance and drink in clubs and discos for that, fat foods stalls are

frequently located around these places and the owners of these has

good income.

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http://www.studymode.com/essays/The-Advantage-And-

Disadvantages-Of-Eating-1006163.html.

http://www.md-health.com/Disadvantages-Of-Fast-Food.html .

http://www.diethealthclub.com/calories/hamburger.html .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger.