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What's the source for the "most popular arepa" company? What's the "argument" re: Venezuela and Colombia claiming as a "typical" food? --68.37.196.220 20:44, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
The arepa is the typical dish of Colombia, i know several people from venezuela and none of them has claimed that arepa is from there. It comes from the Eje Cafetero, a region in Cololmbia with the departaments that produce coffee because the work day there begins around 4 - 5 am so arepa and agua panela is a pretty quick breakfast.--ometzit 20:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm Colombian and I know Venezuelans, that claim that the Arepas are from Venezuela. I consider for example, that what they call "cachapas" are pretty similar to the colombian "Arepa de Chocolo", does any one knows what could be the difference?
If you ever go to Katy, Texas you need to go to an Arepera called Los Camos The owner's name is Yolanda Almeida. their arepas are the best i have ever tried i go their every week. Every penny is worth it. And dont get me started with thier cachapas. Oh and the difference betwwen Arepa de Chocolo and Cachapas is that cachapas have queso de mano inside of it.--venezolana**
Can somebody take a picture for this page? It can really make an article. I would but I'm not in arepa country. Hawkian 22:36, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
i eat arepa almost every weekend so ill see if i can upload a pic of a arepa, and also a traditional colombian breakfast. im more concern in uploading a picture of a tamal.--ometzit 20:44, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
I'd love to see the aboriginous origins of arepas described here. I've seen references in the past. Like in many other cases, current knowledge ignores this and many other valuable contributions made by those cultures.
Hey its me again i'll try to get a picture of the arepas from that restaurant okay hasta luego.--venezolana**
[edit] Neither Colombia nor Venezuela existed when arepas were first eaten...
Arepa is an aboriginal dish of the northern Andes, in South America. The word is recorded by conquistadors as ancient Muisca(1) which was the language of the Chibchas, the indigenous inhabitants of the eastern fork of the Andean cordillera, which now spans both Colombia and Venezuela. Trade and warfare are natural spreaders of foodstuff, and so, we now find Arepas everywhere from the Andes (as far south as Ecuador) to the Caribbean coast of South America (where they are eaten deep-fried).
The Venezuela Vs. Colombian "controversy" is misguided, as is the parochial identification as a dish from either of the two modern countries.
(1)Quote not available, but fact of aboriginal origin is obvious enough.
Raravis 18:56, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Still the 'controversy' is not completely misguided because the discussion is on the current form of the meal. Moreover it's not eaten only in the nothern Andes region. Arepas are eaten all over Venezuela with several variations on the way it is prepared/eaten. For example. in the Andes region Arepas are traditionally made with wheat flour while in the more warmer regions they are made out of corn flour. In the most eastern regions of Venezuela Arepas are fried while in the coastal/plains/andes regions it is cooked with an oven —Preceding unsigned comment added by CamonZ (talk • contribs) 15:17, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Maybe Colombians eat them, but almost all Venezuelan eats them at least five times a week. So, it is Venezuelan, at least in a practical level. -hlp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.58.17.233 (talk) 15:51, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
This previous argument is ridiculous. Arepas are sold on every street corner of most Colombian cities, and not as "Venezuelan food." Most Colombian varieties of arepas do not exist in Venezuela. It is clearly "local" food in both countries. Arguing otherwise makes about as much sense as saying the French drink more wine than Italians, so wine is essentially French. Danfeder (talk) 02:35, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Arepa rellena
This (arepa rellena) is the most frequent form it adopts in Venezuela, whereas in Colombia it is still eaten unadorned (or just with butter or cheese spread on top, occasionally as a filling), mainly as the regional form of bread.
I removed this sentence as it is unreferenced and is not true in my experience. I am not Venezuelan but lived there for two years (in Monagas and Anzoátegui) and I very rarely saw arepas rellenas, they were almost always served plain or with butter. If I am wrong, please reinstate this information if you have a reference. I also did some miscellaneous cleanup, mostly for writing style issues (eg. English doesn't use "typical" in the sense of Spanish "comida típica" - I replaced it with "traditional"). More cleanup still needs to be done though. --Grace 09:39, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
I'm sorry but I was born in Colombia and, because my mother is Venezuelan, I have lived in several areas of both countries throughout my life. Arepas in Colombia are rarely filled with anything although customs are changing because of Venezuelan influence. But if you still go to Colombian and Venezuelan homes (as opposed to commercial places), Colombians will still rarely fill the arepa with anything whereas Venezuelans will always fill their arepas with something. That's because Venezuelans have always cooked the arepa so a characteristic hard layer or "concha" created around the dough is formed allowing them to put things inside. This in Venezuelan regions in which that is the "typical" cooking method. Some Venezuelan regions are very much Colombian in their habits and viceversa. These are neighbouring countries with a common history
Typical and traditional have different meanings for us and it's the same in English. The latin root of "typical" being clear enough in spite of Grace references to usage. For us, typical, in Spanish, is the opposite of "atypical" just as in English. So I do not understand Grace's objections in this respect. On the other hand, for us, something "typical" is not necessarily "traditional". It's just the most common form of the object in question found in a given region, but not in a historical sense (tradition). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.55.134.184 (talk) 22:07, 22 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Arepa rellena
A question: are arepas known outside of Colombia and Venezuela? Do Ecuadorians or Peruvians or Guyianans eat them and think of them as their own (as opposed to something brought by Colombian or Venezuelan immigrants)? Danfeder (talk) 02:40, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
