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Cuban bread is a fairly simple white bread, similar to French bread and Italian bread, but has a slightly different baking method and ingredient list (in particular, it generally includes a small amount of fat in the form of lard or vegetable shortening); it is usually made in long, baguette-like loaves.
At nearly any Cuban bakery, the common breakfast order will be a tostada and a cafe con leche. A tostada is about a quarter of a cuban bread baguette, sliced in half, toasted, and slathered in butter.
As with Cuban bread, the origin of the Cuban sandwich (sometimes called a "Cuban mix," a "mixto," a "Cuban pressed sandwich," or a "Cubano" [12]) is murky. [13] [14] In the late 1800s and early 1900s, travel between Cuba and Florida was easy, especially from Key West and Tampa, and Cubans frequently sailed back and forth for employment, pleasure, and family visits.
The bread is similar to French bread or Italian bread and is usually made in long, baguette-like loaves. It is the Cuban equivalent of toast. Typically, tostadas are served as a breakfast alongside (and perhaps dunked into) a hot mug of cafe con leche (strong dark-roasted Cuban coffee with scalded milk).
It takes more than a stack of deli-counter meats to make a great Cuban sandwich. Other important ingredients include some you never see. Critic’s Choice: Best Cuban sandwiches in Palm Beach County
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A typical Cuban sandwich. A Cuban sandwich (sometimes called a mixto, especially in Cuba [6] [7]) is a popular lunch item that grew out of the once-open flow of cigar workers between Cuba and Florida (specifically Key West and the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa) in the late 19th century and has since spread to other Cuban American communities.
The owners created a mural of Havana that covers an entire wall because they wanted to feel like they're drinking a cup of coffee in Cuba.