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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "rah" (as in "rapper") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "tahs" (as in "tar")/

Meaning

Black beans, the cornerstone of Venezuelan cooking. Without caraotas there is no pabellón criollo, the national dish. They are slow-cooked and often seasoned with papelón (raw cane sugar), giving them a slightly sweet, creamy finish. The ingredient that tells you that you are home.

Examples

Make some caraotas for lunch, I have been craving pabellón all week.

My mom's caraotas have papelón in them, a little sweet and absolutely impossible to resist.

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Regional synonyms

A social dance venue or evening where tango is danced in Argentina and Uruguay. The milonga is both a place and a musical style, the heartbeat of Rioplatense culture. Partners dance close, improvising every step in a silent dialogue that takes years to master. Serious milongas start late at night and can run until dawn.