https://vo.rs/tags/cuban/Latest from the Cuban desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000https://vo.rs/story/ropa-vieja-cuban-braised-shredded-beef/<p>Ropa vieja means &ldquo;old clothes&rdquo;, and the name has spawned a small library of folk tales. My favourite is the tender one: a poor man with no money to feed his family shredded and cooked his own worn-out clothes, and through the power of his love the rags turned into a rich meat stew. It is a good story to tell over the pot, because the dish really does look like a heap of soft, tattered fabric, strands of braised beef tangled in a red pepper sauce. It is the national dish of Cuba and one of the great one-pot suppers of the Caribbean.</p>Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:30:00 +0000