Cubanos
Ham pork melts
Cubanos is the plural of Cubano, meaning Cuban people or things Cuban.
In American English, the word most often refers to Cuban sandwiches—pressed sandwiches layered with roast pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard on Cuban bread: We grabbed Cubanos from the food truck.
The sandwich originated in Cuban immigrant communities in Florida.
Scattered population sharing origins
- exilesBanished persons
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- MiamiSoutheast Florida coastal city
- Little HavanaCuban immigrant community in Miami
Hialeah · refugees · émigrés · homeland · Havana · identity · heritage · Mariel
Pushed or smoothed flat
- roast porkBaked pig meat
- hamCured pig thigh
- Swiss cheeseHole-riddled dairy product
- picklesVegetables preserved in brine
mustard · plancha · mojo · Tampa · Miami · grill marks · crispy · melted
Dried smoking leaf
- hand-rolledFormed manually, not mechanically
- wrapperOuter protective layer
- fillerSubstance closing gaps
- binderDevice securing loose pages
humidor · Montecristo · ring gauge · cedar · smoke · aficionado · corona · robusto
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- exilesBanished persons
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- MiamiSoutheast Florida coastal city
Little Havana · Hialeah · refugees · émigrés · homeland · Havana · identity · heritage · Mariel · nostalgia
pressed
Pushed or smoothed flat
- roast porkBaked pig meat
- hamCured pig thigh
- Swiss cheeseHole-riddled dairy product
pickles · mustard · plancha · mojo · Tampa · Miami · grill marks · crispy · melted · street food
tobacco
Dried smoking leaf
- hand-rolledFormed manually, not mechanically
- wrapperOuter protective layer
- fillerSubstance closing gaps
binder · humidor · Montecristo · ring gauge · cedar · smoke · aficionado · corona · robusto · premium
Cubanosburgers
Meat patties in buns
wraps · smørrebrød · club sandwich · sloppy joe · pita pocket
CubanosPhilly cheesesteak
Beef and cheese sub
po' boy · Reuben · French dip · muffuletta
- Cuban RevolutionCaribbean island's 1959 overthrow
- Cuban rumSugarcane spirit from island
- Cuban cigarTobacco roll from Havana
- Cuban sandwichPressed meat and pickle sub
- Cuban sandwichesPressed pork and ham melts
- Cuban coffeeSugar-whipped Caribbean espresso