Burén

Burén, also known as a budare¹ or a budali,² is a cooking utensil in Puerto Rican cuisine, that originated in Taino cuisine throughout the Greater Antilles. It is a thick metal plate, and similar in structure to a griddle. During the Taino period, most buréns were ceramic. It was used by the Tainos to cook over a fire.³⁴

Background

The Tainos used it to cook cassava and breadcakes called casabe. In Jamaica, a cassava flatbread of Taino origin is called bammy.⁵ They ground the cassava first, before cooking it on a burén.⁶ A woodcut was made of Taino women cooking using this method.⁷

El Burén de Lula is a book about a chef using traditional cooking technique.⁸ A short film features her and the burén.⁹

Hechas al burén

References

Reid, Basil A.; III, R. Grant Gilmore (March 4, 2014). Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-4853-6 – via Google Books.
"Actas del XXXIII Congreso Internacional de Americanistas: San José, 20-27 Julio 1958". 1959.
Atten, Suzanne Van (September 5, 2023). Moon Puerto Rico: Best Beaches, Outdoor Adventures, Local Favorites. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64049-757-3 – via Google Books.
Castanha, T. (December 14, 2010). The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extinction: Continuity and Reclamation in Borikén (Puerto Rico). Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-11640-5 – via Google Books.
Atkinson, Lesley-Gail (September 8, 2006). The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 978-976-640-149-8 – via Google Books.
"Food preparation on Buren".
Martínez-Fernández, Luis (August 22, 2019). Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-1-68340-137-7 – via Google Books.
Cabán González, Ángel R. (22 May 2023). "Burén"+cook&pg=PA31 Roberto Clemente: A great ballplayer and a greater human being. Ibukku LLC. ISBN 978-1-68574-381-9.
La Mafia, Puerto Rico (2019-06-17). Eat, Drink, Share Puerto Rico Food • El Burén de Lula. Retrieved 2024-09-28 – via YouTube.

[1] Reid, Basil A.; III, R. Grant Gilmore (March 4, 2014). Encyclopedia of Caribbean Archaeology. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-4853-6 – via Google Books.

[2] "Actas del XXXIII Congreso Internacional de Americanistas: San José, 20-27 Julio 1958". 1959.

[3] Atten, Suzanne Van (September 5, 2023). Moon Puerto Rico: Best Beaches, Outdoor Adventures, Local Favorites. Avalon Publishing. ISBN 978-1-64049-757-3 – via Google Books.

[4] Castanha, T. (December 14, 2010). The Myth of Indigenous Caribbean Extinction: Continuity and Reclamation in Borikén (Puerto Rico). Springer. ISBN 978-0-230-11640-5 – via Google Books.

[5] Atkinson, Lesley-Gail (September 8, 2006). The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taíno. University of the West Indies Press. ISBN 978-976-640-149-8 – via Google Books.

[6] "Food preparation on Buren".

[7] Martínez-Fernández, Luis (August 22, 2019). Key to the New World: A History of Early Colonial Cuba. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-1-68340-137-7 – via Google Books.

[8] Cabán González, Ángel R. (22 May 2023). "Burén"+cook&pg=PA31 Roberto Clemente: A great ballplayer and a greater human being. Ibukku LLC. ISBN 978-1-68574-381-9.

[9] La Mafia, Puerto Rico (2019-06-17). Eat, Drink, Share Puerto Rico Food • El Burén de Lula. Retrieved 2024-09-28 – via YouTube.

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