Farm Tour and Puerto Rican Cooking Class using Medicinal Plants
This is a perfect experience for anyone looking to connect with local culture over food in Moca. Susimar is a chemist by profession with 12 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Since 2011, she started working with native medicinal plants that grow in Puerto Rico. These plants have wonderful medicinal benefits and Susimar wishes to share this knowledge with locals and travelers.
- Off the beaten path experience in Moca: connect with nature, learn about the local flora, and cook a Puerto Rican meal
- Rural farm tour: learn about endemic and native plants of Puerto Rico and their medicinal uses
- 2-hour hands-on Puerto Rican cooking class: learn to cook a Puerto Rican meal using native medicinal plants
- Get insight on local ingredients, culinary traditions and culture
- Enjoy a home cooked meal prepared using family recipes and herbs and plants grown locally
Options
Cooking + dinner
What's included in Farm Tour and Puerto Rican Cooking Class using Medicinal Plants
(Subject to Option Inclusions)This is a unique opportunity in Moca to visit the home of a local and explore traditional culture and cuisine. Start your fun, educational experience in Moca with a rural farm tour. Learn about endemic and native plants of Puerto Rico and their medicinal uses. Learn about its benefits, characteristics, uses and how it can be used in cooking a Puerto Rican meal. Susimar will teach you the scientific names, where you can get it, how you can grow it, and its care. Once you learn to identify, collect and taste the native medicinal plants of Puerto Rico, Susimar will teach you how to cook with it. In your 2-hour hands-on Puerto Rican cooking class learn to cook three dishes from scratch. Learn to cook traditional Puerto Rican dishes using family recipes and local ingredients. You will join Susimar in her outdoor kitchen and help her make a beverage with seasonal fruit, a salad with herbs that you will hand pick from the farm, and a comforting healing soup with a homemade dressing. Please note the menu is seasonal and changes depending on the availability of herbs and plants. After you cook, sit down at her outdoor porch table to enjoy the light but delicious meal you helped prepare.
Food Menu
STARTER - Tropical fruit juice - Guanabana (soursop)
STARTER - Salad - Verdolaga (local foraged herbs)
MAIN - Soup - Coconut pumpkin soup
Inclusions
- Home cooked meal
- Gratuities
- All Fees and Taxes
- Private farm tour and cooking class with Susimar
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- If any travelers in your party have any allergies, dietary restrictions or cooking preferences please advise at time of booking
- Menu may vary depending on the season
- Private, personalized experience
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- As there is no public transportation in Moca, Susimar suggests arriving to the farm with your own vehicle, parking is available - she will meet you at Supermercado Agranel.
- Please wear comfortable clothing, closed shoes and a cap.
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Please meet your host at Supermercado Agranel. Exact address can be found in your ticket upon booking confirmation. Please check the 'Before you go' section on your voucher for the exact address, the above only offers neighbourhood details, and not the exact address.
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Host name: Susimar González Martínez Phone: +1 787 627 2309 Email: [email protected] Address: Supermercado Agranel, Cll Del Parque, 00676, Moca, Puerto Rico 00676 Meeting location: Please meet your host at Supermercado Agranel. Here is a Google Maps link to the location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/bZhBRogVtu56Msow7 Please contact your host directly if you have dietary requests or need help with directions. -- -- Traveling Spoon is a supplier of Viator and TripAdvisor. We offer travelers authentic food experiences with locals, in their homes. Founded by two travelers and food lovers, Traveling Spoon helps others make meaningful cultural connections through food. Contact us at [email protected] if you have general questions about our services. For specific questions related to your booking please contact your host directly with the contact information provided above. We hope you have a meaningful experience and look forward to hearing about it!