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 The fish, inexhaustible resource that the ocean offers, and the meat are the principal foods on which the typical kitchen of Tenerife, as well as canary islands in general, ii's based
Other typical products that mainly accompany to the table the fish and the meat there are the potatos, cheeses, bananas and, not for last, the wines.
The fish is reachable fresh every day in restaurants located in small of fishermen towns, these locations are easily identifiable thanks boats; in its small harbors, swhich are clearly equipped for fishing.
Very often the families of fishermen are also owners of ristorantinis above written..
The fish is habitually fried or cooked to the grill or in casserole with potatoes and aromatic herbs.
The meat that'is commonly consumed is chicken, pig, goat, bovine and rabbit.
The Rancho Canario is an Tenerife, as well as canary Islands, rapresentative dish; its' based by pig or chicken meat.
This dish sees to cook in casserole the meat with potatoes, onion, garlic, saffron and other aromatic herbs; everything will be covered by noodles; now an omelet made with part of the same ingredients to cook the meat with the addition of a sausage will be put on top.
A Spanish dish that finds frequent space in tables prepared in Tenerife is the " puchero "; soup of vegetables based on beans, american potatoes, ears, savoy, bubangos (a type of vegetable marrow ), other vegetables mixed with pieces of pig meat. .
For the appasionatis of fried meat and the spicy sauces we suggest the " Pollo mojado "; chicken fried using a particual technique totally absorbed by the "Mojo Picon *."
As already said the vegetable queen is the potato.
The culture of the potato in Tenerife enumerates a lot of varieties of this tuber, beforehand through the commerce with the americhes; in recent times also with europe.
The potato that is recognized as the local potato of Tenerife is the " papa bonita ".
This is a potato of small size that's boiled with its own skin (also it must be be eaten!) in few water and covered of salt; in this way cooked its takes the name of " papa arrugada ".
The papa arrugada is the classic contour for dishes fish based.
The papa arrugada is accompanied habitually with two types of sauce: the "Mojo verde" (green moho) and the "Mojo picòn" (moho picòn: red color).
We wants to open a parenthesis here for sauces impassioned.
The "Mojo verde" is a sauce based on oil of olive, garlic and coriander; the *Mojo picòn, as its very spicy name says, is based on oil of olive, garlic and spicy red pepers.
With these sauces the papases arrugadases seem never enough; nevertheless the bruschettes with the bread are a valid alternative.
For what about the fruit, the banana is a fruit locally cultivated, therefore it'is reachable fresh with its natural colors: the yellow (but not the same yellow we habitually see) with strong tones of green.
Other exotic fruit is cultivated, however quite a lot of fresh fruits comes in Tenerife from Spain and South Africa.
INFO ABOUT WINES
Tenerife occupies the first place in surface of vineyards reaching more than 50% of the Canary Islands regional total; also considering Tenerife agrarian sector the vineyard occupies the first place of the cultivations as for surface, followed to great distance by the cultivation of banana and otatoes.

The Canarias wines in past were very famous for their liquer-like characteristics (malvasia wine).
At present time on the contrary are producted white, red and rosy young wines having also smaller alcoholic graduation.

This change has been motivated so much by the demand of the market as for the occupation of the agricultural floor in the coastal areas, good place to cultive Malvasia and similar wines , for other activities .

Regarding wines producted in Tenerife, it is necessary to highlight the prevalence of common young white wines that are producted in "Orotava", "San Miguel", "Arico" and "Guimar" Areas, the young red kinds are cultived and representative of "Tacoronte - Acentejo" Area, the rosy ones are represented in "La Guancha" Area.

The quality and the characteristic notes of Tenerife's wines makes them as exotic and different comparized other wines.
As well as happen everywhere also for Tenerife's wines is very important to obtain the Denominations of Orígen for wines producted in each area; that's not only to give a guaranty to the consumers concerning the wine's origin but also it's necessary to control wine's quality level.