A video showing the process of obtaining corojo oil, which has been used for cooking in Cuba during times of greatest scarcity, is circulating on social media, highlighting that the nation is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in its history.
Although in Cuba the oil obtained from the fruit known as corojo has been used in natural cosmetics and in religious rituals, its use in cooking has been more frequent during times of greater economic hardship and scarcity.
"What Cubans have to do to cook with palm oil," pointed out on TikTok a profile named Cuba sin filtros (@cubasinfiltros).
The shared video shows the process of obtaining oil, where an elderly man can be seen patiently breaking the fruits to extract the nut inside.
Another person specified that the viscous liquid is extracted for cooking "because there is no oil here in Cuba," he pointed out.
The woman who made the video also showed the machine where the seeds are ground and demonstrated that the waste is used in animal feeding.
The oil is used for consumption and also for sale, as a way to make a living, he noted.
In times of scarcity, Cubans resort to "invention."
Creativity knows no bounds, especially when it comes to the most consumed beverage in the Caribbean nation after water: coffee.
The activist Irma Broek shared a video on Facebook showing a man filtering the black nectar of the white gods using a welding torch: “Here we are trying to brew coffee because we have no power, no gas, nothing.”
Recently, a Cuban revealed on social media that residents in rural areas of the Holguín province use an "invention" made from a pressure cooker lid that serves as an antenna and helps improve internet connectivity.
A user reported on the Facebook profile "Holguín en fotos" that upon arriving at the town of Bariay, in the municipality of Rafael Freyre, he saw many houses that had something resembling a television antenna on the outside, "but strange."
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