The Cuban actress Danay Cruz Estupiñán steals laughter from the audience once again with her character Lola Mento Guasimita, who this time joined the current trend on social media, showing "what I eat in a day living in Cuba", but with a resilient country style, overflowing with creativity and lacking in resources.
“After this awakening, watching my sheep go by, I head to the patio to enjoy a delicious juice with some strawberries from my garden that I grow myself. I also do well with apples, cashews, and pears, all in one bunch,” she says with a sly smile while showing a collection of plastic fruits that clearly came from a centerpiece rather than a garden.
With his characteristic tone that blends sarcasm and rural charm, Guasimita continues: “Then comes lunch, and feeling like a ceramic farmer, I sat down by the júcaro to grate yucca to light the burén and make casabe. It turned out a bit uneven, but don’t worry, your envy is my progress.”
Seeing her bite into the casabe and try to chop it with a knife, albeit with little success, is enough to burst out laughing at her antics.
The highlight of their menu comes at dinner when they seek an alternative source of protein after eagerly eyeing a cow: "By nightfall, I felt I needed protein and wanted to take a chance, but at that moment I remembered someone once said there was an herb better than beef, and here I am chewing on moringa like a pregnant goat."
Of course, the reference is to Fidel Castro, who promoted the cultivation of moringa as an alternative in the face of food shortages, a topic that has been present in official discourse for years and has been the subject of countless memes.
With a blend of rural humor, social critique, and Creole flavor, Lola Mento Guasimita turns her menu into a charming yet painfully real reflection of everyday life in many areas of Cuba.
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