Feigel wrote:
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> Do you still get bocas with drinks in CR? I'm not sure I'm spelling
> the word correctly, but that's how it was pronounced (with a very soft
> "b'). The first time I encountered this wonderful custom was in a bar
> after ordering a round of beers for the table. The beers arrived
> followed by a sort of small Lazy-Susan contraption with about five
> tiers of food. Cooked prawns, hard boiled eggs, lots of little
> tortillas, various salsas, pieces of chicken, etc. I'd only brought a
> small amount of money so I thought, Christ! what have I ordered ...
> how much will all this cost?!? Turned out that it cost nothing extra!
> Viva las Bocas!
>
>
Alas that is a fast vanishing custom.
Bocas are still available in most bars but you either pay a premium on the
drinks or pay extra for the bocas.
Ken.
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