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Two round griddled corn cakes split and filled with white cheese

Cheese Arepas

$8 play money

Griddled corn cakes split and filled with cheese. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $8 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.

No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.

Key facts

Cuisine
Venezuelan
Menu section
South American
Price tier
Snack ($1 to $14)
Play-money price
$8
Main ingredients
corn flour, white cheese
How it is served
Two round griddled corn cakes split and filled with white cheese

History, tradition and origin

Empanadas, pastry turnovers with a savoury filling, came from Spain and took on local fillings in every country. Arepas are round cakes of ground corn made by Indigenous peoples in what are now Venezuela and Colombia long before Europeans arrived. Plantains, brought from Africa and Asia, are fried green as chips or ripe and sweet.

Food economy and industry

These foods are sold from small stands and family shops and are a common first business. Pre-cooked corn flour, introduced in Venezuela in the 1950s, made arepas quick to prepare at home. Plantains are a staple crop for hundreds of millions of people across the tropics, grown mostly by small farmers for local markets.

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