Colombian Desserts
SIMPLE OBLEA SANDWICH
INGREDIENTS
2 oblea wafers or other 6″ wafers
3 tablespoons each of one or more of the following fillings:
caramel sauce (If you can get the authentic Colombian caramel sauce, arequipe, go for it.)
condensed milk
chocolate sprinkles
chopped pineapple
cream cheese
grated cheese
grated coconut
jam
Serves 1. Takes 3 minutes.
The top wafer shows the filling in the sandwich.
PREPARATION
Spread 3 tablespoons of fillings over first oblea. Put second oblea on top of fillings..
TIDBITS
1) Obleas is the plural form of oblea. Oblea is a Spanish word.
2) The English language is also rich with plural nouns.
3) Popular plural nouns of the English language include: women, ants, hamburgers, and doors.
4) So you can see that English speakers needn’t feel inferior to their Spanish counterparts on this linguistic matter.
5) According to culinary linguists, the word “oblea” has a rich and fabricated history.
6) For in mid 1968, the BeatlesTM traveled to India seeking enlightenment. They did not find it.
7) Disappointed, The Fab Four traveled to Colombia seeking solace in a simple, yet tasty dessert.
8) They found it in the form of Juan Cabrera’s simple oblea sandwich.
9) Such a fabulous dessert was worthy of a song, and soon the gifted Beatles came up with “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.”
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