More than one Cuban will have felt identified with the latest sketch of Maikito y In May who, for different reasons, seem to have – he from Cuba and she in the United States – the same dietary habits.
“When you’re talking to the gringa on the phone,” they commented when uploading the video on the account. Los Pichy Boyswhere we see how Maikito tells her that he does not eat any animal protein, which leads her to the momentary enthusiasm of believing that this is the case because ‘he is vegan’, something ‘cool’ that they would have in common.
“No my love, I’m not vegan, I live in Cuba,” he corrects her immediately, before hanging up the phone and adding, between his teeth, “vegan, this one says.”
But beyond the fun of the moment, which has brought laughter to the comedians’ followers on networks, the truth is that the list of foods that Maikito says he does not consume, in whole or in part, is absent from the usual diet of many. Cubans on the island, where neither meat, fish – much less seafood – or dairy products are easily accessible, and yes, in many cases, prohibitive for many diners.
The food crisis, its high prices and general shortages on the island are not only recurring complaints from Cuban citizens or a topic of denunciation on social networks but are also widely treated with humor.
La Crema is one of those that frequently addresses the food deficit on the island in its usual musical parodies, one of the most recent “I don’t know how to leave”released at the beginning of last November, where it sings about the frequent headache in many homes.
“I went to the warehouse to look for the mandao (there is no mandao, there is no mandao), the warehouse empty and the town in despair (because there is no mandao, there is no mandao),” the reggaeton singer, whose real name is Luis, sings in the song. Alberto Vicet.
