Haitian spaghetti explained

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Place Of Origin:	Haiti
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Main Ingredient:	Spaghetti, hot dogs, epis, tomato sauce
Minor Ingredient:	chili peppers, onions
Serving Size:	100 g
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Haitian spaghetti (sometimes espageti, espaghetti, spaghetti a l'hatienne or espageti ayisyen) is a dish of Haitian cuisine typically served for breakfast.^[1] It typically consists of spaghetti noodles and hot dogs in a sauce made from ketchup and epis.

Ingredients and preparation

The dish typically combines epis with ketchup to make a sauce in which spaghetti noodles are tossed. Typically sliced hot dogs are included.^{[2] [3] [4]} Onions, garlic and peppers are common inclusions.^{[5] [6]} Vienna sausage or herring is occasionally used in place of hot dogs.

History

The dish was developed during the period of US occupation from 1915 to 1934, when American foods such as hot dogs and ketchup were introduced to Haiti.^[7] It is considered a comfort food.

Serving

It is a common breakfast dish. According to Eater in 2017, it was not a common item on restaurant menus, but was becoming more common and was available from street vendors.

Fusion spaghetti dishes

• Barbecue spaghetti
• Cincinnati chili
• Filipino spaghetti

See also

• List of pasta dishes

Further reading

• Web site: James . Andre . 2024-03-02 . Restaurant Scene: Ever heard of Haitian spaghetti? You have now. Chattanooga Times Free Press . 2024-04-27 . . en.
• Book: Journal of Haitian Studies . 1997 . The Association . 24 . en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Ménager, Mona Cassion . Fine Haitian Cuisine . 2005 . Educa Vision Inc. . 978-1-58432-256-6 . en.
2. Web site: Lamour . Joseph . 2024-02-26 . My mom's Haitian spaghetti recipe started a century ago with an assassination . 2024-04-27 . . en.
3. Book: Long, Lucy M. . Ethnic American Food Today: A Cultural Encyclopedia . 2015-07-17 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-2731-6 . 257+ . en.
4. Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=YcUZEAAAQBAJ&dq=espageti+haiti&pg=PA371 . Gastro Obscura . 371 . Spaghetti with hot dogs for breakfast. 978-1-5235-0219-6 . Wong . Cecily . Thuras . Dylan . Obscura . Atlas . 12 October 2021 . Workman .
5. Web site: 2020-09-06 . Haitian Spaghetti Recipe . 2024-04-27 . . en-US.
6. Web site: Gaillot . Ann-Derrick . 2017-03-02 . How Italian Spaghetti Became a Haitian Breakfast Staple . 2024-04-27 . . en.
7. Web site: Lorell . Clair . 2021-05-25 . Fritai Opens With Haitian Spaghetti and Clairin Cocktails in Treme . 2024-04-27 . . en.