Hāʻawi nā hua o ke kai i ka meaʻai ʻo Veracruz i kahi sila kūʻokoʻa. ʻAʻohe mea i kanalua i ka huli ʻana o nā kamaʻāina mua o kēia kahawai i ke lawaiʻa ʻana ma ke ʻano he waiwai nui.
ʻO ka ʻāina momona o ka mokuʻāina i hoʻonui i ka papa kuhikuhi gastronomic, a eia ia ma kēia awa, ma ka puka o ka honua hou, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka ʻike o ka miscegenation i ulu aʻe, i loko o nā makahiki, i kekahi o nā ʻano meaʻai like ʻole a ʻono hoʻi o ko mākou ʻāina.
Kaulana i ka honua, ʻo ka iʻa a la Veracruzana kekahi o nā pā i hāʻawi ʻia e ka manaʻo āpana i Mexico a me ka honua. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i nā iʻa momona a me nā iʻa palai i loko o ke awa, ma Boca del Río a i ʻole Alvarado, kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka ʻōpae i ka peel, nā pāpaʻi i hoʻopihapiha ʻia, nā ʻōtio, nā heʻe, nā mea ʻono a nā mea hiki ʻole ke nalo, a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi inā ʻaʻa ʻoe e hele i kahi o nā ʻoi loa.
Ma ka ʻākau, kokoke i Martínez de la Torre, e kahaha ʻoe i ka mana o nā meaʻai Palani i aʻa ʻia i mau makahiki ma ke kaona ʻo San Rafael, a ma ka hema, ma Catemaco hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i nā mojarras i kālua ʻia, nā ʻiʻo a me nā mea ʻono ʻē aʻe. Mai kekahi kihi a i kahi ʻē aʻe, i kēlā me kēia wahi, i kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale: El Tajín, Papantla, Orizaba, Xalapa, Tlacotalpan, Coatepec, Cempoala; Ma ke kahakai, i ka pāpū, i nā kuahiwi, ʻaʻole hiki ke pakele i ke kilokilo a me ka ʻono o ka meaʻai Veracruz maikaʻi loa.
