There is a St. Peters, Missouri, about thirty miles west of St. Louis, NOT a river town and NOT the home of Tom Sawyer or Mark Twain. So Tom Sawyer lives in the (fictional) town of St. Petersburg, which is (actually) the town of Hannibal.
There is a great dish in Cuba made by using these ingredients. It is called Moros y Cristianos. Black beans also appear in many other Cuban dishes, too, including the Cuban black bean soup and the tostones. The Moros y Cristianos is also known in the whole Caribbean region. It is an excellent dish for dinner.
Cubaâs plants are widely diverse, and many of them are rare and/or endangered. The tropical climate is hospitable to beautiful plant life, and it is also an ideal environment for growing Cubaâs two biggest cash crops: tobacco and sugar cane. botany, horticulture, plants.