Sopa de mondongo eaten with white rice. Other side dishes include salads and sweet plantains. In the countryside when a roof is built on a new house, the future owners together with their friends and family and construction workers organize a meal known as "mondongada" where mondongo is the main course. A variant known as "mondongo a la culona" from the province of Colon also includes pig knuckles and feet and replaces chickpeas with white beans. In Puerto Rico it is cooked with chickpeas, potato, squash/pumpkin, malanga, vegetables, fresh herbs such as cilantro (coriander), culantro, thyme and parsley. Salted pork feet and tail
Parsley Days past, present or future. "Parsley Days" is one of many films that this element is present in. Magical realism is shown in the film in the way the main character, Kate, presents the different ways her life's dilemmas may play out. The films main example of magical realism is, when Kate is approaching a surprise party thrown in her honour, she plays out how the party could unfold in her mind, then enters and the real version plays out totally different. "Parsley Days" received mixed reviews. For example, "The Globe and Mail" titled the film "Endlessly Charming", as well as