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Tequeños

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Latin American fried cheese bread dish
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Tequeño is a fried spear of wheat dough stuffed with semi-hard queso blanco, and is a popular meal or snack in Venezuela. To prepare it, the dough is wrapped around a cheesestick, formed into a breadstick and then fried or sometimes oven-baked. Tequeños can be eaten for breakfast, as an appetizer, or as a snack at parties and weddings. October 21 is the International Tequeño Day, and it was declared a cultural heritage of Venezuela on April 20 2023.

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