Cuban Quote by Ned Sublette

“The two biggest hits (by Machito)... were about that enduring Cuban song topic-food: 'Sopa de pichn' [pigeon soup] and 'Paella'. If you think that all songs about food are double entendres for sex... Well, maybe all songs about food can be double entendres, but in many periods of Cuban history, for many people, food has been harder to get, and the subject of more fantasies, than sex.”

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Cuban Double entendre Endure Fantasy Harder Has beens Ifs People Periods Pigeons Sex Song Soup Subjects Thinking Topics Two Wells

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