Friday, May 1, 2015

Food for Thought (in Argentina)

Argentina is a country that dinners late. By the time we're paying for our meal around 9:30, the locals are just arriving. 

Maté - tea made from Yerba mate leaves and traditionally drank through a metal straw in a gourd.  Even better with a teaspoon of sugar.

Wine - adult grape juice. See post on Malbecs and Torrontés. 

Cerveza artesenal - craft beer.  We haven't had much of this in other countries, so yeah, it's making the food blog. 

Bife de chorizo - sirloin steak. We probably have steak at least once a day and we would probably choose this cut every time. It's big and juicy with just the right amount of fat. 

Lomo - if we're not having bife de chorizo, it's tenderloin. 

Parrillada - all the grilled meats, including the organs. Perfect for us to share; Peter gets the outside and Priscilla gets the inside!

Tamal - a portable appetizer made of masa and wrapped in a leaf. Sometimes has things inside like meat. 

Locro - a hearty stew of potatoes, corn, another vegetable, and some kind of meat.

Empanadas - these should be homemade and have a good filling to dough ratio. The picture below was taken when we had 10 delicious empanadas which is an acceptable number of empanadas to have. 

2 comments:

  1. Argentine red meat is well known all around the world for its high quality. how does it taste?

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  2. "an acceptable number to have" haha

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