Blog #4

In the videos, the Chorrillana was a dish that had French fries, meat, onion, and some type egg on top of it. This was a staple food in the Chile for a snack and often was used as an appetizer. This is a dish that is full of carbs and is seen as one of their normal and common foods. Personally I wold not like this dish because I am vegetarian, but even though I don't see it as common I can see how Chilean food influenced this dish.
In the Anthony Bourdain video, he travelled around to different areas in Chile to local places to enjoy and talk about common Chilean foods. One of his first places he visited was "the coffee with legs phenomena" which described the coffee culture in Chile that is also now being influenced by Starbucks. He also showed the large pork legs that they cook and serve in whole. As the video went on there was lots of pork and meat incorporated with all their dishes. Later they visited a market where they got cooke barley and peaches in a soup dish. Overall these dishes were seen as common foods in Chile. I think that I may have to get over being a picky eater and expand my food palette which in Chile which might be hard. However, the food like the peach and barley soup seemed really good and all the potatoes will help feel like I am at home.
When it comes to things I don't want to try, I will be polite to my host family and simply say no thank you and explain if it is due to not eating meat. But, if it isn't because of meat I will try what I am given and will be polite if I don't like it and just say thank you. Hopefully that doesn't happen much, but I must keep an open mind.
Some things I look forward to is the coffee because I am a huge coffee drinker, but also I can't wait for all the cool looking desserts and getting to try some mixed/ fruity drinks.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2018 at 6:09 AM

    The Chorrillana was definitely my favorite dish of Chilean food! It was also neat to go to the little winery and learn some more about Chilean wine in particular and their process. Not that I know much about how it differs from in the US, but it was neat to learn and I got to bring home some wine for my mom!

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