There will be a short hiatus from Time-Life cooking as I do some traveling inspired in part by those very books many decades ago.
It's the time of year when Owen and I take an ambitious vacation. Or at least this is what we did the last two summers and since we both have quasi-sacred memories of those trips, there didn't seem to be any reason not to try again. In fact, it seemed wrong not to. We are in Peru.
Do you know how many foreign nations I had visited when I was Owen's age? Zero.
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I hadn't done any research on Peruvian food (too busy with flummery?) and it is . . . my storehouse of adjectives is failing me. I've wasted "outstanding" and "superb" on things like flummery and what's left for the otherworldly cuisine of Peru? We're in the city of Arequipa, famous for its cooking and rightly so. I've eaten peppers stuffed with ground meat, olives, and local cheese and at another meal a dish of potatoes covered with a creamy sauce in which there were small chunks of fresh cheese. Both dishes were wonderful and unlike anything I'd ever tasted and I've tasted a lot. For lunch yesterday, Owen ordered guinea pig, a specialty of the town. You can get it fried whole and
gruesome, but we went to a restaurant where they serve it demurely sliced on bowl of quinoa and he ate with gusto. (I was willing to forgo
cuy, but he was not, one of many examples of my senescence and his surging vitality.) I ate a bowl of
chupe de camarones, the local shrimp soup, and the serving was so huge I thought I'd leave an embarrassing amount but predictably to anyone but me, I ate every bite of the rich pink broth, the giant prawns, starchy corn, sweet winter squash, and floury potato. That was lunch. Dinner was unthinkable.
There is so much more to report, but we're momentarily leaving on a long drive up into the Andes. I've read far too much about altitude sickness for my excitement to be unmingled with dread. Sometimes I think I must prefer it that way.
I cannot tell you how jealous I am of these trips. You and Owen have so much fun! I would forego the cuy as well. That picture of it fried whole is gruesome. YIKES. I can't wait for the next post!
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DeleteMy parents and I lived in Ecuador for a while in the 50s. Cuy was something only the Indians ate, and food in general was something you had to be EXTREMELY careful about. Every piece of fruit had to be soaked in permanganate. Every drop of water had to come out of a bottle. It's good to know things have improved in the region.
ReplyDeleteI hope the altitude treats you kindly.
We just got back from two weeks in Peru. We bought a whole cuy, shriveled head and claws and all, roasted over an open fire at a roadside stand near Urubamba. I couldn't bring myself to try it--it looked like a 3rd degree burn victim rat. We had two asthmatics in our group of six, so we bought oxygen as soon as we got to Cusco. They sell it in many bodegas and gas stations. We never had to use it, but it was comforting to know it was in the backpack.
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ReplyDeleteI loved Peru! Cuzco was a dream. I ate alpaca. Most of the traditional potato dishes seemed to use frozen french fries instead of real potatoes, which was disappointing. Are you two going to hike the Inca Trail? Totally worth it. I honestly think Cuzco is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. What a wonderfully historic place to visit.
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