Empanadas: The “Hot Pockets” of Peru
(and other food descriptions for the many questions I’ve received)
Many have asked me about the food here, and what I have been eating. Before I get to that, let me tell you about Empanadas!! These tasty snacks really are the best thing since sliced bread. They are similar to hot pockets but so much better! The sometimes crispy, semi-greasy bread envelops various delicious things: ground beef with mushrooms, onions, or ham and cheese, veggies, or just cheese (the choices are almost endless); or the sweet empanadas have fruit or a sweet cheese on the inside and are powdered with sugar on the outside. I haven’t had all that are available, but of the ones so far, THEY ARE OF GOD!!!
Ok, other foods, and a typical day of meals here. Breakfast (desayuno) is typically a roll, very crispy on the outside that I cut open, and spread on butter and add jelly. If I don’t have the bread my mom serves me fresh fruit with a bit of cereal and yogurt. The best part of breakfast is every morning is the fresh juice I get which is more like a fruit smoothie without ice. Ummmm…….. Lunch (Almuerzo) varies day to day. Here lunch is the biggest meal of the day, but it usually is much later in the day than when you back home eat. I have eaten as early as 1:15 and as late as 3:00. Here in Arequipa there is a different soup for each day of the week, so far I have only had a few of them at lunchtime. Typically lunch is either a soup or salad and then a meal typical of Peru, or Arequipa. Sometimes chicken, sometimes beef, with usually potatoes and rice. Gratefully my Peruvian mom has noticed that when both potatoes and rice are together in the meal, I only eat a bit of the rice. (This has helped in cutting back on the high carbs here!) Dinner is usually simple, a sandwich from that same type of bread from breakfast with ham and cheese.
Familiar items here in Arequipa: KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, (Surprisingly not McDonalds…..although I probably wouldn’t go there anyways) Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, Fanta, Gatorade, Twix, Snickers, M&M’s, and other various items. One of my teachers told me of a store here that carries many imported foods. We’re going next week for practice class to check it out! (However, I am sure that an Arby’s Jamoca shake or Jim ‘n Nicks rolls will not be there).
Many have asked me about the food here, and what I have been eating. Before I get to that, let me tell you about Empanadas!! These tasty snacks really are the best thing since sliced bread. They are similar to hot pockets but so much better! The sometimes crispy, semi-greasy bread envelops various delicious things: ground beef with mushrooms, onions, or ham and cheese, veggies, or just cheese (the choices are almost endless); or the sweet empanadas have fruit or a sweet cheese on the inside and are powdered with sugar on the outside. I haven’t had all that are available, but of the ones so far, THEY ARE OF GOD!!!
Ok, other foods, and a typical day of meals here. Breakfast (desayuno) is typically a roll, very crispy on the outside that I cut open, and spread on butter and add jelly. If I don’t have the bread my mom serves me fresh fruit with a bit of cereal and yogurt. The best part of breakfast is every morning is the fresh juice I get which is more like a fruit smoothie without ice. Ummmm…….. Lunch (Almuerzo) varies day to day. Here lunch is the biggest meal of the day, but it usually is much later in the day than when you back home eat. I have eaten as early as 1:15 and as late as 3:00. Here in Arequipa there is a different soup for each day of the week, so far I have only had a few of them at lunchtime. Typically lunch is either a soup or salad and then a meal typical of Peru, or Arequipa. Sometimes chicken, sometimes beef, with usually potatoes and rice. Gratefully my Peruvian mom has noticed that when both potatoes and rice are together in the meal, I only eat a bit of the rice. (This has helped in cutting back on the high carbs here!) Dinner is usually simple, a sandwich from that same type of bread from breakfast with ham and cheese.
Familiar items here in Arequipa: KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, (Surprisingly not McDonalds…..although I probably wouldn’t go there anyways) Coke, Pepsi, Sprite, Fanta, Gatorade, Twix, Snickers, M&M’s, and other various items. One of my teachers told me of a store here that carries many imported foods. We’re going next week for practice class to check it out! (However, I am sure that an Arby’s Jamoca shake or Jim ‘n Nicks rolls will not be there).
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