8 September 2012
Julie and I went with friends to...
the national food expo.
This "portable" bakery...
was in in full swing
Potatoes originated in Peru...
some 7,000 to 10,000 years ago (sorry Idaho)
There are over 3500 types of potatoes in Peru.
They are not as pretty as Idahoan potatoes...
but a lot...
more...
interesting.
Yes ... these are potatoes
NO ... these are NOT potatoes.
Out in the jungle these grubs are roasted for eating. We were told that if eaten raw they did not taste very good. Imagine that!
Jungle carrots, NOT potatoes..
Not food ...
but very interesting flowers.
Chocolate comes from beans grown inside cocoa pods. The cocoa beans are fermented for a week or so, roasted, ground and then mixed with other ingredients, refined, smoothed, tempered and molded.
Then the chocolatiers get creative.
This restaurant roasted about 30 pigs a day over Eucalyptus logs for about 4 hours.
We counted about 150 people in line waiting for a taste.
Making stuffed rocoto peppers on a large scale.
Beef heart is a national delicacy.
The flavor isn't too bad and the texture is similar, but not as bad as liver.
A small sampling of many types of corn in Peru.
Exotic fruits
Aguaje
Tomatoes that grow on trees, not bushes.
Nuts that tasted similar to almonds.
The cotton in Peru grows in several natural colors and is the softest in the world.
This band was dressed to look like pottery
typical of Ayacucho, Peru.
Traditional dress from Huancavelica
and
other
Regions
