Monday, November 29, 2010

Going Local

One of the great things about getting out of Santiago, and especially of going down to southern Chile, is the local products and dishes. There are areas known for certain agricultural products, fruits, other areas for wine, others made famous for national or regional dishes, and then there are dairy products like cheese and butter that just taste so much better bought from some little farm or local factory and sold at a picturesque road-side stand.

For example, we stopped for lunch and ate "Plateada" which is a cut of meat similar to brisket, but cut in thick strips, slow cooked--braised really, and served with potatoes. It is a dish that is served all over Chile (as far as I know), but for some reason in Romeral, at the restaurant "Colo-Colo" it has gained national fame.

Then, on our long drive from the south of Chile back to Santiago, we stopped and stocked up on some local goodies:


Longaniza (sausage-above) and home-made country cheese from Chillan (below)



and cherries from Curicó

5 comments:

Danielle said...

Wow! It all sounds and looks wonderful! I love specialty foods!

Denise | Chez Danisse said...

Local sausage, cheese, cherries...fabulous!

Anonymous said...

Yumm... L loves to buy huge slabs off cheese like that at roadside stores. I miss it.

Phoenix said...

OMG. The perfect snack. Right, now I'm starving. Great.

;)

Maggie May said...

oh gosh i'm starving now!