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The Argentine food is not that different from ours, and it is primarily Italian origin, and meat based. So if you were to visit Argentina you would most likely have pasta, like spaghetti, lasagna, raviolis, and of course pizza. In addition you will also find all of you common foods like vegetables, fruits, and supermarket goods. Some of the Argentine foods that you may find different: The Mate The Argentine Tea Mate is not technically the Argentina tea in the sense that Argentina is not the only country that produces, and drinks it. Other countries that drink mate are Peru, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Chile. So what is mate? The Mate is a tea made from a Yerba Mate tree, which stands about 30 feet high and has a somewhat rounded top. These trees grow in the northern part of Argentina where the climate is very warm and humid. Yerba mate is a herbal tea, with is made and processed from the leaves of the mate tree. Being a tea it can be served just like any other tea. You can purchase yerba mate in tea bags or loose, drink it hot or cooled.     How do you drink Mate? If you have mate in a tea bag then you would simply follow the traditional way of making tea. Although the most costumer and traditional way is by using a Mate cup, a filter straw, and hot water. The costume is that the hostess or the person in charged of the mate will prepare and serve it. They would prepare the mate and drink it and then pass the mate over to the next person. Then the person would take it and dink, and pass it back. Yes that is right everyone in the same group would use the same straw. How to prepare Mate tea Asado ( barbeque) The asado is one of the most traditional foods in Argentina, and the argentines pride themselves in it. It is not a Barbeque it is a masterpiece. Everything is important and considered in the making of an Asado. One must consider the type of wood, the cut of the meat; souse (chimichurri), the salt, and the grill, although many things are consider time is never important. The asado will be done when it is done, and this usually can take 2 to 3 hours, so it is a great time to set around the asado, take and drink mate. An asado can be any kind of beef, chicken, lamb, pork, and chorizos (sausage). The most common is beef or lamb, and it is cooked very slowly on a cross. Also what is very traditional in asado is the way you eat it. Many times you would not have plates you would place the asado on a piece of bread and eat the bread with the meat. Also the salads would only have 2 or 3 forks in them there for you would share the fork with the people around you.   |
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