by Eileen | Feb 2, 2015 | chile, feria, food, haha, language, supermarket
How do you call a cat? In the United States, we make kind of a psss psss psss psss sound. I often make a more of a clicking sound, which one time in Cuernavaca, in Mexico, I was told by a groundskeeper, is how you call a rabbit. Which seems odd, because though cats...
by Eileen | Jul 8, 2014 | chile, feria, food, food and drink, santiago, shopping, supermarket
At the risk of pulling rank, I will not entertain you with tales of times of yore, or as we like to call them antaño, from when you couldn’t get cheddar cheese in Chile to save your life, tortilla chips were something special, and you had to eat local junk food...
by Eileen | Jun 16, 2014 | food, food and drink, supermarket, Uncategorized
So I came back from some time away, and saw that the flavor of Chile had been settled upon, at least until the end of the World Cup. Chile tastes like onions and tomatoes. Specifically, those two items as they are combined into “ensalada chilena” which...
by Eileen | May 18, 2012 | chile, food, shopping, supermarket
Been a while since I took you to the feria with me, and I know you’re thinking over there in the northern hemisphere, mwahahaha, now who’s got the cherries and berries and stuff? And true enough, I am jealous, and definitely switch it up from more fruit to...
