15 Students from Indiana University, from the course Media in Latin America: Messages and Moguls, Dictators and Democracy had lunch with us. Most of them where doing double mayors (and not complaining, as we do, even with only one), and in their last year at university. They told us great things about American Journalism, such as how focused some of them are on celebrities, and how much they hate this, because they said it wasn't real journalism. We also learned much from Indiana, and got to practice our English and chilean journalistic knowledges (I realize that mine are lacking so much...). Thanks people from Indiana!!! Hope to see you soon... (when miss Julia takes us to Indiana to study your media... jaja).
1. EMPANADA DE PINO 2. CAZUELA 3. POROTOS GRANADOS 4. CURANTO 5. CHAPALELE 6. CORDERO AL PALO 7. CHANCHO EN PIEDRA 8. PASTEL DE CHOCLO 9. HUMITAS 10. SOPAIPILLAS
NUMBER 1 RECIPE: EMPANADA’S RECIPE
DOUGH RECIPE: Ingredients: · 3 cups flour (plus a little more for kneading) · 1 teaspoon salt · 1/2 cup cold water · 1 egg · 1 egg white · 1 teaspoon vinegar · 3 tablespoons shortening
Preparation: 1. In a bowl, beat the water, egg, egg white and vinegar together. Set aside. 2. In a separate bowl, mix together the 3 cups of flour and salt. 3. Cut the shortening into the flour mix with a pastry blender or two butter knives. Make a well in the center of the flour mix and pour the liquid ingredients from the first bowl into the center. 4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients with a fork until it becomes stiff. 5. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead it just until all the flour is incorporated and the dough is smooth. 6. Wrap the dough in plastic and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, but never more than 24 hours. BEEF:
Mixed beef with onions and olives, prepared it in a skillet with some oil and after it’s almost cooked the beef, put it inside the dough so it will finish cooking with it.
We elaborated a list of the 10 best restaurants in our country. The ten selected are located in four different cities and towns: Zapallar, Valparaiso, Santiago and Puerto Varas. There are many different styles. There are familiar restaurants, innovative restaurants, traditional, Peruvian, Italian, Indian and Chilean restaurants among others. So this is the list.
1.- Astrid y Gastón Located in Santiago (District of Providencia) is considerate in many cuisine guides (included the Culinary 2009) as the best restaurant in Chile. It is part of a restaurants chain that is actually working in Bogota, Caracas, Lima Madrid, Panamá, Quito and, of course, Santiago.
2.- Europeo Considered by Wiken magazine the best restaurant in 2004 it is located in Alonso de Córdoba. Their best feature is their European style and their homemade products such as ice-cream and pastas.
3.- Puerto Fuy. This is a restaurant which speciality is seafood. Named after a small town in the Lake Distric at the south of Chile it has (in the opinion of well known chefs) the best seafood in Santiago.
4.- Pasta e Vino. Located in Valparaiso (in the Cerro Concepción) is a very small restaurant (for no more than 20 people) but is always full and if you want to go you must make reservations. As the name says its specialty is Pasta. One of the best of Valparaiso.
5.- Chiringuito. Located in Zapallar (Valparaiso District) is known for its wonderful seafood and for a lovely sight of the sea and the bay. Originally created from a fisherman’s boat it has grown a lot and it one of the best seafood spots in the Chilean coast.
6.- Le Due Torri. It has 2 restaurants in Santiago. One is in San Antonio (that has more than 50 years) and is in El Golf (Isidora Goyenechea street) neighborhood. It has great Italian food and their best dishes are the antipasto and the risotto.
7.- Ibis. This is the restaurant that work southern in our list. Is located in Puerto Varas (Lakes District). It has a great view of the Llanquihue Lake and the Osorno volcano. It has more than 30 years and it is known for its wonderful seafood among other great dishes.
8.- Sakura Fusión. Known for its modern style and their great Japanese food this restaurant has gained the position as one of the best Japanese restaurants in Chile. It mixes a traditional oriental food with a modern way of preparing it.
9.- Raúl Correa y Familia. One of the best restaurants if you want to have chilean food. Owned by de Correa family that created well known restaurants as Ibis (from Puerto Varas) (number 7 ranked) and Ibis de Puerto Varas (in Santiago) its located in a beautiful old chilean house and the restaurant is attended by the whole family. One of the best spots for chilean food.
10.- Majestic.
The best place for Indian food in Chile. The chef is actually from India and their dishes are wonderful. And above other are their curries and their recipes “al tandoor”
* Although this list was made by us with the help of people who know a lot about the Chilean restaurants it is not an official ranking and are lots of opinions that are contrary to ours.
Usually, when we think about U.S.A., we associate their food to fast food, and greasy stuff. The truth is, there is much more to american food than we know.
We can trace back their food history to when Native Americans, but then changed with the European colonization. Now, it also has the influence from immigrants.
Corn, also named Maize, has also been used since Native Americans ate them as a basic element for their diet. Now, it is served as a salad or accompanying any food. One type of cooking is as Mush, which is like a cornmeal pudding. It can algo be used to do cornbread, typical in the southern part of the United States.
They also use it as flour, or to do Pop Corn, or Corn Flakes for breakfast.
The sweet potato has been a common ingredient, used typically on Thanksgiving, because Native Americans ate them. It is baked or cooked, and served usually with a sweet sauce. You can also eat them fried.
Meat
American’s regular diet has included meat, such as turkey or diverse land animals, such as seafood.
Seafood varies depending to which part of the coast you are. In the east coast, there is soft shell crab or surf clam, flounder, halibut, sturgeon, etc. While in the west Coast there’s abalone and geoduck, olachen.
Common Dishes
Although nowadays United States food is mostly regional, where every state or areas have their traditional food, there are dishes that you can find all around the U.S.A.
Hamburgers and French Fries: Now regulars to the fast food chains.
Cheesecake: Typical from New York, but now has spread all throughout the country.
Hot Dogs: They where first sold in Coney Island, by a German Immigrant.
Doughnuts: Made popular by Krispy Kream, or Dunkin Donuts
15 Students from Indiana University, from the course Media in Latin America: Messages and Moguls, Dictators and Democracy had lunch with us. Most of them where doing double mayors (and not complaining, as we do, even with only one), and in their last year at university. They told us great things about American Journalism, such as how focused some of them are on celebrities, and how much they hate this, because they said it wasn't real journalism.
