Below is an excerpt from an e-mail I sent to my friend Amy. Chilean cuisine was something of a mystery to me before coming here. I would have never guessed that bread is such a staple in the local diet.
"Chileans looooove bread. They eat it with
every meal. On occasion, Nora would buy this delicious
bread called "pan amasado". It was my favorite because
it tasted so good and had a delicious soft center.
When I moved into my new apartment, I went grocery
shopping and bought 2 rolls of pan amasado. Then my
friend Liz came over and I offered to make her a
sandwich. We talked about how good pan amasado is, and
then Liz said, "too bad it's made out of lard". I was
nearly hysterical. "What?!?!?" I screamed. "Lard?!?!?"
Needless to say, I am glad that Nora only bought pan
amasado on occasion and not everyday, like Liz's host
parents did. Otherwise I would probably weigh about 10
pounds more and have no idea why, because Nora never
told me the dirty little secret of the pan amasado."
4 comments:
You could use a little more pan amasado.
Is there anywhere that I could find a recipe for this bread? I would love to horrify a few people in the United States with this lardinous creation.
Man, lard bread, now that really sounds southern! Very appropriate, I suppose, since Chile is far south. Well, you've aroused my curiosity, so I will certainly be trying some pan amasado when I visit. I bet it's very good with Chilean red wine. G
hhaha liz told me about that
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