Argentina on two steaks a day (not for vegans!):

[babylonsister]

This really makes me want to take a trip!


http://www.idlewords.com/2006/04/argentina_on_two_steaks_a_day.htm

[Stinky The Clown]

1. I've never been to Argentina, but .....

.... recently had the pleasure of dinner in an Argentine restaurant. The menu was unusual in that you pay a set price and for this, you get a buffet of saladas, veggies and seafood. Then they bring an assortment of 25 different meats to the table, each on sword-sized skewers and carve the meat for you at the table.

Beef, beef, and more beef, all from Aregntina.

While I thoroughly enjoyed it, my stomach was pissed at me for a few days! :)

[babylonsister]

2. I had dinner several years ago in an Argentinian restaurant in,

of all places, Tel Aviv, Israel. So, so good, though I couldn't even imagine doing that daily. Why don't Argentinians weigh a ton?

[wryter2000]

3. Darwin wrote about eating meat in Argentina

He said that was all they ate for days. He got to the point where he didn't want to look at beef.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. In Buenos Aires in the late sixties,

I lived on beef for more than a month. It was the best I've ever had, better even - very different - than Kobe beef.

It was not just the meat, which was fabulous, but the grass-fed steaks and asado were accompanied by roasted vegetables long before they were popular anywhere else. Chunks of corn-on-the-cob that were called, as I recall, cholco, big kernels, half-an-inch wide and sweet as could be. Roasted sweet potatoes, white potatoes.

Here in NoVa, there's a place called Malibu Grill which sounds like the place H2S went to, except it's based on Brazilian cuisine and is called a churrascaria. Lots and lots of meat, carved at your table, and accompanied by far more American side dishes. I like it.

But, it's not Buenos Aires, alas.

[NMDemDist2]

6. have I mentioned how glad I am you are back?

I missed you!

:pals:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

7. Awwwwwwwwwww

You're nicer than meat .............

[NMDemDist2]

8. thanks.....

i think :eyes:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

11. Hey,

you know I believe there's nothing better than meat.

'cept you, when you got my back covered, you old Lone Ranger babe, you........;)

[spindrifter]

5. We just returned from Argentina and Uruguay and

we had the steaks in the meat market in Montevideo. I cannot remember the last time I ate beef, let alone steak--maybe 15 years--but it was absolutely exquisite.

[babylonsister]

9. I hope you share how your trip went and your impressions,

spindrifter! Sounds fascinating!

[spindrifter]

12. Okay--I will post in Travel later on.

This is a busy day!

[spindrifter]

15. It's on Travel now.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

10. Yeah, same here

Say more - about the trip, but mostly (for me), about those steaks. Please.

[babylonsister]

13. Here ya go, OLL, to tide you over:

[OldLeftieLawyer]

14. Very funny

I kissed the monitor and then burst into tears.

Happy?

;)

[spindrifter]

16. If you have a double screen you could

watch the postings of the steak pix and look at what I have posted in Travel about the Argentine adventure at the same time.:9

[OldLeftieLawyer]

17. :::: panting :::::::

Got a link to the Travel piece, please?

I'm so feeble........

[babylonsister]

18. Here's the link, and be careful licking that screen! Do not attempt

during a lightning storm! ;-)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=368x585