As I walked through the streets of Pucallpa, I was amazed by the many things that were sold just on the side of the road. So many times when I had traveled before, people had warned me, “Don’t eat the food on the street”! I think I would have starved because everything was sold on [...]
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Silly faces. Can you make them? Can you see one and not laugh? Both of these guys make me laugh. Aaron is the son of a friend and pretends he is shy. Really, he isn’t. He lives in the jungle of Pucallpa and actually seemed to enjoy when I took his picture. He lives in a wooden [...] Using slang words to affectionately address other people is something very common here. It is not surprising to hear people call out “Negra” or “Chino” and no one gets offended. One of the slang words used for people of the jungle is “charapa.” The name for Aji Charapa or Aji Charapita comes from this nickname, [...] What sort of things are important for you to have in your kitchen? I just read through a post from the kitchen’s at King Arthur and got a glimpse at numerous tools and kitchen trinkets I had never even heard of before! I think about the things that are important for me to have in [...] One of the breakfast soups prepared for me on my last visit to the jungle was Chilcano de Carachama. Here is the step by step procedure for preparing and eating. Enjoy! Meet the Carachama, an armored catfish. Catch some carachama. Some fine specimen, no? Knock them on the head to kill them, then cut open the belly to clean [...] The name of the eastern city which sits on the banks of the Ucayali River, Pucallpa, comes from the Quechuan words Puka (red) Hallpa (earth). The city was founded in the 1840s by Franciscan missionaries who settled Shipibo-Conibo families. It was first connected with the rest of the country by train until a highway was [...] Ice Cream Truck After one occasion in the kitchen, you will notice that the knives are almost never sharp and the tip is usually bent from opening cans of milk. The dull knives cause most foreigners a lot of heartache when they simply want to help peel or chop things. One visitor to Aucayacu felt this way last [...] Neighbors came by to offer a bag of 100 oranges for $3.50. I knew everyone would enjoy eating the oranges, but the ladies offered to make fresh squeezed orange juice for us all. With dull knives they sat and peeled them all as they counted out each and every one. The neighbor had shorted us and [...] |
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