Grasshopper

[poli]

¿Comen cuy alla en la Argentina?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Alec: Al menos a ésos no se les ve la forma.

@Poli: Conozco a varios peruanos que lo detestan.

[poli]

Según lo que leo, se comen capybaras (ñeques) en Sud América. ¡Qué horror! Me daría miedo caminar las calles de Buenos Aires.

[aleCcowaN]

I didn't have any idea what a cuy was. But I once ate vizcacha and it was exquisite to the power of nine! I didn't ate it again because it's expensive and difficult to get in the city. Capibara is from the subtropical/tropical part of South America so I wouldn't know -or give Global Warming a few decades more--

[poli]

Oh, so I'm safe. Good, so Corrientes here I come.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

I looooved Buenos Aires, Poli, you'll like it too. Restaurants have big and varied menus but I don't think you'll find that kind of "exotic" food, unless you explicitly look for it.

[aleCcowaN]

...

En semejante ejercicio
se hace diestro el cazador;
cai el piche engordador,
cai el pájaro que trina:
todo bicho que camina
va a parar al asador.

Pues allí a los cuatro vientos
la persecución se lleva;
naide escapa de la leva,
y dende que la alba asoma
ya recorre uno la loma,
el bajo, el nido y la cueva.

El que vive de la caza
a cualquier bicho se atreve
que pluma o cáscara lleve,
pues cuando la hambre se siente,
el hombre le clava el diente
a todo lo que se mueve.

...

(from Martín Fierro)

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

En alguno de mis libros hay una postal con esa primera estrofa.

[poli]

Angelica, I was joking because I think my icon is a capybara. So if capybaras are a staple in Argentina( which I found out is not , and knew it wasn't so. It was my attempt at a joke) I would be hunted down and roasted on the parrilla. It is true Buenos Aires is a wonderful place to visit. I love theater, and for Spanish speakers who like theater, I don't think there's a better place. Like you, I had a very pleasant experience there, but the flight from New York parece interminable. Besides theater, Buenos Aires has something else in common with New York:¡PIZZA!

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

Pizzas are excellent.
I'm glad you won't be scared off by some food eccentricity.
By the way, the capybara products you can actually find there include shoes, wallets and other leather objects. It's a very soft leather, really nice to touch... if you're not vegan.