Wednesday, October 14, 2009

weird things i eat in chile: the hot dog edition

Chileans love hot dogs. You can buy a cheap hot dog on every corner, but it's not your average street vendor fare -- in Chile, it's called a completo, which is a hot dog slathered in mayonnaise, avocado, and tomato. It's as weird as it sounds.

Tonight, Quinn's host family insisted on feeding me hot dogs while we watched the soccer game (side note: Chile has won the past two games and is going to the World Cup!!! I am trying really hard to care more about these things since I'm in South America and it's obligatory). Oh, but not any old kind of hot dog. Not even a completo. They served me hot dog sandwich -- they cut up a hot dog, put it between two slices of toast, added some lettuce, tomato, mayo, ketchup, and mustard, and called it something weird in Spanish that I now forget.

When I was a little kid, hot dogs were one of my favorite foods...but I've never gotten quite this creative with them before.

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