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Colombians, Tortillas, and Arepas

I grew up with tortillas so for me they are part of the Mexican eating experience. You can't eat a taco, burrito, enchiladas, migas, quesadillas and a host of other Mexican food with out one. Even if they aren't part of the actual dish, tortillas are a great culinary tool to soak up sauces or to scoop up beans and rice. You can also use them in many other ways. I can't imagine a Mexican meal without one.

I never got into Arepas. They taste too dry. They don't feel good on my palate. I've tried different kinds and thus far the only ones that I can say I truly like are the brown ones in Medellin, the name escapes me.... and the cheese filled ones that you buy fresh on the street.

I introduced my wife to the tortilla when she arrived to the U.S. She reacted to them the same way I reacted to arepas. She didn't care for them. She didn't like the taste. She was too used to eating arepas. But she does enjoy quesedillas and has no problems with tortillas when they are part of a Mexican entree.

However, for the both of us, the respective foods we grew up with were those we prefer.

This last October when we went to Colombia to visit family, we brought along five packages of flour tortillas; twelve in each. My wife's family was briefly exposed to tortillas before, but this time I really wanted to demonstrate their versatility. We went to the store and bought some real chedder cheese to make quesadillas. Up to this point, they had just eaten the white "campasino" cheese. The kids just went crazy. We wound up having to go to the store the next day to buy more chedder cheese.

They also had a chance to eat "tortilla con mantequilla" (tortilla with butter) There is nothing more delicious than eating a warm tortilla with butter and a little salt. It's heaven in your mouth. They really enjoyed that experience too.

I also had them try warm tortilla with peanut butter and jelly. It's like a Mexican peanut butter and jelly sandwich, which they also enjoyed immensely.

Suffice to say that in a week we had finished all five packages of flour tortillas. I came to the conclusion that if you expose Colombians to tortillas that they will find them delicious and preferable to arepas. I asked my wife's four nieces and nephews, what they preferred, arepas or tortillas, and they said they preferred the tortillas.

I noticed that they are now selling tortillas at the market, but for some reason they have them refridgerated. I wonder if my wife's family is going to continue to buy tortillas and chedder cheese or if they are going to go back to arepas and white cheese. I know when we left the kids were clammoring for more tortillas.

Has anybody every brought over tortillas? If so what was the reaction like? How do you compare tortillas and arepas? I'm curious.

The next time we go, I'm going to teach the family how to make Migas, which is a delicious dish my mom taught me that uses corn tortillas as the main ingredient. It's a dish that my wife really enjoys a lot too.

By Strobers on Dec 18, 2007, 10:46 in Friendly Talkzone.

expatriate says on Dec 18, 2007, 10:52:

I miss Mexican food also. The Bimbo flour tortillas in La Catorce are pretty good, and make great burritos. The corn tortillas I have found are not so good.
A decent substitute for real, imported, and expensive cheddar is the small brick of Parmelat cheese wrapped in red plastic.

esanch36 says on Dec 18, 2007, 11:56:

i like pink tacos

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Dec 18, 2007, 12:20:

we should all enjoy Tacos, Burritos, Arepas while they are cheap, with this thing of using corn to make Ethanol or biofuel, Those food are going to become very expensive....:(

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mrgizmo says on Dec 18, 2007, 12:36:

In California I have the best of both worlds, hand-made tortillas and Colombian arepas. Arepa supremas con queso, hmmmm. Hand-made flour or corn cortillas, hmmmmm. You have to develop a palate for both, just like Sushi. Don't try to eat a tortilla like an arepa and don't treat an arepa like a tortilla, one does not replace the other, enjoy them both for what they are.

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de pronto says on Dec 18, 2007, 12:52:

Strober I am mexican and I can share with you my experience:

whenever I go to Colombia (Bogota particularly) I am always asked to bring tortillas and dehydrated salsa, (cause ají is NOT like mexican chile) I have myself prepared my colombian friends quesadillas with queso pera (very likely to queso oaxaca), tacos dorados or flautas and meat tacos and my friends simply love it!.

Bimbo sales tortillas de harina which are pretty different from real tortillas de maíz. My youngest friend likes to eat quesadillas with pico de gallo.

I have never ever tried tortilla with "peanut butter and jelly" that is not very common in Mexico, but I'd like to try it, sounds interesting. On the other hand, "burritos" are not mexican, they are american, my friends first thought that burritos were mexican food but when I took them real tortillas and prepared real tacos and quesadillas, they became fans of mexican food.

whenever I go to colombia I take with me 1 or 2 kilos of tortilla but when I'm back (to Mexico) I would bring 3 or 4 packages of arepas, since my family and friends in Mexico love them.

=) yeah we have tried also lechona tacos with lemon and wow!!! you should try it strobbers...

My colombian friends love tortillas and my mexican friends love arepas, I love both of them, very unique each one and delicious...

... y viaje a Macondo todo pagado

francis says on Dec 18, 2007, 13:07:

I am Mexican and my husband is Colombian. We live in California so here we tend to eat more tortillas. We have them with our breakfast, dinner, etc. But when I am in Colombia I want to try what I can't easily have here. In San Francisco you cannot buy arepas at the grocery store. The only way to have access to them is to make them yourself. My husband likes to make them from scratch and with a new baby there is no time. When I am in Colombia we stay at my mother in law's house. She usually has "la muchacha" make us Arepas de Pelao, Arepas Blancas and Arepas de Choclo. With all of those options who the hell needs tortillas. When we were in Colombia for an 18 month sabbatical of course I missed Mexican food. It is definitely hard to find. I once had my mother mail me tortillas, tamales, chorizo longaniza and chilorio. She sent everything express mail through the USPS that guaranteed it would arrive in 2-3 days. Unfortunately the USPS works with Adpostal and they held the package for close to 10 days. By the time I got the package the tamales and chorizo were already growing mold. I was very sad indeed. However, I found out that the restaurant La Casa Mexicana in Bogota across from Atlantis Plaza has a Mexican specialty store I would go there whenever I had the need for freshly made tortillas and chile. As far as restaurants are concerned the best is probably La Casa Mexicana and I also liked El Museo del Tequila in Bogota all in La Zona Rosa. Most Mexican Restaurants in Colombia are more Tex-Mex then authentic Mexican. Maybe one day that will change. Let's hope so!!

RUV says on Dec 18, 2007, 13:39:

Nothing like mom's homemade flour tortilla with her home made beans. Some freshly made tortillas with butter. I will take that over any arepa.

I am still looking for some good salsa in Colombia. That aje is not cutting it. I guess I have to bring my own. I was going to make some mole for my friends in Colombia, but never got around to it. Next time, I will bring the mole sauce and some chili to make some real salsa.

mrgizmo says on Dec 18, 2007, 13:44:

In California I used to miss Queso de Pera until I found Queso Oaxaca in a small Mexican market. How about Queso Menonita de Chihuahua? Just like Colombian farm cheese.

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de pronto says on Dec 18, 2007, 14:02:

I love queso oaxaca but Queso chihuahua mmmm I don't think so

=)

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Medellin Traveler says on Dec 18, 2007, 14:20:

Strobers,
Great post.

I too was thinking about bringing a box of tortillas to Medellin on my next trip. I do not like arepas as well. The only ones I can eat son las de plancha.

The idea to take tortillas to Medellin came to me when I saw a customs agent open the suitcase of a Paisa returning to the US and it was jammed packed with arepas. I thought to myself, that Paisa most LOVE AREPAS! That's why I plan on packing tortillas on my next trip.

Arepas are too dry for me, don't have any taste, the one filled with cheese made me sick.

It was funny, I had to tell a girl that I didn't like arepas, because everytime I showed up in the 'hood, they would serve me up something to eat,always with an arepa. She then told a few people and no more arepa on my plate. Everyone now knows, "NO arepa para el!"

Tortillas and butter, mmmmuuuuuuuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyy rrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiicccccccccccooooo!

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Miguel_Clavo says on Dec 18, 2007, 14:39:

Hey Strobers!!!!!!!!!!!!!! glad to see you posting again...i moved to Cartagena to run my business here, so write me when you have time.....next time in OC we will hook up, which should be in Feb/Mar 2008...i need to ship another cargo container...maybe i will fill up the empty space with Coronas, Torillas, and Salsa Picante!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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msaucey says on Dec 18, 2007, 15:24:

I too being in California enjoy both.... Well, sort of...

If I want an Arepa, I have to either find a friend of the family to make me a dozen or buy the frozen arepas.... Anyway, here's my take on it....

When I was growing up in Colombia, your basic breakdfast always included arepa.... Which is fine because I love arepas....

When I moved to the states, I was a$$ed out, because my mom can't make an arepa to save her life... So, she'd buy tortillas, but it wasn't the same...

Tortillas are good, depending on what you're eating....

Chilaquiles, Nachos, Enchiladas, Tacos, Burritos... etc.. These all need a tortilla....

But, I can't eat a tortilla with rice, bean, steak and avocado... I need an arepa for those occassions....

It's just a matter of taste... I'm a little odd when it comes to what I eat and how I eat it... So, maybe I'm the worst to respond...

lol

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dwmte7 says on Dec 18, 2007, 15:33:

how, PRAY TELL, can someone not like fresh arepas de chocolo/o con queso? mmmmm

dwmte

kat1 (Moderator) says on Dec 18, 2007, 15:35:

I like Arepas de choclo :)))

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msaucey says on Dec 18, 2007, 15:36:

Doug, people have issues.....

Love a nice warm arepa off the grill with butter and cheese....

Sorry, better then a quesadilla...

But, then again they are both really different that I shouldn't compare....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

static says on Dec 18, 2007, 16:06:

I am visiting Bogota in a week. Should I bring along some fresh tortillas for someone?

RUV says on Dec 18, 2007, 16:17:

Msaucey,

Have your mom make home made tortillas.

dwmte7 says on Dec 18, 2007, 17:16:

damn, msaucey...i thought that was the issue....

dwmte

Strobers says on Dec 19, 2007, 08:51:

My abuela, who unfortunately is no longer living, was the Godess Supreme of tortilla creation. She made the best flour tortillas on the planet, big wagon wheel sized tortillas that we used to fill up with everything under the sun.

She also used to make these tortillas that kind of looked like arepas that we called "Gorditas." You slather a bunch of butter on them when their hot off the grill. I wish my mom would have learned how to make them. I can still taste them in my mouth. I wonder if there is a place where you can go to learn to make tortillas from scratch. I live in Southern California. If anybody knows of a place, please let me know. I really would like to learn how to make them independently.

As a side note, due to a medical condition, I really have to watch what I eat so I take it easy on the tortillas. But recently I've discovered that some tortilla manufactures are now producing low-carb tortillas. That's actually what we took to Colombia and honestly I couldn't tell the difference.

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Strobers says on Dec 19, 2007, 08:52:

Static, I would. Maybe if enough people from PBH introduced them there would be a massive cultural shift to all things Mexican. jajajjajajj

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Strobers says on Dec 19, 2007, 08:54:

Kat, the arepas from Medellin are the chocolo kind, right? Those are the ones that I actually like, along with the ones with cheese.

On the way to Via de Leyva the bus driver pulled over so that our bus and iD's could be checked. We stopped right next to a little stand where they were selling pollo (campesino, very hard to chew) and fresh arepas with cheese. They were some of the most delicious arepas I've ever eaten in Colombia.

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ColombianoGringo says on Dec 19, 2007, 08:54:

I have always loved arepas with butter and salt. However, a while back, I had arepas de yuca in Medellin and thought they were great. They don't seem to be too popular elsewhere in Colombia because I can never get them.

ColombianoGringo says on Dec 19, 2007, 08:55:

So is queso Oaxaca very similar to the "quesillo" that is so popular in Colombia(especially the south)?

Strobers says on Dec 19, 2007, 08:59:

msaucy, that's interesting that you can't eat rice, beans, steak or avocados in a tortilla, but you can in/on an arepa. Avocado in a warm flour torilla with just a dash of sea salt is one of the greatest culinary delights on the planet.

How did you develop this particular eating preference?

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dwmte7 says on Dec 19, 2007, 09:27:

strobers....lessons in las tortillas? head for the border, my friend, cross over in to t.j. and there's a teacher on every corner.

arepas. i have fresh arepas every day. unfortunately, they're the kinda dry, saltless ones that
i like least. my most beloved, lovely wife is as hard headed as they get....'that's the way abuelita makes them....." so, any input from hija or me goes in one ear and out the other. although my wife loves arepas de chocolo.

btw, strobers, fyi, chocolo, is just baby mais. nada mas.

and as for quesito here in the states. there doesn't exist one that mimics quesito antioqueno. when you buy it in llano grande, it's to die for...fresh, delicious, mmmmmmmm a friend with a mercado in margate, close to lauderdale, flies in fresh quesito from medellin every two or three days. the stores name is arcoiris. buen probecha.

dwmte

ColombianoGringo says on Dec 19, 2007, 09:30:

I'm not sure if the Antioqueño quesito is the same as the "quesillo" that is popular in other parts of Colombia. I am talking about the stuff they put on hot dogs in Colombia along with crushed potato chips.

dwmte7 says on Dec 19, 2007, 09:56:

knock my ass dead!!! that's a new one...i've eaten perros with just about everything they can pile on, but quesito? have to give it a try. i like quesito on everything from soup to eggs to bread, arepas, etc.

c.g. about your question, no answer. sure i've eaten quesito in all parts of colombia, but what i'm saying that that i've lived on for years in llano grande is one step short of heavenly, nothing less. too, i've tried all these different quesos in the market...some were so bad i had to give em to the coons out back. but others...well let's just say they ain't quesito antioqueno. pity.

if you can believe it, for a most remote substitute in daytona the dull, i use crumbled feta.

dwmte

ColombianoGringo says on Dec 19, 2007, 10:00:

There is a spot near Miami that sells Colombian hot dogs with the works. I think it is near FIU, but don't quote me on that. They sell them Colombian style with queso, potato chips and pineapple. You can add other stuff, but that is how I like them.

dwmte7 says on Dec 19, 2007, 10:41:

we have a shitload of relatives down in miami, but i'm about as close to miami as i like to get. i like a pizza parlor on south beach....actually, it's the second best pizza i've had in my life...the best being in marseilles and the third being in llano grande.

the one in south beach is called rustic pizza...killer.

dwmte

dwmte7 says on Dec 19, 2007, 10:45:

los peros in colombia have everything you can pile on. watery ketchup, mustard, chips all crushed up, something resembling relish and a host of other things. but the quesito is new to me. if you're anywhere near margate, you can buy quesito antioqueno--you have to ask for it specifically--it used to come wrapped in banana leaf but he had problems with the dept of agriculture and now has to put it in sterile wrap. they also have delicious arepas, chorizo (barf) chicharon and other things like arepas as well as all the postobon products and host of other things colombiano.

dwmte

ColombianoGringo says on Dec 19, 2007, 10:47:

I live in Houston, but we have quite a few Colombian stores that might sell it. I'll have to look into it for la Doña.

Strobers says on Dec 19, 2007, 11:25:

De Pronto,

"=) yeah we have tried also lechona tacos with lemon and wow!!! you should try it strobers..."

What are lechona tacos? You piqued my curiosity.

"Life is too serious to be taken seriously"

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:18:

RUV, if I sit around waitin for my mom to make me a tortilla from scratch, I'm going to die waiting... She's the Colombian and she can't even make an arepa from scratch, much less a tortilla....

My fraternal grandmother is from Texas and she used to make the home made flour tortillas.... And I only had those with butter when I would visit as a kid... Fortunately, my aunt knows how to make them, so now I get them from her, only thing is I have to travel 6 hours... But, she'll stock me up for a few weeks....

Strobers, I'm a bit peculiar, I guess since I grew up with a bandeja paisa with my maternal grandmother... I always like to have my food food in it's place... rice, beans, meat, avocado and arepa on the side.... Not have the food mounted on the top like a tostada... I could totally see that collapsing..

Oh, well.... I'm a little odd...

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Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:22:

Mexilombiana?

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:29:

Texmexilombiana.... I've tried to find the Mexican roots, but apparently the family has been here long enough that Texas was part of Mexico at that time.... My mom had to teach my dad spanish... and my grandmother only spoke spanglish.... lol

There's a really good reason, why I'm all mixed up!....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:38:

Pereirichicana! :)

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:40:

lol.... too creative.... I'll start putting that on applications in the Other box... see what happens...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:43:

jaja, when I fill out questionaires about my ethnicity, there is a box for white and another box for "latino".... I used to get so confused, apparently latino is an ethnicity these days.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 12:50:

Learn something new every day....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

RUV says on Dec 19, 2007, 13:39:

Msaucey,

You are from LA? Get the masa and make them. You can go to taco shops and get it. Roll it out and put them on the comal. El Gallo Giro, is where we used to get it. We also used to bring some from TJ. We used to bring some back for the tortillas and atole. I think I spelled that right.

dwmte7 says on Dec 19, 2007, 14:09:

let's see, now....am i white?; latino? or gringaloid?

dwmte

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 14:14:

RUV, one of these days I'll get real domestic and make the effort to do that...

I'm not ready yet.... hee-hee-hee....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 16:12:

My grandma used to make arepas, she even had a molienda to grind the corn.

I just buy them frozen at the colombian bakery a pack of 6 for 5 bucks.. steep, pero arepa es arepa.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 16:14:

Breakfast without arepa is just cruel.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 16:19:

I tried to have my huevos pericos with a tortilla.. just not the same, the arepa needs to be there...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Medellin Traveler says on Dec 19, 2007, 16:30:

Sorry folks, but arepas are OVERRATED!

They're too dry, no flavor, and are hard as a rock!

I will take a tortilla anyday of the week over an arepa.

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dwmte7 says on Dec 19, 2007, 16:32:

MT....that's cause you've only had those miserable little biscuit types..cause if you'ld eaten a fresh arepa de choclo con queso, you couldn't say, nor feel that.

dwmte

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 16:36:

"They're too dry, no flavor, and are hard as a rock!"

That is arepa blasphemy.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

Medellin Traveler says on Dec 19, 2007, 17:04:

NO, I had the fresh arepa de choclo con queso at some place that is supposed to be the best, off the side of the road coming back from a finca out by El Penol.

I got sick afterwards. I've sampled several on my first two trips, after my third I felt comfortable to say, no thank you.

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de pronto says on Dec 19, 2007, 17:45:

Strobers, have you tried lechona in Colombia?

Lechona is baked pork stuffed with meat, rice so delicious!

In Mexico they don't sell lechona (as prepared in Colombia) but with mexican tortillas (not the ones that Bimbo sells, but corn tortillas) and lemon and a little bit of salsa, wow you will love it! try them and let me know what you think.

=)

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Medellin Traveler says on Dec 19, 2007, 17:57:

Lechona, me loves!

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msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 19:44:

MT, my sentiments are the same about tortilla.... I normally don't eat any, unless it's a taco... I find them boring....

Except for home made flour with butter, but that's a meal on it own.... okay, maybe a snack....

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 20:04:

I've converted many a mexican and central american from tortillas to arepas and they ain't going back mack.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 20:07:

You know.... I was wondering... What do central americans eat in place of tortillas or arepas.... I know Salvadoreans eat pupusas, but that's like a real meal... hmmmmm..... never really liked Central American food enough to ask....

My partner doesn't like the little arepas, but the big one with the butter and cheese... I remember, we took some morcilla to her parents house with a bunch of little arepas, and they were, wow these look like fat cookies... They're mexican and had never had an arepa.... funny...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 20:14:

tortilla land goes from Mexico and stops at the southern Nicaraguan border (I don't think Ticos and Panamanians do tortillas).

Arepa land begins in Colombia and spills over into Venezuela. Venezuelans swear they invented arepas, but they are wrong.

Arepas are a paisa invention!!!! :)

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 20:24:

Thanks for the lesson.. Actually, my nicaraguan friends don't eat tortillas... they just eat bread with all their meals..... hmmm....

I'm going to have to ask my puerto rican friends what they eat.. I'm going to post a bulletin on myspace see what the result is.... lol...

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Colombiche says on Dec 19, 2007, 20:30:

My nicaraguan friends love tortillas and they also like to put chile on everything they eat.

No me den trago extranjero, que es caro y no sabe a bueno.... (Rafael Godoy)

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 20:53:

I must only know the wimps... No chile no tortillas, but there's always a gallo-pinto on the stove...

ok, I have to run and do some shopping... best time is right before they close!

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

john_stark says on Dec 19, 2007, 21:04:

WTF, Strobers, you're turning them into a bunch of Mexicans?

My wife, the paisa, will eat a tortilla but she prefers arepas. I, on the other hand, love our home made tortillas, especially when they're fresh and warm and slobbered in butter.

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 21:34:

dang, I have no concept of time.... they closed like an hour ago.... geez

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

john_stark says on Dec 19, 2007, 21:45:

No all night supermarket????

msaucey says on Dec 19, 2007, 21:46:

No, I'm like 5 minutes from the mall and I needed to go to a specific store... oh well... tomorrow should be fun!

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. - CS Lewis

Strobers says on Dec 21, 2007, 10:05:

John,

Even without my influence it's amazing what my family in Colombia gravitates to without any help. My Mother-in-Law totally is into Los Tigres del Norte and Vicente Fernandez. She's got a bunch of their respective CD's. My niece sings Mariachi songs like nobodys business. She could cut an album. I was kind of shocked when I was taking a nap one afternoon and then started hearing the familiar rhythm of musica Nortena coming from my MIL's room. For a second there I thought I was back in Monterrey, NL Mexico. I think that a lot of Colombians are actually closet Mexicans. jajajajajajaj

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manINred says on Dec 21, 2007, 10:36:

I've never liked arepas. I don't know why. Most of the ones i've had were dry and not very nice, but then again, how many of them do you have to have before considering all that way?

Next time I go to Colombia, if I ever go back, I'm going to try and develop a taste for them. Arepas are just so typically paisa, how I can't avoid them forever down there! Fried platanos is one thing though that I'm afraid I'll always have to avoid when it comes to staple Colombian foods, I'll never be able to develop a taste for them

Robert Jorge says on Dec 21, 2007, 11:15:

Strobers, Los Tigres del Norte and Vicente Fernandez are very popular with my wife's family too. You can hear that music being played all over the place in Villavicencio.

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webmanco says on Dec 26, 2007, 21:22:

The best arepas are the ones from Boyaca. Con cuajada y queso adentro. Second best arepas are the ones of "Chocolo"

Un mundo sin fronteras ...

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But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

john_stark says on Dec 27, 2007, 23:48:

WTF??????? Los Tigres del Norte! Oh Christ, I've heard it all now.