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Try some aguapanela!
Now that Medellín has been dealing with some cold rainy nights I've been offering our guests some aguapanela and they have really enjoyed it. All you have to do is buy some panela at the supermarket. Place one 8x8cm cube in about 3 cups of water, bring it to a boil, let it dilute and enjoy alone, with milk or with lemon juice. You can break off a smaller piece and make less if you want. I personally prefer to have the aguapanela with lots of lemon juice, it's also quite good if you're sick with a cold. You may drink it hot or cold. It's a good alternative to tea without the caffeine and it's delicious. Panela is an unrefined sugarcane product obtained by extracting the juice from the plant, cooking it at high temperature and then allowing it to solidify. By the way, Colombia is the number one panela producer and consumer in the world. Enjoy!
By Hostal Tamarindo on Aug 23, 2008, 21:03 in Friendly Talkzone.
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jaramillo says on Aug 23, 2008, 21:28: An acquired taste for some. When I was a child I loved it. When a well known pediatrician asked my mother what I had for breakfast she answered aguapanela. "Food for pigs", replied the doc. That was the last time we saw that pediatrician. When I went to college in Bogotá I reacquainted myself with it, and loved it. Especially with the bit of lemon you mention, and with some good bogotano cheese. Perfect for a cold day!
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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Aug 24, 2008, 05:24: Is there a lot of adult-type diabetes in Colombia? A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2008, 06:02: good morning desi....what you doin up so early? patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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vicshere says on Aug 24, 2008, 06:06: "Food for pigs", replied the doc.
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jaramillo says on Aug 24, 2008, 06:18: If the content of food was an issue nobody in the U.S. would consume pork. I'll have ash in my aguapanela over shit in my Hormel any day.
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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2008, 07:34: well, it's not just 'SUGAR' as we know it...white, bleached, refined and minerals filtered out... hardly. it's actually quite nutritious. lots of minerals and vitamins. it is good for lactating mothers. they been drinkin it for 10,000yrs. can't be all that bad. see if you can eat hormel for 10,000 yrs and not glow in the dark. or worse. patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Aug 24, 2008, 07:37: They used to give me that stuff when I was a kid. It isn't that bad, but I wouldn't drink it these days. It just tastes like medicine to to me. That stuff and putting "vipaporu" (Vicks Vapo-Rub) on your chest are old staples in Colombia when it comes to treating colds. I'm so hip, I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis. 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lowell says on Aug 24, 2008, 07:58: I like Baranca Panela. Lately, I've been using it for making hot/cold chocolate milk. It's great with orange juice too. I bought some orange flavored panela cubes yesterday and will try them as soon as my last batch of panel chocolate syrup is gone. When I'm making a fresh bottle for my baby and am using some panela, I like to eat a few bits and pieces. Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Hostal Tamarindo says on Aug 24, 2008, 08:35: Altogether close to 1 million people have diabetes in Colombia, this includes types I and II. Natalie Cobo - Hostal Tamarindo, Medellín 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2008, 08:47: the diabetes problem seems to have developed since i first came to colombia...with the introduction of 'shit' foods, processed, fast, chem. additives, etc. now, one sees overweight obesity everywhere. 20 years ago, just about never. patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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dwmte7 says on Aug 24, 2008, 08:48: common, sam, drink up. ron con aquapanela. real campesino drink. patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Aug 24, 2008, 08:54: I was googling on worldwide diabetes satistics and found nothing new...only some color charts from 2006 showing the spread of diabetes (both types) on Colombia in one of the lower percentage brackets (5-7% of the population ), lower than most of South America and definitely lower thanUSA and most of Europe. A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Aug 24, 2008, 09:30: I'm with you Greg on this, I don't believe aguapanela is a healthy drink at all, neither for children nor adults. True, there's probably some trace minerals and vitamins but that has to be very, very small amounts; it's just sugar and water, high on energy, low on nutrition. Dental decay, malnutrition, retarded growth are all issues amongst the poorer Colombian social classes; there's plenty of information to support that fact. The substitution of mother's milk for aguapanela at an early age deprives the baby from it's main source of protein. A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Aug 24, 2008, 15:30: Aguapanela has more nutritional value than Coca Cola. "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monita Linda says on Aug 24, 2008, 19:46: I think aguapanela is better than a soda, even though aguapanela is just sugar and water, it does not have all the acids, colorants and flavoring chems in it that soda has...
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Robert Jorge says on Aug 25, 2008, 00:00: Aguapinelas is my favorite joint in Villavo. "You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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dwmte7 says on Aug 25, 2008, 06:09: what is that robert, a restaurant? bar? or ? patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Aug 25, 2008, 09:32: It looks like a grocery store, well it says tienda above the Aguapanela sign or could it be a nightclub? "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monita Linda says on Aug 25, 2008, 09:45: Read this:
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Monpirri says on Aug 25, 2008, 11:02: I do not think those modefoque colombians got any diabetes from aguapanela. They have been drinking aguapanela since the invasion of the vikings in somewhere over there. "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Aug 25, 2008, 11:06: Perhaps not, but if you already have diabetes you'd better not drink all too much of that sugary water. A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Aug 25, 2008, 11:10: Never mind, I have been drinking too much aguapanela con chicha. "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Aug 25, 2008, 17:09: Paleotico thanks for showing your support for aguapanela. "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Aug 25, 2008, 18:24: LOL I just think it's better than Coke but I rather have chicha. "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Cerealkiller says on Aug 26, 2008, 00:36: My nanny gave me aguapanela whenever I got sick, so I can't even get near the stuff now without feeling a bit queasy. Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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romy says on Aug 26, 2008, 01:41: CG- I love getting vipaporu rubbed on my chest, it was the only good part of being sick as a kid (other than skipping school I guess). So re freshening... Actually it's now a better experience as it's attractive females that do the rubbing for me these days ;)
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PALEOLITICO says on Aug 26, 2008, 08:52: Con todo el gusto monpi. Lee acerca de mi propuesta en ese articulo. www.paleolitico.net 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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dwmte7 says on Aug 26, 2008, 09:11: entonces, paleolitico, "chicha?" que es? patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Lowell says on Aug 26, 2008, 11:33: Romy, Do they only rub your chest? Alfred E. Newman. "What. Me Worry?" 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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romy says on Aug 26, 2008, 12:08: The vivaporu stays on the chest, anywhere else I don't really want to experience the 'burn'...
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dwmte7 says on Aug 26, 2008, 16:44: hmmm....'chicha' must be the secret weapon. patriarch 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Monpirri says on Aug 26, 2008, 17:52: dwmte7, shshss it's very secret weapon. "Anyone who still thinks that Colombia is not a gastronomical paradise needs to have their head examined." Darloup 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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Robert Jorge says on Aug 31, 2008, 01:50: Way late at answering the questions, but Aguapinelas in Villavicencio is a cool disco. I don't know why it's sign says "tienda", but it is a nightclub. Wednesday is the huge night. Kat1 says that Wednesday nights are prepago nights. I met my soon to be ex wife there on a Wednesday night, 3 years ago. "You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion 0 funny, 0 helpful. |
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