What is your favorite Chatarra in Colombia(junk-comfort food)?

lpdiver says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:09:

Bandeja Paisa...It is pretty much coon ass cooking less the spice.

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durito2 says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:11:

bandeja paisa for me too

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:13:

mmm,, I love de DETODITO, Mini Empanadas with extra spicey aji, papas a crilollos and salchipapas.. and fresh Palmuelas(sp) fried dough balls.. amazing!

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theflatline says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:15:

Ipdiver,

The red beans and rice part maybe. I am a Colombian coon ass. My mother's family is from Houma. I never had a fried egg on top of my beans back home.

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lpdiver says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:18:

Well what about the chicharrones and morcillo as well. Yes the egg is different.

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:20:

theflatline says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:22:

I have had blood sausage in Louisiana, but red beans typically have spicy sausage or boudin as a side. or a fried pork chop.

Chicharrones, or fried fat back, or generally when you whack the whole pig, I wish they did them in Louisiana like they do in Colombia.

I will also eat la patica de cerdo, the salted pork foot they used to flavor the beans. Louisiana they use salt meat, which is like roundsteak from a pig. In other parts of the south they use fatback to flavor the beans.

No plantains either.

When I first moved to Colombia my grandmother said"But will he be able to eat beans and rice" and my father said "You have no idea"

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pedro (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:24:

theflatline says on Jun 28, 2009, 18:27:

I like the chuzos you can buy in the street from the dirty grill. I know they are horse, cat, or dog, but damn they can be good. Just like those stinky arepas de queso.

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Man Tequila says on Jun 28, 2009, 19:03:

Churros, tozinetas Fred, obleas con arequipe...

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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ayjaybee says on Jun 28, 2009, 19:41:

Arepa de huevo, papa rellena, a bunuelo and colombiana for breakfast..........everyday!!

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PoorButHappy says on Jun 28, 2009, 19:51:

Ajiaco all the way!

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cstew47 says on Jun 28, 2009, 19:51:

Plato picada con morcilla, chicharron, chorizo y carne.

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lpdiver says on Jun 28, 2009, 20:05:

cstew...I was just about to post that as well...but I suppose you can guess it from my avatar photo.

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njc (Dev team) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 28, 2009, 20:49:

Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 28, 2009, 21:46:

bam m says on Jun 28, 2009, 22:09:

ponkys !!

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cazadorez says on Jun 28, 2009, 22:17:

After a night of fun...hitting up the hot dog cart having a american hot dog with a colombian twist...all the pineapple sauces mayo and broken chips with the hard boiled egg on top as a treat hits the spot on those things.......jejejeje

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christobeldawg says on Jun 28, 2009, 22:23:

those are some strange ass hot dawgs, with those big bready buns, non beefy dawgs, and all that weird chit on top. Everytime I get back to Atlanta, I go to the Varsity for some dawgs I recognize. Great food in Colombia, no doubt, but I cannot do french fries on my dawg.

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jun 28, 2009, 22:34:

Remember this thread... I cant stand those RIKA or ZENU dogs.. barf!

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/why-the-hell-do-you-colombianas-...

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 29, 2009, 01:14:

bickerss says on Jun 29, 2009, 01:23:

Obleos!!! and those coconut sweet things they sell on the beach in Cartagena / Rodadero.

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bickerss says on Jun 29, 2009, 01:27:

the coconut ones.

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love2colombia says on Jun 29, 2009, 01:30:

Bandeja Paisa

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Desideria (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Jun 29, 2009, 02:35:

Empanadas vallunas con ají pique, empanadas de pipián, marranitos, champús, chontaduros con sal chorizos con arepa

A fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi

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roloenNJ says on Jun 29, 2009, 03:16:

Un perro caliente, papitas fritas encima, pina,salsa rosada y un colombiana bien friaa..............

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cstew47 says on Jun 29, 2009, 04:51:

lpdiver, wow, are you going to eat all of that? Been there, done that but, wow, the next AM------

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skinnywoman4 says on Jun 29, 2009, 06:39:

arepas de queso and arroz con leche....yummy!

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Bill Turley (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 29, 2009, 07:36:

excavator59 says on Jun 29, 2009, 07:57:

Chatarra normally is scrap,junk etc.
I have a lot here well to most people even though I sold some of it for $500.000 pesos last week (Lambretta frame 1957 with Colombian docs from 1973).
Why do they put all that crap on Hot Dogs & Burgers here you end up with most of it on your clothes when the Burger slides out?.

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theflatline says on Jun 29, 2009, 08:46:

Chatarra- junk and junk food
cuchitril - dump, dirty house or place
chucha - possum or skank
copera - she who serves drinks
estanquillo - corner store

Now let us use them in a sentence.

Oye, no me vengas a la casa despues de andar en calle con esas chuchas hijo. Quien sabes las cuales enfermades que te van pegar tomando en eses cuchitriles. A veces pienso que un dia te vas a casarte con una copera, gasta mas tiempo con ellas que to propia familia. Y ahora vete al estanquillo y traigame unos huevos. Malvado.

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 29, 2009, 08:49:

theflatline says on Jun 29, 2009, 10:13:

tufo - bad breath after a night of drinking
tuza - broken hearted and still carrying the torch
pecueca - smelly foot, also a food that smells like smelly feet
fufurufa - tramp, fufa for short

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Man Tequila says on Jun 29, 2009, 10:28:

Any more slang, flatline? I am enjoying your posts immensely.

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 29, 2009, 10:31:

theflatline says on Jun 29, 2009, 10:46:

Good one ColombianGringo
Man Tequila- I am have been away for awhile, going to visit in August, considering moving back. And I have been dragging my spanish out of the closet.

My dad and grandmother and best friend there made sure I learned every little bit I could.

All the words I can remember for rear end.

Pompis
trasero
cola
fundillo
coolo

Espalda larga - mean flat ass, no rump the back continues to the back of the legs

un par de jeans colgado en un gancho tiene mas coolo que el. A pair of jeans on a hanger has more ass than he does.

Ella es una bruja, nada mas falta la escoba. She is a witch, only thing missing is the broom.

When someone is wearing something trashy or too tight you can often hear "esa no tiene espejo en la casa o que? "Espejo? no tiene mama?" She doesnt have a mirror at home. Mirror? she doesn't have a mother?

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 29, 2009, 10:58:

theflatline says on Jun 29, 2009, 11:15:

I did spell culo wrong. The gringo half is great sometimes.

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Paisa/Calena/Luver says on Jun 29, 2009, 13:03:

Even brushing and mouthwash cant get rid of the TUFO sometimes..

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theflatline says on Jun 29, 2009, 13:30:

Agaurdient gives the worst tufo out of any alcohol.

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Man Tequila says on Jun 29, 2009, 15:06:

Just wondering, what foods "smell like feet" (odd pecueca cheeses)? Why eat them?

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

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ColombianoGringo (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Jun 29, 2009, 15:19:

I've always wondered the same thing about Durian(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durian). That stuff smells so bad, I never want to go back to Hong Kong just to avoid that reek. I can't see how anyone can eat that stuff.

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theflatline says on Jun 29, 2009, 16:01:

Man Tequila, there is a large seed you can buy in Colombia that tastes good but smells like dirty feet.

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lpdiver says on Jun 29, 2009, 16:05:

cstew...actually four or five of us ate off of that platter. It cost about half of what some nasty corral burgers cost as well as being seranaded by live musicians.

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billyb says on Jun 29, 2009, 18:18:

There's a fruit in Colombia called pecueca because of the smell. Might be durian, they used to sell it it from fruit carts outside school, never tried it because of the name.

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Robert Jorge says on Jun 30, 2009, 16:50:

My favorite comfort food in Colombia is either sopa de menudencias, or pinchos from a street vendor at 4:10 am.

In my opinion the worst tufo comes from red wine.

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