http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/09/amazonian-gastronomy/ A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:59:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/09/amazonian-gastronomy/comment-page-1/#comment-611 Ellie Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:15:25 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/?p=4347#comment-611 I really enjoyed sampling the indigenous cuisine while in Peru. Sadly I don't remember the names of anything, haha. There was a fruit, a small red fruit that you peeled to reveal a yellow/orange inside. It was not sweet at all but very rich and tasty with a sprinkle of salt. I also enjoyed eating the "lemon ants". It was weird to consciously stick a live ant in your mouth but once you crunched them you got a mouthful of lemony flavor not at all different from lemon zest. It was also interesting to see the Amazon's take on gringo food. I really enjoyed Ari's Burger in Iquitos. They had a vegetable sandwich that included to my surprise, beets. Not to mention they probably have the best ice cream I have ever tasted in my entire life. On the packaged side, I LOVED Choko Soda, little saltine crackers with an outer coating of chocolate. I cannot wait to get my hands on some more of those. Ok, that one isn't really Amazonian but it was too good not to mention! I really enjoyed sampling the indigenous cuisine while in Peru. Sadly I don’t remember the names of anything, haha. There was a fruit, a small red fruit that you peeled to reveal a yellow/orange inside. It was not sweet at all but very rich and tasty with a sprinkle of salt. I also enjoyed eating the “lemon ants”. It was weird to consciously stick a live ant in your mouth but once you crunched them you got a mouthful of lemony flavor not at all different from lemon zest. It was also interesting to see the Amazon’s take on gringo food. I really enjoyed Ari’s Burger in Iquitos. They had a vegetable sandwich that included to my surprise, beets. Not to mention they probably have the best ice cream I have ever tasted in my entire life. On the packaged side, I LOVED Choko Soda, little saltine crackers with an outer coating of chocolate. I cannot wait to get my hands on some more of those. Ok, that one isn’t really Amazonian but it was too good not to mention!

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