Speaking of fast food, have you ever read about "mechanically separated"
chicken used in some chicken nuggets? MacDonalds doesn't do this, but
this type of "food" should be illegal.
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On 12/31/2010 6:55 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> My first full day in Puerto Rico, and you get two pictures--what a
> deal!
>
> I detest the sanitized shopping malls and strip malls which abound in
> Puerto Rico, and I stay away from the fast-food chains which also
> abound here. The influence from the mainland is not always benign.
> But yesterday afternoon my brother-in-law took me and my son to a
> roadside restaurant in San Lorenzo, a small town inland where most of
> my wife's family lives. We had a local snack called alcapurrias:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376378_Fa7vP-O-LB
>
> This is my kind of place, for sure. And this impression was further
> confirmed when we were treated to a couple of shots of the local
> moonshine, cañita, at the end:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#1142376461_u5EAr-O-LB
>
> These are the kind of places and experiences I seek when I travel,
> rather than the sterile beachside resorts which dominate the coast
> around the capital San Juan and are no different than similar
> horrible places elsewhere in the world.
>
> For more on the food, see here:
> http://www.ricanrecipes.com/recipes/detail.php?id=56 and the
> moonshine is here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine_by_country#Puerto_Rico
>
> Cheers and happy 2011 to all!
>
> Nathan
>
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