One of the most fascinating places in Arequipa is the market. It's by far my favorite place to shop. I love how fresh everything is-- the fruits and vegetables taste like they've been picked from a hearty farm and brought the same day to the market. There are all kinds of animals for sale, dead and alive. You can buy toothpaste, dried llama embryos or Rocky Mountain oysters (if you know what that is). My friend Natalie bought a kilogram of wax to carve in order to make metal jewelery through lost wax casting.
One day after classes, my friends and I decided to drink frog juice. The following are pictures of the process-- we even got to pick out our own frog. The vendor then smashed its head and gutted and boiled it, and threw it into a blender along with a whole Cornish hen egg (shell and all), bee pollen, flour and herbs from the jungle, etc. The result was a pasty green shake served slighty warm (due to the boiled frog)...
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ReplyDeleteYou drank *that* frog? The one that looks all alive in that picture?
I didn't know one could drink entire animals pureed, I don't know why I never thought of it, seems obvious in retrospect.
Wow... I'm trying to imagine a way to concentrate more salmonella in one drink than a live amphibian and a whole egg, and I can't come up with one :p Good luck to your GI tract!
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ReplyDeleteWow, the comment from Pat--classic! Haha. My god, Anna! A little cute froggy! :( Sad and nasty! How was it?
ReplyDeleteIt actually wasn't too bad, like a bitter protein shake. It's supposed to be really good for allergies...
ReplyDeleteyeah....no I believe it actually lol
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