Pretty smart move. Those darn hillbillies have to eat too and nothing beats an empanada. They would have little to no competition regarding pricing...(my wife owns an Empanada business and while we're not in a hillbilly area, we sell them in underserved areas where empanadas aren't common...and they sell like hotcakes).
I haven't eaten an empanada for 15 years! I hate when people start talking about Colombian food. I'm a vegetarian nowadays but I could eat 10 empanadas and a bandeja paisa and wouldn't even hesitate! I was going to apologize for getting off topic but then I remembered this was Cardonas thread.
I need to understand something: so now Colombia will have to organize another 4 friendlies for him before the WC? Or can be completed also in friendlies after the WC?
we got 2 friendlies before the WC, he will miss those 2. He'll go to the WC and compete. After the WC we get 2 more friendlies and he'll miss those.
wow, thats sad. I've been low key craving them for a while. I just don't feel like heading up there. Its a good 30-40 minute drive from my house. Traffic is worse now too because of the snowbirds.
some of my female cousins that live in Colombia are too much of a princess to even cook empanadas.....
Haha my wife makes chicken ones that are awesome. My point was people are so closed minded that they think omg not Colombian no Empandas. Not Italian no Lasagna!!! It’s like um they do make cook books guys
My girfriend was there last month. She raved about some salmon and potato dish at an open air market in Helsinki. Can't remember the name of it. But she said that they were selling all kinds of salmon dishes and soup... She also brought me back some bottles of liquor. Valhalla, Salmiakki (which is like a black salty aguardiente), Mesimarja liqueur which was like sweet cough medicine, but not bad, and Jalovvina which was pretty tasty,my favorite of the bunch.
Why was your girlfriend in Finland? I didn't know the open air markets were still open, it's cold, dark and wet in november. I never liked salmon but people eat that a lot here. At least my neighbor does, it has a strong smell. Jaloviina is quite popular here. Salmiakki is actually salty liqourice, perhaps the best candy in Finland (once you get used to it). They mix it with liqour a lot nowadays, a bit weird combination but gets you drunk nevertheless.
As a tourist. Her sister got divorced a couple of years ago now she wants to travel to "make up for lost time" (she married too young) so she invited my gf to go. And all I get is a bunch of booze and a cool t-shirt. November last year they went to Reykjavik. Let me tell you, Icelandic booze sucks. They got these liquors flavored with birch, including vodka. With birch! It's like drinking floor cleaner. I still have a bottle of birch vodka that I refuse to open. But all the Finnish stuff is gone Anyway, she said that it wasn't that cold, she didn't even need her hat or scarf during the day. And that kaupatori/market is apparently open all year round. She said that she would've prefer to have gone in December because apparently it turns into a Christmas market. We love salmon, so she was pretty happy with that. Do you live in Helsinki? Salmiakki wasn't my favorite of the lot, but it was interesting being salty. So is just a licorice candy that they decided to make into a liquor. I can imagine the guayabo with that being similar to aguardiente, with the smell of licorice or anise lingering. I tried to find Jaloviina here, but not even Bevmo carries it.
we make a Vegan empanada...amazingly delicious and provide them with our own version of Aji .... we don't ship frozen for a bunch of reasons, otherwise I would send some to you.
Yeah, it's not such bad deal. At least I get to try different kinds of booze. Aguardiete is OK, but not a favorite. I used to love it as a teenager. Then when I was about 20 I got so drunk on it and as a result I got the worst hangover that I've ever had. Every fluid and emanation that came out of my body the next day had that stench of anise. Ever since then I take it in small portions and only once in while. I have a half empty bottle Nectar that's been sitting in my cabinet for about 4 years.
Old Parr gross? That's pretty good stuff. You don't like Scotch? I did read somewhere that Colombia is one of the largest markets for Old Parr. I thought that was interesting.