Comments on: Why women love Chile

By: Alisha Cox

Alisha Cox — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:15:34 +0000

A few workers in our area got Salmonella poisoning. It is a good thing that they did not die and they have fully recovered. “

By: Pillowy Pumpkin Bread: Sopaipillas « Eat Wine

Pillowy Pumpkin Bread: Sopaipillas « Eat Wine — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:15:20 +0000

[...] are also sold through the country as street food from carts where they are eaten usually for breakfast, piping hot with boiling cups of nescafé on [...]

By: Tea Time in Chile: Onces « Eat Wine

Tea Time in Chile: Onces « Eat Wine — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:48:22 +0000

[...] like mil hojas, dulces chilenos, cookies, crepes drowned in manjar, German küchen fruit tartlets, sopaipillas, juice, and even ice [...]

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:20:34 +0000

Oops! Sorry- I meant to say travel writer Eileen SMITH at http://www.bearshapedsphere.blogspot.com !! (Sorry I keep conusing my Eileens these days!)

By: eileen

eileen — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:37:47 +0000

Eileen Smith, that is, and yeah, that’s me. Here for five years and just because I like it, even if I do fear oven explosions, traffic and those pesky questions everyone asks expats. I do still cook, ride my bike and talk to people though.

Funny piece. It is fascinating to me that you find so many gringas that stay though. And the gringos? A mystery for our times. Any thoughts?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:24:42 +0000

Ok- let’s go with the mayo then… I’ve yet to meet a non-Chilean of any variety that can handle the major gobs of that stuff! And, to make things worse, up until quite recently, it was more often than not homemade, which may sound fine at the outset, but when you start hearing stories about 200 people from a wedding ending up in the emergency room with salmonella, the homemade stuff on a hot Santiago day doesn’t sound so great after all!
And just for the record… there are plenty of non-Chilean women who stay here just cuz they like it! Check out Eileen Shea at http://bearshapedsphere.blogspot.com/, for example!
Let’s just say that Chile has a way of getting under your skin!

By: david

david — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:06:42 +0000

Consider the “it certainly can’t be the men” like a bad David Letterman joke. It must be the men! There are so many women that found their perfect match in Chile. So I take it back! But we both agree that it’s not the mayo, right?

By: Margaret

Margaret — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:01:40 +0000

¿it certainly can’t be the men? Hmmm… David! Sorry, but that’s where you’ve got it all wrong! Don’t get me wrong, marraquetas are great stuff, but there’s just something about certain Chilean men that have kept so many of us here! In fact, we have a group called Chilespouses–native English speaking women with Chilean partners, and at last count we numbered over 500 in that group alone!
Good luck with your street food explorations, and thanks for the link!
Margaret at Cachando Chile

By: kyle

kyle — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:25:30 +0000

HAHA, David, this article really made me laugh.

Thanks for the mention and great pictures too!