GASTRONOMIC GLOSSARY

Asado. Barbecue. Beef and offal roasted over the “parrilla”. “Asado” is also the occasion in which this meal is prepared and served. Thus, you can frequently hear words such as: “I invite you to an asado”.

Beef. The top-notch quality of Argentine beef is known all over the world. Cow sweetbreads, small intestines and blood sausages are also delicious when enjoying the asado.

Pejerrey. The pejerrey is actually criollo; it can only be found in the Argentine maritime coasts, or mountain or plain rivers.

Pizza. It is prepared al molde (baked in a pizza pan) or a la piedra (baked placing a stone, tile or
similar in the oven floor); you may eat it with knife and fork or with the hand. Usually, the delicious
triangle of pizza is eaten accompanied with fainá.
Fainá. A very tasty, browned, thin mass made of chickpea flour served to accompany pizza.

Picada. (Appetizers). Small dishes with varied food. In general, olives, small cubes of cheese and salami, fried potatoes, cold cuts and peanuts are served. They are accompanied with beer or a good
wine.

Sweet stuff. The vigilante is a traditional dessert a slice of cheese with a slice of jam (quince or sweetpotato jam). The dulce de leche (“milk jam” milk thickened by hours of simmering with a lot of sugar, pasty consistence and caramel-colored) is used as a filling for cakes and chocolates and as the main ingredient for ice creams, dessert sauces and candies. But usually it is spread on bread, with butter or alone, for breakfast or tea time. You may even eat milk jam with a tablespoon.

Mate. The local characteristic infusion. It is prepared by pouring warm water into a gourd, also called mate that contains yerba mate.Some people add sugar, but most prefer "un amargo" (a mate without sugar).

Insider´s tip:Where to drink mate: La Cholita, Address. Rodriguez Peña 1165. 4815-4506. Recoleta. La Peña del Colorado, Entre Ríos 1444, San Cristóbal. 4304-3884.