Food

and Entertainment

Uruguay is big on arts. They enjoy music, theater, and dance, mostly centered in Montevideo. Uruguay is big on the tango. Some instruments used are bandonneons, violins, pianos, and a double bass. They also use many forms of drums. Uruguayans enjoy dancing for long hours in Tango Clubs.

These are two young ladies playing the guitar on stage for their fellow Uruguayans.

The main food Uruguayans eat is meat. Beef, blood sausage, pastry turnovers, hot dogs, you name it, they eat it. They call blood sausage moncilla, which is there favorite meat. Pastry turnovers are known as empanadas. Hot dogs are known as olimpicos, hungaros, and panchos. Another favorite is a meat stew called estofado. It is a very healthy stew originated in the open plains.

A typical family meal includes meat as the central dish with potatoes, bread, and a green salad. Potatoes are usually accompanied by huge slabs of steak.

Mate (MAH-tay) is a herbal tea that is very important to drink during a meal. Leaves are harvested from a European Holly tree. To make mate you pack a mate cup or gourd full of leaves. Then you ad hot water and leave it to steep. When done, you poor the drink into the special leaves. Mate has a very bitter, acquired taste.

I'm am going to write the recipe of a Russian Salad that is very enjoyable in Uruguay. It is called "Ensalada Rusa". (Russian Salad)

Ingredients

2 lbs potatoes

1 lb. carrots

1 (16 oz) can English peas

Mayonnaise and Salt to taste.

Procedure

Cook potatoes and carrots separately in boiling water until tender.

Allow to cool and cut into cubes. Add peas, mayonnaise and salt to taste. Mix well and refrigerate. Serve cold.

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