Would you like a side of meat with your meat?

Yowsers.  I think I´ve eaten more meat in the last week and a half then I have in a typical year.  You wouldn´t want to be a vegetarian in Uruguay or Argentina.  One, because its hard to find dishes with out meat or fish in them and two, because it tastes SO good!

While in Valizas my friend Sergio cooked us a traditional Argentinian BBQ. It takes a minimum of 2-3 hours to cook the BBQ. You start by eating the offols like mollejo (cows throat) and choto (small intestines).  Then you move on to large chunks of Asado (ribs) and other various large meats.  And yes, I did try the mollejo and choto ... the mollego was like a meaty corn casserole and the the choto like tough calamari.

Beyond BBQ meals one tends to eat little sandwiches with the crusts of the bread cut off.  They are typically filled with ham and cheese.  Those are eaten for breakfast and lunch. 

There is little escape. It´s everywhere.