Argentines are now eating beef at a near-record-breakingly small annual volume, on average, 49 kilos per person. While this is high in comparison with other countries’ consumption, it is a real sign of the economic constraints faced in this country.
What next in Argentina? Vegetarian asados?
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The quality of beef here has gone right downhill and frankly I'd rather eat chicken or pork nowadays.
I blame feed lots.
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There is actually a vegan parrilla which has been going strong for a few years - La Reverde, near Congreso.
This is their FB page: https://www.facebook.com/parrillavegana/
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I could do that - grilled berenjena, tomates, papas, zucchini, drizzled with good aceite de olive, for starters - but I don’t come from a culture of that delicious sequence of meats that add up to a wonderful afternoon!
Curb your enthusiasm Rice, I think they mostly do soy-based meat imitations. Argentinians, always suspicious around veggies.
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I have nothing against experimenting and I think it can be fun to try replicate meat food with non-animal ingredients. Time-consuming, certainly. Worth it? Not really.
If you stop eating meat, you don't look for a beef anymore.
We have been trying several vegan food artesanally made in Argentina, but they are all replicas of meat-based dishes we don't crave for.
Chorizo, milanesa, matambre, kebabs... who needs those? There is so much you can do with vegetables...It looks like Argentinians cannot take their mind off of meat, not even the vegan ones!
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The tendency to look to fake meats instead of genuine other foods seems to be worldwide, not just here. (“Try this! It tastes almost real !”). It’s a pity, since imitation ANYTHING is bound to disappoint.
Fresh vegetable season is upon us, and the availability of delicious alternatives is so welcome! Now if only sun-ripened tomatoes could be found. But soon!
Since moving to Argentina we have been eating plenty of vegetables. There are many veggie shops with a great selection all year long, but all products are seasonal. The nice part is that being Argentina so tall, we have good vegetables even in late winter because in the northern regions is already hot.
In Italy, vegetables are cheaper when bought at supermarkets, but not as cheap as here.
In the US they were super expensive. Probably we didn't know where to look, so we relied on Walmart only.
However, one day we were coming back from the Everglades and we run into an improvised vegetable shop set up by Cuban farm workers. They were selling mangos, bananas, oranges... all delicious AND inexpensive.
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