re: I love technology !

Alex Abril — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:14:54 GMT

What fun it was, indeed! One of the highlights was my somewhat incomplete attempt at explaining the relationship between one of my favorite foods, beef jerky, as you know all too well, and an aincient equivalent from my native Peru: charqui. Allow me now, Fred, to paste this quote, as I salivate, not unlike Titan ;-):

"Charqui

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition

charqui (charki) South American (especially Brazilian); dried meat, normally prepared from beef, but may also be made from sheep, llama, and alpaca. Strips of meat cut lengthways and pressed after salting, then air‐dried. The final form is flat, thin, flaky sheets, so differing from the long strips of biltong. Also called jerky".

I'm tempted to believe that there is even a link between the two names, besides the pleasure found in actually jerking the strips from the grip of your teeth, good part of the fun.

Anyway, that was indeed a great moment we just shared with you and Pierre, thanks to the ever-present technology we bask in nowadays.

Till next time,

Take care, and here's a toast to you ;-)

Alex