I had an experience that i got quite annoyed with recently. A friend of mine who makes very good African style biltong back in England (i think it's something like beef jerky in US, dried spiced beef) sent a sample over to me in BA so i could test it on the locals for possible production and distribution.
For this particular batch he used spices and herbs, lemongrass etc and the result was very delicious (and also very popular back in UK), much more tasty than any Argentine meat i've had in a while. I tried it on a few foreigners (non-Argentines) and they loved it and kept asking for more, but when i tried it on my Argentine girlfriend and her mother they spat it out and said they didn't like it. It just really annoyed me how that sort of attitude towards food here is so narrow minded, kind of reminded me of some of the similar narrow minded attitudes towards musical taste in this country. I could go on but will stop there!
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