How To Make Empanada's?

Obesity (not overweight) is 33% in the US and 29.7% in Argentina.

I have eyes. Also factbooks which are more impartial. Sadly, go outside Cap and you will see PLENTY of overweight people. Looking at people in Buenos Aires and extrapolating that to the population of Argentina is like talking about the population of NYC and using that as your basis for talking about the US. Hardly representative of the entire country. Hell, I live 40 minutes from downtown and most of the people I see around here are overweight. Yes, the US definitely has more extreme obesity than here but no shortage of obesity here.

(FWIW, I totally agree natural is always better. Just pointing out that the diet of fried food, ice cream and pan has consequences as well).
 
ajoknoblauch said:
Reliable statistics are superior to anecdotal impressions.
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When the statistics are based on a flawed system such as the BMI, they tend not to. On top of that you just questioned INDEC. Furthermore, the last time I quoted the CIA world factbook you didn't like it either.

You're a living contradiction. Also a bit of a hypocrite, demanding rationality and equanimity from others that you're not willing to abide to.
 
citygirl said:
Obesity (not overweight) is 33% in the US and 29.7% in Argentina.

I have eyes. Also factbooks which are more impartial. Sadly, go outside Cap and you will see PLENTY of overweight people. Looking at people in Buenos Aires and extrapolating that to the population of Argentina is like talking about the population of NYC and using that as your basis for talking about the US. Hardly representative of the entire country. Hell, I live 40 minutes from downtown and most of the people I see around here are overweight. Yes, the US definitely has more extreme obesity than here but no shortage of obesity here.

(FWIW, I totally agree natural is always better. Just pointing out that the diet of fried food, ice cream and pan has consequences as well).
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I can't say much about outside Capital. I will trust your impressions. I also think food choices here are abysmal, at least for your health. That was the entire point. Based on their diet they should be doinf much worse.
 
internationalguy said:
When the statistics are based on a flawed system such as the BMI, they tend not to. On top of that you just questioned INDEC. Furthermore, the last time I quoted the CIA world factbook you didn't like it either.

You're a living contradiction. Also a bit of a hypocrite, demanding rationality and equanimity from others that you're not willing to abide to.
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Too frequently, you assume much more than you know, and your recall may be faulty as well. Generally, I consider the CIA Factbook a pretty good source.
 
ok this got my attention.
Are a lot of assumptions being made about the normal diet here based on whats on the menu in restaurants? If the people really eat like that most of the time how do all the fruit and vegetable places stay in business? The amount of fresh fruit and vegetables available seems pretty high to me, almost as much as Eastern Europe and with more variety too.
Do people eat a lot differently at home than they do at restaurants?
 
Chet said:
ok this got my attention.
Are a lot of assumptions being made about the normal diet here based on whats on the menu in restaurants? If the people really eat like that most of the time how do all the fruit and vegetable places stay in business? The amount of fresh fruit and vegetables available seems pretty high to me, almost as much as Eastern Europe and with more variety too.
Do people eat a lot differently at home than they do at restaurants?
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I was thinking something like this as well. The verduleria down the street from me has little two-serving packages of salad for 10 pesos, that include 5-7 different vegetables, although every package is different. The one I just munched on had carrots, red leaf lettuce, radishes, jicama and cabbage, although what I'm calling jicama could in fact have been turnip or something else firm and white; hard to tell after it's grated.
 
We as expats thinking globally but acting locally should modify the empanada culture by adding our own versions, like my very own Kale and Goat Cheese empanada made with a quinoa and manioc masa deep fried in Mendoza grape seed oil.

Each expat would contribute an empanada from his own culinary genius, for example:

Hybrid-san: Gyoza empanada made with rice flour and marinated pork

Ajo: German empanada made with sauerkraut and brockwurst

Yogur-griego: Souvlaki and feta cheese empanada deep fried in Greek olive oil, etc.

We create a chain of stores called Mundial de las Empanadas.

We get rich and solve Argentina's obesity problem at the same time!
 
Chet said:
ok this got my attention.
Are a lot of assumptions being made about the normal diet here based on whats on the menu in restaurants? If the people really eat like that most of the time how do all the fruit and vegetable places stay in business? The amount of fresh fruit and vegetables available seems pretty high to me, almost as much as Eastern Europe and with more variety too.
Do people eat a lot differently at home than they do at restaurants?
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AFAIK, the things mentioned - bread/facturas, milanesas and ice cream are pretty run of the mill and eaten as much (or more) at home as they are in restaurants.
 
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