Yesterday was a full-fledged party time here, as Chile is celebrating it's Bicentennial. Richard and I went to a fonda, or fiesta, or party, at one of the parks, and it was great fun. I am not sure how much fun we would have had had we not had a "Terremoto". This is some kind of Gosh Awful drink made with Pipeno, a sweet fermented wine, and then pineapple ice cream on the top. Sounds delish- right? Heck, I don't know who fermented that Pipeno stuff, but I think they must have poured some nail polish remover or turpentine in it. Says it is "young grapes", but this tasted like these young grapes had been stomped by someone with dirty toes. The name of this drink is not "inspired" by the last earthquake, but refers to the way your legs shake after you drink the darned alcoholic mess! SHAKY! They served it in a plastic cup and I feared for my clothing, as I thought this junk was just going to EAT THROUGH the cup! Maybe the trick was to mix it up better than I did, but I just gave it to Richard to drink. He's like Mikey from the kids cereal commercial- he'll drink it.
"Mikey" polished it off, and then chased it with a Cristal later, which is a favorite beer. Try one, if you can get it. The beer, I mean- NOT the Terremoto!
This site has many of the drinks of Chile listed. Very interesting! Take a look and decide which you're brave enough to try.......
http://www.southamerica.cl/Chile/drinks.htm
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