http://www.saltshaker.net/20051124/roots Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:19:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051124/roots#comment-651 SaltShaker » Blog Archive » Zona Boliviana Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:36:23 +0000 http://www.saltshaker.net/20051124/roots#comment-651 [...] We moved on to the sopa de maní, a peanut based soup that I last had when we “visited” Bolivia. This version was completely flavorless - the broth may as well have been milk cloud-colored dishwater, the congealed bone and tendon lump in the middle was as appealling as that sounds. It was not at all like the version we had at Comedor Emanuel that day in Villazón, nor even like other peanut based soups I’ve tried. Needless to say, we didn’t make our way through much of this bowl, in fact, I think neither of us had more than a few spoonfuls of broth. [...] [...] We moved on to the sopa de maní, a peanut based soup that I last had when we “visited” Bolivia. This version was completely flavorless - the broth may as well have been milk cloud-colored dishwater, the congealed bone and tendon lump in the middle was as appealling as that sounds. It was not at all like the version we had at Comedor Emanuel that day in Villazón, nor even like other peanut based soups I’ve tried. Needless to say, we didn’t make our way through much of this bowl, in fact, I think neither of us had more than a few spoonfuls of broth. [...]

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