Three Tasty Peruvian Dishes

Lomo Saltado 

Lomo saltado is a dish that easy to love as the two main ingredients are steak and french fries.  Onion is added for flavor, with the option to add peeled tomatoes (only the sweet parts, no skin or seeds).  Most recipe you cook the steak and fries separately then add all the ingredients together as well as an aji amarillo. You get a lovely tasting meal that even the pickiest eaters are sure to enjoy!  Can be eaten with rice.

Lomo saltado El Fogon Huaraz 19122009

Papa a la Huancaína

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Aji Amarillo, A staple of Peruvian cooking

Aji Amarillo is a yellow chili pepper common in Peru.  Much of Peruvian food uses this pepper to add flavor and heat to the dishes.  It is about as hot as a jalapeño pepper, but the burn you feel is quite different.   Jalapeños burn in the back of the throat, where aji amarillos burn mostly on the tongue making it easier to handle in my opinion.  The smell of the peppers is considered grassy, and the flavor is very unique. Continue reading “Aji Amarillo, A staple of Peruvian cooking”

Traveling Scienceman going to Peru

Flag of Peru (state)

So in a few weeks I will be taking a trip to Lima, Peru for the first time and I will be sharing my adventures of the trip with all you wonderful people!

To start off with I will share some of the things I am doing to prepare and hopefully it will give you all an idea of what it takes to travel there.  I will be updating this post with new information as I lead up to the trip.

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What is this blog about?

In this blog I will focus on two things.  Physics, including news, discoveries, worked out problems, and explanations of various things in physics.  Mine research focus is in theoretical cosmology, and my current work is on dark energy.  My second focus is traveling.  I love to travel and have been to a number of countries already, I plan on visiting many more, and I want to bring you the reader along in my adventures!

I plan on updating this blog regularly, and as this is a new blog, there will be a lot of changes over the next month or more as I figure things out and make more progress.

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will enjoy your stay!