It is true that little competition could make the American cuisine to Chilean cuisine. Or at least not the American cuisine that the world has known as such —and that they have dedicated themselves to exporting.
In this gastronomic and cultural battle, on the occasion of the diffusion of the fourth season of The Mandalorianthe Chilean actor Pedro Pascal and the American actor Jon Favreau faced each other in a five course dynamic to see which country made the best cuisine in lad bibleinside a video called Snack Wars.
Is not a spoilers to clarify that Chile won, by a landslide, in a tasty showdown where on the American side the organizers of the program decided to bet almost everything on the fast food from chains like McDonald’s or industrial sweets.
In this way, the ambassadors of American cuisine were elements such as the McDonald’s quarter pounder with cheese, the Five Guys milkshake or, if we speak of ‘cooking’, the popular peanut butter and jam sandwich. Also Reese’s chocolate and some Mars mini barsdoing a ‘disservice’ to American gastronomy.
More domestic, although also caloric, the proposal they put on the part of Chile was more natural, although it was not exempt from sweets. In fact, the popular Super 8 participated, a chocolate similar to the Little Bones, which was the only one of the five Chilean ‘dishes’ that Pascal did not prefer.
in everything else, unanimous decision for the Chilean actor, who preferred the empanada over the quarter pounder; the delicacy—a sweet similar to the Argentinian alfajor—before Mars chocolate bars and the milk and banana shake before the Five Guys milkshake.
However, there was one last bullet in the chamber where the United States was risking its honor at the expense of its private peanut butter jelly sandwich. However, they hit the bone because the Chilean choice was a marraqueta with avocado, which is nothing more than bread with avocado spread.
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After opening it and being surprised that it was avocado —the name that avocado receives in Chile— Pedro Pascal confessed that it was his favorite breakfast and that all you need is a marraqueta (a type of bread), a good avocado and a little salt and olive oil for this typical chilean breakfast where, of course, there’s little you can do about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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