Scratch cooking and South American cuisines

by AaronB, Monday, September 12, 2022, 09:03 (803 days ago) @ Paul

Paul,

I have a copy of a biography written by my grandfather about his father, Dr. Sidney Sowell. Dr. Sowell was an early Baptist missionary to Argentina, and did most of his work in and around Buenos Aires.

He was decades in the mission field before the Missions Board called him back on a furlough, the intent being that he should stay in the US for a year and travel to local churches to raise money for the Missions Board. Ben writes that Dr. Sidney lamented "To think that I'm going to have to go a year without tasting puchero."

This comment led me to look up what puchero is...and apparently the answer depends on what country you're in. Because Argentina's all about the beef, Argentine puchero is apparently a stewed beef shank with onions, root vegetables, and whatever you happen to have in the kitchen that day.

Since I've read about that I have wanted to travel to BA and try some puchero.

-AaronB