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03/09/07 06:03

Linda

Montevideo

Food and Social Gatherings

Somewhere I read that the normal social get together was to hang out around the bar-b-que and eat lots of meat!

My observations confirm that! Every house and many apartments have a grill. Almost everyone (including restaurants) use a wood fire.

The other social even is drinking Yerba Mate, however this is absolutely never done in a restaurant.

Comment #1
03/13/07 07:01

Milly

Wisconsin

What is Yerba Mate and why is it never done in a restaurant. Im just Curious. Is it some sort of illegal liquor?

Comment #2
03/13/07 08:37

Lee

Pocitos

, yerba mate: Yerba Mate Gourd and Bombilla

Yerba Mate is an herbal tea of sorts. It is always drunk from a groud with a metal staw (bombilla) that has a filter on the bottom.

It is not brewed like tea though. The gourd is packed more than 3/4" full with the Yerba Mate and a little cold water added. A thermos of hot water is then used to fill the little space left in the gourd with hot water.

The hot water is the sucked out and lots of noise should be made when the last drop of hot water is removed. (normally you tells your kids NOT to make that sound when drinking with a straw).

More hot water is then poured in and the gourd handed to the next person. When the flavor gets weak, the Yerba Mate is adjusted to make a new hole for the hot water in a fresh spot.

Many people are seeing walking around with a thermos and gourd. Many buses have a sign at the is forbidden to drink them on the bus (they don't want hot water spilled).

If you surf the internet you'll find that the Yerba Mate is mentioned as the national drink and very popular. That is true by the number of people you see with the groud and thermos.

However, look for it is a restaurant and you will find it absolutely impossible! The health department considers the sharing of them to be unsanitary and won't allow it in restaurants.

What is Yerba Mate in Uruguay?

Comment #3
04/12/07 17:28

Copeland

C-Town Hero

This sounds like my neighborhood. LOL! We love to have family and social gatheings over a barbecue. So I would love to be invited to a social gathering Montevideo. Thanks for the information.

Comment #4
01/15/09 01:29

Allison

thats not the only kind of social gathering. My boyfriend and I are 22 and 23, and sometime we have people over to our apartment and play board games, drink, watch a movie and just hang out and catch up, there are many other kinds of social gatherings other than just a bar-b-que

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