By Max Gaynor ´11
I found myself, in the first weeks of the Intercambio (exchange), in a small cafe in the center of town. Juan, Brandon, and I were enjoying a cup of cafe con leche (coffe with milk) and a snack, a common practice in Argentina. At the time I was talking with Juan and Brandon about how good the food was, surprised by the freshness.
An Argentine Snack
I have noticed over the past ten days that all the food in Argentina is a lot fresher than that in the U.S. It seems to me that more fresh, local ingredients are used in the making of everything I eat.
Everything in the U. S. is processed, and full of preservatives and dyes and all sorts of unnatural things. I found that everything I´ve had here that is fresh is much better, no surprise. Don´t misunderstand, there are plenty of candies and things like that that are completely artificial as well, but compared to the way it is back home nothing is artificial.
I have gathered from talking to people here that everything, such as what we were eating at the cafe here, is made fresh. If it sits for even a day it is thrown away, this is quite the contrast from us buying potato chips that have been sitting on a shelf for months, or any other food that´s so unnaturally package and preserved.
Even the fruit here is fresher, as compared to the farm grown, wax covered fruit we have in the U. S. which is genetically altered to be big and flavorless. For example, the orange juice that I drink most of the time here is delivered every week and it is fresh squeezed. This orange juice is better than ANY orange juice you can buy in the U. S. All of the fruit here is fresh, when bought and used.
Fresh Fruit
Overall, I think that it must be healthier eating in the fresh and natural fashion that I have been in Argentina, rather than eating all the unnatural ingredients of processed foods. I think that there would almost surely be less weight problems in the U. S. if Estadaunidenses (United States Citizens) ate more fresh foods and less processed foods.
By Max Gaynor ´11
I found myself, in the first weeks of the Intercambio (exchange), in a small cafe in the center of town. Juan, Brandon, and I were enjoying a cup of cafe con leche (coffe with milk) and a snack, a common practice in Argentina. At the time I was talking with Juan and Brandon about how good the food was, surprised by the freshness.
An Argentine Snack
I have noticed over the past ten days that all the food in Argentina is a lot fresher than that in the U.S. It seems to me that more fresh, local ingredients are used in the making of everything I eat.
Everything in the U. S. is processed, and full of preservatives and dyes and all sorts of unnatural things. I found that everything I´ve had here that is fresh is much better, no surprise. Don´t misunderstand, there are plenty of candies and things like that that are completely artificial as well, but compared to the way it is back home nothing is artificial.
I have gathered from talking to people here that everything, such as what we were eating at the cafe here, is made fresh. If it sits for even a day it is thrown away, this is quite the contrast from us buying potato chips that have been sitting on a shelf for months, or any other food that´s so unnaturally package and preserved.
Even the fruit here is fresher, as compared to the farm grown, wax covered fruit we have in the U. S. which is genetically altered to be big and flavorless. For example, the orange juice that I drink most of the time here is delivered every week and it is fresh squeezed. This orange juice is better than ANY orange juice you can buy in the U. S. All of the fruit here is fresh, when bought and used.
Fresh Fruit
Overall, I think that it must be healthier eating in the fresh and natural fashion that I have been in Argentina, rather than eating all the unnatural ingredients of processed foods. I think that there would almost surely be less weight problems in the U. S. if Estadaunidenses (United States Citizens) ate more fresh foods and less processed foods.
By Max Gaynor ´11
