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Staying home VS Moving abroad: A love controversy
PICTURE THIS: You fell in love with a foreigner and you’re moving abroad. You’re dreading saying goodbye to friends and family. But there’s one more thing: you’re an Argentinian (or not, maybe you are just living there). Anyway, there’s something else that’s just as hard as starting over: LEAVING MATE & DULCE DE LECHE BEHIND.
That 's right! For someone who has tried the sweet taste of Argentine cookies, bizcochos and alfajores, food is not something to be taken lightly. And when it come
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17th Jun 2021
How Dulce de Leche Was Born
There is a document in the National Historical Museum, in Argentina, that dates the invention of dulce de leche to 1829.
Juan Manuel de Rosas and his political enemy (and cousin brother) Juan Lavalle were about to meet to sign a pact of peace (Pact of Cañuelas) in Rosas' state, in the village of Cañuelas, just outside of Buenos Aires. Lavalle was the first to arrive and, fatigued, lay down on Rosas' cot and fell asleep.
Rosas' maid, while boiling milk with sugar (preparation known at that
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18th Apr 2019