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This is not a listing of all the standard trekking foods like pasta and cereals. If you attempt this long distance trail you should know all this by heart. This section lists and describes selected traditional food items that are typical for this region but may be less known outside or named differently.
'''Yerba MataHarina Tostada''' is a energizing coffein-rich hot trinktoasted ground wheat and the staple food of the herdsmen. You fill about half It comes as a cup with the tee-brownish powder and tasts like "yerba"corn flakes but it needs to be mixed first with a liquid to eat. The most comon form is mixing with water but also beer, pour hot wine or juice can be used. Also sugar may be added if mixed with water over . Depending on the mixing ratio it will be a thick paste or a liquid and trink it with makes a special straw that acts at the same as an filterperfect snack during the way. This staw is called "bombilla"Try yourself and find out how you like it most. You can pour again and again water over buy it to keep trinking. Sharing mate with other people is a common ritual in these regionall rural stores but also the big super markets sell it. You will certainly be offered this rather bitter drink when you meet It's the perfect trekking food because its nourishing and chat with takes little space in the localsbackpack. See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_%28beverage%29 Gofio wikipedia article to Mate] for more informationto this versatile staple food.
'''Tortilla de Rescoldo''' is a white bread that was backed in the hot ash of a fire. Most puestos don't have a proper oven to bake bread but use the accumulated ash of the fireplace instead. The dough is made as usual with wheat flour, salt and (dry) yeast. After the dough was prepared and given the typical rest the dough is gently put in a pit in the hot ash and then also covered with hot ash. After about 10 to 15 min the bread is turned and covered with hot ash again to bake it evenly on both sides. To not burn the bread the hot ash must be issuedfree of glowing not completely burned wood. It requires a fireplace that was used for days or weeks to accumulate sufficent ash. A regular campfire will not work because the fire itself is to hot and amount of ash is insufficient. '''Yerba Mata''' is a energizing coffein-rich hot trink. You fill about half a cup with the tee-like "yerba", pour hot water over it and trink it with a special straw that acts at the same as an filter. This staw is called "bombilla". You can pour again and again water over it to keep trinking. Sharing mate with other people is a common ritual in these region. You will certainly be offered this rather bitter drink when you meet and chat with the locals. See also the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mate_%28beverage%29 wikipedia article to Mate] for more information.
'''Sopapilla''' to be issued.
