Sunday, November 08
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One of the most delicious things you can find to eat in Chile is the avocados. There are avocados galore. The little black ones (hass), slightly larger and more watery green ones with longer necks, and giant green ones 6-8 inches long that look and taste like the smaller green ones. In picture one, the black and smaller green onesare displayed by a street vendor.

They appear on every salad and in tons of menu items, including on completos (picture three), a Chilean hot dog with lots of toppings - in addition to avocado, there are usually tomatoes, mayonnaise, cheese, whatever you want… They are commonly found on menus and can be bought from completo stands (more like an ice cream case than a hot dog stand) inside kiosks and other small stores.

On the other hand you have the not-so-delicious Chilean hot dogs and sausages, which usually have quite a similar consistency. Salchipapas, basically french fries covered in small hot dogs and/or sausages, are a common menu item (the remnants of a dish of salchipapas are in picture four).