By Asado Argentina on Feb 28, 2008 in From The Past | 0 Comments
This week’s “from the past” brings you a piece from…
“Across The Cordillera Of The Andes, And Of A Residence In Lima, Other Parts Of Peru, In The Years 1823 And 1824” by Robert Proctor, Esq.; Published in 1825.
On inquiring what could be had for supper, I found that a sheep had been killed, and as [...]
By Asado Argentina on Feb 21, 2008 in From The Past | 0 Comments
This week’s “from the past” brings you a piece from…
“A Mining Journey Across the Great Andes; With Explorations In The Silver Mining Districts Of The Provinces Of San Juan And Menzona, And A Journey Across The Pampas To Buenos Ayres” by Francis Ignacio Rickard; Published in 1863
Having unloaded the mules, and given them water, [...]
By Asado Argentina on Feb 14, 2008 in From The Past | 1 Comment
(After snagging an edition of “Carpenter’s World Travels: The Tail of the Hemisphere - Chile & Argentina” by Frank G. Carpenter (You can view a photo from it here), I’ve developed an interest in how Argentina was viewed, in the days of old, by travelers, journalists, and writers. Particularly on the subject of asado and [...]
