The Unique Foods of Southern Chile

Nalca
Sort of a combination of celery and sour grapes. You peel it, put salt on it, and eat it. Sold on street corners for about three weeks in late October for about $1.500.

Digüeñes
On the tree they're white, like little button mushrooms. Some people call them pinatas when they're in that state. When they mature they turn this amazing orange color and texture. They taste better, though, in pinata state. People say they make "salads" out of them, but I don't know what that means (mayonaise?). We ate a few and Idris' tummy got sore.

Mora or Murra

Murta

Maqui

Mosqueta

Merluza

Luche

Cochayuyo

Puyá

Piure
An animal that looks like a heart. It has a metallic taste, like a battery. It hurts your head. It is the first animal with a primate vertibrae, say our biologist neighbors Pablo and Emily. Babies have a spinal cord and lose it when they get older. Venadium is the metallic taste. Yudos. Rojis. Vernada.

Teracas de Centenia

Erizo

Quesijo

Pulmay